Lead QA Engineer

VML Enterprise Solutions; New Delhi; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

WPP Enterprise Solutions in Delhi seeks a Lead QA Engineer to be the technical authority on QA for complex accounts. This hands-on leadership role designs automation frameworks, mentors teams, and drives the QA strategy across engagements.

You will tackle test architecture, CI/CD integration, and shift-left practices, while communicating recommendations to clients and stakeholders, and contributing to knowledge sharing across the QA community.

Qualifications

• Automation architecture track record in complex environments.
• Proficient with Playwright and TypeScript for test automation.
• Experience designing frameworks from scratch and full-stack testing.
• Strong CI/CD understanding and testing integration.
• Excellent communication with clients and stakeholders; adaptable learner.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA on complex engagements with test strategy and automation approach.
• Architect, build, evolve automation frameworks.
• Tackle flaky tests, CI/CD integration, and environment issues.
• Set QA technical direction across accounts.
• Drive shift-left quality practices.
• Design and execute tests across UI, API, integration, accessibility.
• Mentor QA engineers and share knowledge.
• Communicate recommendations to clients and internal teams.
• Participate in client-facing demos and release calls.
• Contribute to QA knowledge sharing and specialisms.

Skills

Automation architecture

Technical problem solving

Playwright

TypeScript

Framework design

CI/CD

Agile Scrum

Communication with clients

Continuous learning

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Windsurf

Job description

WPP Enterprise Solutions designs, builds, and operates the growth systems that competitive businesses rely on. In a world where AI is reshaping how companies drive growth, we lead clients in business transformation and marketing modernization, connecting strategy directly to execution. Our 12,000 experts work within a unified global operating unit across 40+ markets. 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 hard problems, and set the technical direction for QA on your engagements, as well as being an active member of the QA community.

Responsibilities

• 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 and contribute to
• Own and solve the 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 and knowledge sharing
• Innovate with AI-using modern tools to work smarter and exploring 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

Requirements

• A clear track record in automation architecture and technical problem-solving
• Solid experience testing in complex, transactional environments
• Proficient in Playwright and TypeScript
• You've 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

Preferred

• 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