Quality Assurance Automation Lead

🚀 Lead QA Automation Engineer \| LATAM \| Full\-Time 💻 **Location:** Brazil (Remote) 🕒 **Type:** Full\-Time ⏰ **Overtime / On\-call:** Not applicable We are looking for a **Lead QA Automation Engineer** to drive and evolve the automation strategy for a **secure financial platform** . This is a **hands\-on leadership role** where you will combine deep QA expertise with strong automation engineering skills to ensure high\-quality delivery across functional, integration, and system levels. 🔎 About the Role You will lead automation initiatives while remaining actively involved in testing activities. This role requires someone who can balance **strategy and execution** , working closely with cross\-functional teams in Agile/DevOps environments. Automation is the primary focus — but strong overall QA knowledge is essential to guarantee complete quality coverage across a complex, multi\-cloud financial platform. 🧪 Key Responsibilities 🔹 Hands\-On Testing * Perform exploratory and targeted manual testing when automation is not feasible * Support release validation cycles with automated regression suites * Validate platform reliability across multi\-cloud and hybrid environments 🔹 QA Processes \& Tools * Define and evolve automation standards, coding practices, and quality metrics * Ensure traceability between requirements and automated coverage * Maintain clean, scalable, and maintainable automation frameworks * Contribute to defect analysis and root cause investigation 🔹 Continuous Improvement * Advocate QA best practices across functional, integration, and exploratory testing * Guide long\-term automation strategy and framework improvements * Stay current with industry trends, tools, and DevOps practices 🛠 Core Requirements ✅ Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or equivalent experience ✅ 10\+ years of hands\-on software testing experience ✅ 4\+ years leading QA initiatives or teams ✅ Strong expertise in functional and integration testing (including API level) ✅ Proven experience building and maintaining automation frameworks ( **Playwright** ) ✅ Solid API automation experience (REST, microservices, distributed systems) ✅ Strong programming skills in **JavaScript \& TypeScript** ✅ Advanced debugging and root cause analysis skills ✅ Experience in Agile / DevOps environments 🌟 Working Style 💬 Strong communication skills in English 🚀 Proactive and solution\-oriented mindset 🎯 Ownership and accountability 🤝 Collaborative in cross\-functional, multicultural teams 🔄 Adaptable to ambiguity and evolving priorities 🔍 Detail\-oriented with focus on security and reliability 📚 Continuous learner 👥 Customer\-focused and business\-impact driven 💡 Why Join? This is an opportunity to shape automation strategy within a **high\-security financial environment** , influence engineering standards, and work with modern QA and DevOps practices in a collaborative global team. 📩 Interested? Apply now and lead the future of QA automation! \#Hiring \#QAEngineer \#LeadQA \#AutomationTesting \#Playwright \#APIAutomation \#JavaScript \#TypeScript \#DevOps \#Agile \#LATAMJobs \#TechCareers \#FinTech \#RemoteJobs