Automation Lead

IPolarity LLC; Whippany (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IPolarity LLC in Charlotte, NC is seeking an Automation Lead with 12+ years of hands-on QA and test automation across web, middleware, and databases. The role is onsite and focuses on leading a team, driving framework design, and aligning automation with DevOps practices.

You will mentor engineers, develop scalable test suites using Java, JavaScript, and Python with Selenium or Playwright, and champion CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• 12+ yrs QE and test automation hands-on experience across the tech stack
• Strong knowledge of Java, JavaScript and Python
• Selenium and Playwright for web/mobile automation
• API testing using REST Assured or equivalent frameworks
• CI/CD tools: Jenkins, GitHub, Maven, Cucumber
• Experience with Angular, Spring Boot microservices, and Mule gateway
• GenAI exposure via Copilot or similar
• Hands-on experience with test management tools like Rally

Responsibilities

• Lead the automation team and build scalable test automation suites
• Design/Develop/Test automation frameworks and maintain CI/CD integration
• Mentor teammates and drive DevOps adoption across projects
• Deliver engineering metrics and root cause analysis reports
• Keep up with market trends and introduce new automation solutions

Skills

Java

JavaScript

Python

Selenium

Playwright

API testing

CI/CD

Cucumber

Jenkins

GitHub

Maven

Angular

Spring Boot

Microservices

Mule gateway

GenAI Copilot

Tools

Rally

Job description

Job Title: Automation Lead Location: Onsite in Charlotte, NC Work type: W2

Job Description/ Responsibilities/ Years of experience:

• Strong technical skillset with minimum 12+ yrs. experience in test automation across the Tech stack – Web/middleware/database.
• Experience in UI, Web services and mobile automation.
• Experience in building custom solutions across Test life cycle – Design/Develop/Test.
• Perform continuous research in Market Trends, arrange mind share sessions with client on new solutions
• Provide automation thought leadership and implement new solutions and framework.
• Must have 5+ yrs. programming skills in Java, experience in developing new solutions & build/enhance test automation frameworks
• Mentor the team, build new solutions
• Experience in building engineering metrics and building root cause analysis reports
• Lead the team, adopt to DevOps culture, build scalable test automation suite with continuous integration/testing for applications

What are the top skills required for this role?

• 12+ yrs. of QE and Test automation hands‑on experience
• Tech stack o Strong knowledge on Java, Jscript o Good knowledge in Python o Strong knowledge Test automation engine – Selenium, Playwright o  Strong knowledge in API – REST Assured or other frameworks o CI & build tools - Cucumber, Jenkins, Github, Mavens
• Experience in building new Framework & solid understanding of Angular frameworks, spring boot micro‑services & Mule gateway
• Exposure to GenAI – Copilot or other LLM’s
• Hands on experience on test management tools like Rally or other platform tools
• Experience on custom solutions like dashboard to report on engineering metrics​