Lead QA Engineer -Release & Automation
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Key Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end QA release sign-off for mobile applications across iOS and Android.
- Lead release regression testing and ensure production readiness across multiple engineering teams.
- Partner with Engineering, Product, DevOps, Release Management, and Vendor QA teams to plan, coordinate, and execute successful releases.
- Define and standardize QA release processes, quality gates, and release sign-off criteria.
- Drive mobile automation strategy across iOS and Android to maximize automation coverage and reduce manual regression effort.
- Ensure automation suites are stable, maintain high pipeline pass rates, minimize flaky tests, and support reliable CI/CD execution.
- Continuously optimize QA validation and regression processes to reduce release timelines and improve deployment frequency.
- Champion AI-powered testing solutions, AI-assisted test generation, self-healing automation, and intelligent test selection.
- Monitor QA metrics such as automation coverage, execution success rate, pipeline health, defect leakage, and release readiness, driving continuous improvements.
- Coordinate with multiple engineering teams to streamline testing activities and remove bottlenecks in the release process.
- Mentor QA engineers and promote best practices in automation, quality engineering, and release management.
Qualifications
- 10–12+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, QA Automation, or Release QA for enterprise applications, including 4+ years of hands-on mobile testing and automation experience.
- 4+ years of experience leading QA release management or centralized regression testing teams.
- Must have strong experience in Mobile QA across iOS and Android, including functional, regression, release, and automation testing.
- Must have hands-on experience with mobile automation frameworks such as Appium or equivalent mobile automation tools.
- Exposure to Mabl, Selenium, Playwright, Web testing, and API testing is good to have.
- Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
- Experience working in Agile environments with multiple teams contributing to shared releases.
- Must have a strong understanding of release management, quality governance, and regression optimization.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in large-scale retail/eCommerce organizations.
- Experience leading QA transformation initiatives.
- Exposure to Web and API testing.
- Experience leveraging AI-enabled testing to accelerate software delivery.
- Why Join Williams-Sonoma India Technology Center
- Our people first and performance driven culture means that we provide opportunities to grow and build a career and invest in the well-being of our associates, including comprehensive benefits to support you and your family.
- Scale and innovation of a Fortune 500 company combined with a high-ownership that empowers engineers to make real impact.
- Build and operate large-scale digital commerce platforms serving millions of customers worldwide, working on systems that run at global scale.
- Continuous learning environment with opportunities to work on cutting-edge technologies, AI-driven solutions, and large-scale engineering challenges.
- Hybrid work model designed for flexibility and collaboration, with two in-office days for team engagement.
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