Quality Engineering Lead – Automation Architect

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🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $117k - $143k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⚙️ Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

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Perseus Group, Constellation Software

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1997

🤝 B2B

☁️ SaaS

B2B • SaaS

Perseus Group is a part of Constellation Software Inc. , focused on investing in and building enduring software businesses. With operations in over 100 vertical markets and a family of more than 800 companies, Perseus Group specializes in acquiring B2B software companies that provide mission-critical solutions for niche markets. Their approach involves offering permanent capital, fostering a culture of excellence, and ensuring recurring revenue through SaaS or maintenance models. The group emphasizes continuous improvement, empowered leadership, and integrity in all operations.

📋 Description

• Own POMS' test automation strategy and roadmap • Serve as technical lead for the Playwright framework, automation standards, coding guidelines, and review practices • Design and build scalable Playwright suites in TypeScript • Organize workflow-based testing suites across functional, API, integration, and end-to-end testing • Assess manual test inventory and prioritize tests for automation, redesign, consolidation, manual execution, or retirement • Partner with Development and DevOps to enhance automated regression pipelines and environment, test-data, and parallel-execution strategies • Apply AI-assisted tools to test generation, maintenance, coverage analysis, and defect identification • Build, mentor, and develop a QA team • Establish standards, coaching, delegation, and ownership models for scalable automation • Set goals, performance expectations, and career development plans; support hiring, onboarding, and succession planning • Foster quality ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement • Champion shift-left and risk-based testing • Participate in requirements, design, and architecture reviews • Define data-driven release readiness criteria and quality gates • Own QA for all software releases • Build operational and executive dashboards and KPIs covering automation coverage, defect escape rates, release readiness, and team performance • Lead root cause analysis of escaped defects and implement preventive improvements • Support validation and compliance activities within a regulated software environment • Establish a baseline quality scorecard and show measurable KPI gains within 12 months • Increase automated coverage of core and critical product areas • Deliver reliable, fast, and maintainable automated regression on every build • Enable the QA team to produce automation at scale • Detect defects earlier and improve release confidence

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience • 5+ years of software quality assurance and testing experience • Expert-level experience building enterprise-scale test automation frameworks using Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or comparable tools • Strong TypeScript or JavaScript skills • Strong software engineering skills, including Git, API testing, SQL, debugging, and code review • Experience integrating automated regression testing into CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or comparable platforms • Experience scaling automation capability through coaching, standards, and delegation • Proven use of quality metrics, dashboards, and KPIs to drive decisions and outcomes • Experience testing complex web-based enterprise applications in Agile environments • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Excellent verbal and written communication • Hands-on experience building substantial Playwright suites in TypeScript preferred • Experience leading QA teams or large-scale testing initiatives preferred • Experience in regulated industries, including GxP and 21 CFR Part 11, preferred • Experience working across mixed TFVC and Git environments, including migration to Git, preferred • Demonstrated success transforming a predominantly manual QA organization into an automation-heavy one preferred • Experience using AI or machine learning to improve testing efficiency and effectiveness preferred • Knowledge of performance and security testing methodologies preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity and inclusive work environment • Reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities