Lead Automation Engineer

Tyler Technologies, Inc.; Taguig; On-site; PHP 1,674,000 - 2,455,000; Full time

Job summary

Tyler Technologies, Inc. in Taguig is seeking 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 with engineers, product owners, release stakeholders to ensure quality is verified at every stage of development. This team leader is a technical SME for automation, shaping quality automation strategy, evolving QA practices, and owning test automation that supports fast, reliable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of automation development experience.
• 4+ years of technical lead experience.
• Proven experience leading and directing a team; lead by example.
• Strong experience with Agile SCRUM development processes.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills across multiple onshore and offshore teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on design, implementation, and execution of complex test cases using Playwright, Selenium, NUnit.
• Design and maintain custom test automation frameworks across the stack using C#, Java, or TypeScript.
• Develop and maintain test data management strategies using SQL Server.
• Leverage AI to reduce manual testing efforts and streamline processes.
• Work with CI/CD tools and Mercurial/TortoiseHg in version control.

Skills

Leadership

Agile SCRUM

Mentoring

Quality Assurance

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

NUnit

C#

Java

TypeScript

Mercurial

TortoiseHg

SQL Server

Job 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 and identify 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.