AI QA Lead: Automation, Performance & CI/CD

AI Rudder Pte Ltd; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & Development

Performance recognition

Global exposure

Career progression

Job summary

AI Rudder is seeking a seasoned QA Lead to own end-to-end testing for frontend, backend, API layers, and AI platform components. You will design test strategies, build automation frameworks, and drive CI/CD integration to ensure high-quality releases.

You’ll lead a testing team, mentor engineers, and coordinate with global teams (Shanghai) to enforce quality standards and rapid issue resolution. Strong automation and leadership skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
• 7+ years of software testing experience in the internet industry, covering both frontend and backend testing.
• Solid hands-on experience in functional testing, API testing, and non-functional testing (performance, stability); able to independently design and execute test strategies for complex systems.
• Strong proficiency in automation testing — able to design, build, and maintain automation frameworks; experience with at least one mainstream framework (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, pytest, or equivalent).
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines and able to integrate test automation into the delivery workflow.
• 1+ years of QA team lead or mentoring experience; comfortable with task allocation, process ownership, and cross-functional coordination.
• Proficiency in English — able to participate in technical discussions, write documentation, and communicate with both local and overseas teams. Added advantage if able to converse in Chinese as collaboration is expected with China-based teams.
• Strong logical thinking, structured problem-solving ability, and a high sense of ownership and responsibility for quality outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end QA strategy for frontend, backend, and API layers; design test plans, test cases, and coverage standards for complex SaaS and AI platform products.
• Build and maintain automation test frameworks from the ground up; drive continuous improvement in regression coverage and test execution efficiency.
• Lead performance and stability testing efforts; identify system bottlenecks, analyze results, and collaborate with engineering teams on root cause resolution.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to enforce quality gates before every release.
• Participate in requirement reviews and technical design sessions; provide early testability and risk feedback to development and product teams.
• Establish defect management workflows, quality metrics, and reporting standards; take ownership of production quality and proactively reduce online incidents.
• Lead and coordinate the testing team’s daily operations: task assignment, progress tracking, quality reviews, and hiring.
• Mentor junior and mid-level testers, fostering a culture of quality ownership and continuous skill development.
• Serve as the QA communication bridge between KL R&D center and headquarters (Shanghai), ensuring alignment on quality standards, release readiness, and issue escalation.

Skills

Automation testing

Test strategy design

Team leadership

English proficiency

Cross-cultural collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

pytest

CI/CD pipelines

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

AI Rudder is seeking a seasoned QA Lead to own end-to-end testing for frontend, backend, API layers, and AI platform components. You will design test strategies, build automation frameworks, and drive CI/CD integration to ensure high-quality releases.

You’ll lead a testing team, mentor engineers, and coordinate with global teams (Shanghai) to enforce quality standards and rapid issue resolution. Strong automation and leadership skills are essential.