Software Testing Architect

UST USource; Cyberjaya; On-site; MYR 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Test Architect Leader for the APAC region. This role is pivotal in representing enterprise QA, driving quality engineering practices, and mentoring QA professionals. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years in QA/QE roles, with significant experience in cloud environments and automation frameworks. You will be responsible for defining test architecture, establishing automation strategies, and ensuring compliance with QA processes across APAC delivery teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in QA/QE roles, with at least 3 years in an architect or leadership capacity.
• Experience in test efforts for cloud, containerized, and distributed environments.
• Hands-on knowledge of functional and non-functional testing tools and practices.

Responsibilities

• Represent EQA for APAC region leaders and QA professionals.
• Define test architecture strategies for various testing types.
• Establish EQA automation frameworks and ensure compliance with QA processes.

Skills

QA/QE experience

Cloud experience (AWS/Azure)

CI/CD integration

Test automation frameworks

Leadership skills

Excellent communication

Creative problem-solving

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Docker

Job description

APAC Region Role Summary the Test Architect Leader will represent the Enterprise Quality Assurance (EQA) organization in the APAC region, reporting directly to the EQA Leader.

The Test Architect is a technical hands‑on leader and is a strategic participant across many development efforts. This role is responsible for advancing Quality Engineering (QE) practices, driving automation strategy, and ensuring alignment with enterprise QA standards across APAC delivery teams.

The individual will act as a strategic partner to APAC stakeholders, providing technical leadership, process governance, and mentoring to elevate QA maturity. The Test Architect provides overall leadership on test strategy, script design, script execution, automation framework, service virtualization, data virtualization, and environment design & advanced Test Management strategies all combined to improve effectiveness, costs and velocity. Responsible for the design, enhancement and future growth of test automation architecture and framework.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the EQA representative for APAC region leaders & QA professionals, ensuring QA priorities align with business objectives.
• Define and implement test architecture strategies for functional, non‑functional, and automation testing.
• Establish and maintain EQA automation frameworks integrated with CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise QA processes, templates, and KPIs.
• Mentor and coach QA professionals in APAC on technical and leadership skills.
• Act as a liaison between APAC delivery teams and EQA leadership for quality initiatives.
• Responsible for the automation architecture and provides direction on automation techniques.
• Extend tool capabilities and integrate with other technologies by coding interfaces, new functions, custom objects, etc.
• Apply Testing Lifecycle Management principles in the context of a product.
• Possess technical competency and takes on leadership role to interact with application developers to ensure software quality.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 10+ years in QA/QE roles, with at least 3 years in an architect or leadership capacity.
• Experience in test efforts for cloud (AWS/Azure), containerized (Docker), and distributed environments. Utilized Generative AI (ChatGPT, AppliTool, GitHub Copilot etc) towards QA use cases.
• Strong experience in Quality Engineering, test automation frameworks, and CI/CD integration using Jenkins, GitHub Actions etc.
• Hands‑on knowledge of functional and non‑functional testing tools and practices.
• Proven ability to lead distributed teams and influence senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and change management skills.
• Creative with ability to "think outside the box" for long‑term solution.