Lead QA Automation Engineer
On-siteHo Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam
Job Summary
Architect, build, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for web, mobile, and API platforms while defining coding standards and reusable abstractions. Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to ensure every commit receives timely feedback, managing execution strategies including parallelization and sharding. Own the technical health of the automation codebase, device farms, and reporting dashboards to drive quality metrics and release health. Lead and mentor automation engineers, review code, and define enterprise-wide standards and technical roadmaps for framework modernization and AI-assisted testing. Partner with developers and DevOps to shift quality left and establish shared reporting with the Test Design Lead.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 7+ years of experience in software QA with 2+ years leading test automation efforts
- Deep, hands-on expertise designing and operating automation frameworks across at least two of: web (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright), mobile (Appium, XCUITest, Espresso), API (REST Assured, Postman/Newman, pytest)
- Strong programming skills in at least one of: Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript — able to write production-quality framework code, not just test scripts
- Hands-on experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) including parallelization, sharding, and artifact handling
- Solid understanding of testing strategy: test pyramid, risk-based testing, flakiness control, and effective use of mocks/stubs
- Experience with version control workflows (Git), code review, and engineering practices applied to test code (clean code, refactoring, design patterns)
- Excellent communication skills and a track record of partnering with developers, QA engineers, and DevOps to deliver reliable automation at scale
- Comfortable owning CI/CD test infrastructure end-to-end
- Comfortable working across regions and functions in a global environment (Vietnam, US, Australia)
Desired Qualifications
- Experience testing IoT, embedded, or access-control products end-to-end
- Experience with performance testing (JMeter, k6, Gatling) or security testing fundamentals (OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite)
- Familiarity with cloud-based device farms (BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, AWS Device Farm) and self-hosted device labs
- Experience with containerization (Docker) and ephemeral test environments (Kubernetes, Testcontainers)
- Familiarity with BLE/NFC behaviour on mobile, or experience automating tests for wallet/credential apps and physical readers
- ISTQB Advanced Level (Test Automation Engineer) or equivalent certification
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