Lead QA Engineer

VML; Delhi; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Hybrid work model

Empowerment to innovate

Job summary

VML in Delhi is seeking a Lead QA Engineer to serve as the technical authority on their complex accounts. This role involves leading a team, architecting automation frameworks, and solving challenging problems in test environments.

The successful candidate will communicate technical approaches effectively and guide team members while fostering innovation through AI tools and practices. Candidates should possess significant experience in automation architecture and a solid understanding of CI/CD methodologies.

This position offers opportunities for professional development and aligns with VML's values of heart, brains, and courage in the workplace.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in building automation frameworks from scratch.
• Proficiency in testing within complex, transactional environments.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction for QA and manage test strategies.
• Architect and evolve automation frameworks for reliable tests.
• Mentor QA engineers through hands-on collaboration.

Skills

Automation architecture

Technical problem-solving

Playwright

TypeScript

CI/CD

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Windsurf

Job description

Overview

VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Lead QA Engineer to be the technical authority on complex accounts. This is a hands-on technical leadership role—you'll architect automation frameworks, solve the hard problems, and set the technical direction for QA on your engagements, as well as being an active member of the QA community. You’ll lead through expertise, mentor others, and shape QA practice.

You're also an innovator who uses AI tools to accelerate work and explores future approaches to quality. You should be a confident communicator who can explain technical approaches to senior client stakeholders and influence decisions at a project level.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Be the technical lead for QA on complex engagements—owning test strategy and the automation approach
• Architect, build, and evolve automation frameworks that others can rely on
• Own and solve hard technical problems—test architecture, flaky tests, CI/CD integration, environment issues
• Set the technical direction for QA on your accounts—tooling, approach, and structure
• Drive shift-left practices, embedding quality into requirements, design, and development
• Design and execute test strategies across UI, functional, integration, API, accessibility and regression testing
• Mentor and elevate QA engineers through hands-on collaboration
• Innovate with AI—using modern tools to work smarter and explore what's next for QA
• Communicate technical recommendations and trade-offs to clients and internal teams
• Participate in client-facing forums—demos, triage, release calls, and technical discussions
• Contribute to a specialism and share knowledge across the wider QA community

What We Want From You

• A clear track record in automation architecture and technical problem-solving
• Solid experience testing in complex, transactional environments
• Proficient in Playwright and TypeScript
• Designed frameworks from scratch—not just written tests, but built the foundations
• Comfortable working across the full stack—Web apps, Native Apps, APIs, backends, logs, data
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf) and associated best practices
• Strong understanding of CI/CD and how testing fits into modern delivery
• Experience working within agile scrum environments on complex, multi-stream deliveries
• Confident communicating technical concepts to clients, developers, and stakeholders
• A genuine continuous learner—curious, experimental, always evolving
• Pragmatic and delivery-focused, but motivated by a good technical challenge

If You Know Some Of This Even Better

• Experience building AI-powered testing capabilities
• A QA specialism you're passionate about
• Experience working across distributed teams
• Contributions to tooling, frameworks, or knowledge sharing beyond your immediate team

What We Can Offer You

Alongside the opportunity to work with leading brands around the world, we’ll prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are. Our culture thrives on our core values: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish. We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges. And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking forward.

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider applicants for all positions without discrimination. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

Additional Information

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on a journey to inspire and shape some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. We practice a hybrid work model with flexible and location-aware options. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process. For more information, please visit www.vml.com.