Lead Automation Engineer

Tyler Technologies, Inc.; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Tyler Technologies, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Lead Automation Engineer to lead our automation team and champion quality for cloud-native applications. You will guide an Agile/Scrum team, partnering with engineers, product owners and release stakeholders to ensure quality at every stage of development.

The role serves as a technical SME for automation, shaping QA strategies, evolving practices, and owning test automation that enables fast, reliable delivery across ERP-related workflows.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Lead Automation Engineer with 10+ years in automation development.
• Experience leading Agile/Scrum teams and driving QA strategy.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on design, implementation and execution of complex automated tests using Playwright, Selenium, NUnit.
• Design and maintain custom test automation frameworks across C#, Java, TypeScript.
• Develop and maintain test data management strategies using SQL Server and database-driven tests.
• Leverage AI to optimize automation and reduce manual efforts.
• Drive CI/CD and version control integration (Mercurial/TortoiseHg).
• Coordinate with developers on White/Unit test overlaps and APIs (SOAP/REST).
• Lead process improvements, agile ceremonies, code reviews and release certification.
• Mentor QA staff on framework patterns and SDLC practices to ensure quality.

Skills

Playwright

Selenium

NUnit

C#

Java

TypeScript

SQL Server

CI/CD

Mercurial

REST APIs

SOAP

Page Object Model

Robot Pattern

ERP knowledge

Agile SCRUM

QA Leadership

Test data management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Mercurial Hg

TortoiseHg

Zephyr

Job description

Company: Tyler Technologies

Job Type: Full Time Philippines

Lead Automation Engineer

Description

We’re looking for a hands‑on Lead Automation Engineer to Lead our automation team and champion quality for our cloud‑native applications. You would lead an Agile/Scrum team, partnering closely with engineers, product owners, release stake holders to ensure quality is verified at every stage of development. This team leader is also a technical SME(Subject Matter Expert) for the automation team, that will shape quality automation strategy, evolve QA practices, and take ownership of test automation that supports fast, reliable delivery.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on the design, implementation, and execution of highly complex and/or high-profile test cases using Playwright, Selenium, NUnit testing framework expertise.
• Design and maintain custom test automation frameworks, including compile-time consistency strategies across the stack using C#, Java, TypeScript or similar high-level language.
• Develop and maintain test data management strategies using direct database manipulation. SQL Server — proficiency in database setup, management, and database-driven test scenarios.
• Experience in leveraging generative and/or agentic AI in all possible aspects of automation and quality assurance to reduce manual efforts to the minimum and streamline processes.
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline tools and version control systems. Mercurial (Hg) source control with TortoiseHg.
• Experience in Web APIs (SOAP, OData, REST) . Co-ordinate with developers in identifying overlaps between Unit tests and automations tests.
• Experience testing complex business workflows and processes. Understanding of typical ERP business logic (AP/AR, Billing, HRM, etc.).
• Experience and Understanding of common automation design patterns such as the Page Object Model and robot pattern implementations.
• Lead process improvements, agile scrum meetings, code reviews, defects detection andidentify strategic solutions.Achieve 100% traceability between manual Zephyr test scripts and automated tests.
• Mentor and train QA staff on framework-specific patterns, best practices, and QA initiatives throughout the agile SDLC and take primary responsibility for certifying product releases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or or related field.
• 10 or more years of automation development experience.
• 4 or more years of technical lead experience.
• Proven experience and exemplary track record leading and providing directions to a team. Must lead by example.
• Technical lead helping the team resolve any technical roadblocks.
• Strong experience of Agile SCRUM development processes.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills across multiple onshore and offshore teams of developers, QAs and automation engineers.