QA Automation Lead: Drive Testing Strategy & CI/CD

GlobalLogic Inc.; Bogotá; On-site; COP 60,000,000 - 90,000,000; Full time

Job summary

GlobalLogic is seeking a QA Lead to drive quality across a fintech-focused portfolio. You will lead manual and automated testing, shape the QA strategy, and mentor a growing team while remaining hands-on with critical test activities.

In this role, you will define a phased automation roadmap, integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines, and report quality status to clients and stakeholders. Strong English communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a QA Lead / QA Automation Lead, leading and actively contributing to manual and automated testing.
• Strong experience managing and mentoring QA teams while remaining hands-on with test execution.
• Strong understanding of QA practices throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience defining and executing functional, integration, API, UI, end-to-end, regression, smoke, sanity, and exploratory testing.
• Hands-on experience with Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or similar automation frameworks.
• Experience assessing, optimizing, and evolving existing test suites and automation frameworks, identifying what should be reused, refactored, replaced, or newly automated.
• Experience creating a comprehensive automation roadmap based on product risks, business priorities, existing test coverage, technical feasibility, and ROI.
• Experience with CI/CD integration, test planning, defect management, release readiness, and quality metrics.
• Strong Root Cause Analysis skills for critical defects.
• Excellent English communication and stakeholder management skills, particularly with challenging clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA Team and actively participate in manual and automated testing throughout the SDLC.
• Define and implement the overall QA and Test Automation Strategy. Assess the current manual and automated test suites and determine which tests should be reused, enhanced, refactored, replaced, or newly automated.
• Develop and maintain a phased automation roadmap, prioritizing tests based on risk, business value, coverage, and maintainability.
• Be responsible of planning and execution ofall required testing activities, including functional, integration, API, UI, end‑to‑end, regression, smoke, sanity, and exploratory testing.
• Lead the implementation and evolution of automated tests using Playwright or similar frameworks.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage and mentor QA team members while remaining hands‑on when required.
• Lead defect triage and Root Cause Analysis for critical defects.
• Communicate quality status, risks, and release readiness to stakeholders and the client, creating clear reports added to the different stakeholders.
• Manage difficult stakeholders, negotiate priorities, and handle challenging conversations effectively.
• Drive continuous improvement of QA processes, test coverage, automation, and product quality.

Skills

QA Leadership

Mentoring

SDLC Knowledge

Test Planning

Stakeholder Mgmt

Root Cause Analysis

English Communication

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

Job description

GlobalLogic is seeking a QA Lead to drive quality across a fintech-focused portfolio. You will lead manual and automated testing, shape the QA strategy, and mentor a growing team while remaining hands-on with critical test activities.

In this role, you will define a phased automation roadmap, integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines, and report quality status to clients and stakeholders. Strong English communication is essential.