SDET, Team Lead III

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colombia.

📋 Description

• Evaluate and enhance testing tools and frameworks to align with platform modifications.

• Collaborate with the team to sustain and improve automation infrastructure while leading the design of new frameworks as necessary.

• Develop new frameworks or prototypes for microservices and third-party integrations.

• Engage in cross-team automation initiatives and share reusable components.

• Conduct regular audits of automation test suites for accuracy, coverage, and business relevance.

• Host technical meetings with testers to synchronize priorities and exchange updates.

• Identify and resolve technical challenges to ensure smooth workflow.

• Offer expert advice on testing tools and processes.

• Promptly address issues related to build and development pipelines.

• Collaborate with Tech Ops to secure essential resources.

• Facilitate deployments and release processes across various environments.

• Perform both automated and manual testing to remain familiar with product workflows and platform behavior.

• Continuously update your knowledge of product workflows to ensure testing strategies align with real user journeys and key business paths.

• Assist the team by coding during critical delivery phases as required.

• Utilize metrics such as execution rates, coverage, and pass/fail trends to assess testing quality.

• Analyze production defects to evaluate deliverable quality and identify process gaps.

• Advocate for prevention and early detection strategies to reduce defect escapes and enhance shift-left practices.

• Supervise peer reviews of test scripts to ensure efficient workflow and timely feedback.

• Ensure consistent application of quality practices, including code reviews, branching, naming conventions, and documentation standards.

• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to foster team skill development, particularly in automation and AI.

• Support technical and professional growth through coaching and career development within quality engineering.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in software quality engineering, including a minimum of 2 years in a technical lead or senior automation engineering role.

• Proficient in at least one modern automation framework (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, RestAssured, Karate, etc.).

• Experienced with CI/CD pipelines and development tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI).

• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, microservices, and API testing (REST, GraphQL, event-driven).

• Background in mentoring, coaching, or leading test engineering teams.

• Skilled in defining and implementing test strategies within agile teams.

• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

🏝️ Benefits

• Indefinite-term contract with all legal benefits.

• Prepaid medical coverage.

• Life insurance and funeral assistance.

• Internet allowance.

• Home office stipend.

• Competitive compensation — above market average.

• 100% remote work environment and a great work-life balance.

• Opportunity to work with a growing global SaaS leader.

• A culture that fosters independence, innovation, trust, and accountability.

• Freedom to be creative, innovative, and strategize for the future.

• Mentorship from a highly experienced professional.

• Training budget to support your growth.

• 5 Personal Time Off days per year.

• Sick Leave Top up to 100% of salary paid by the employer from Day 3 to 90.

• Recognition award with additional paid time off for corresponding years of service.

• Upgraded vacation benefits starting at 5 years of service.