Lead QA Automation Engineer – AI-Driven Testing

Publicis Groupe ANZ; Boston, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental

Vision

401k

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Digitas seeks a hands-on Lead Engineer in Test to advance QA automation across web, API, and platform layers. You will define frameworks, mentor distributed teams, and partner with strategy, design, data science, and engineering to raise quality at scale.

The ideal candidate has deep automation development experience, strong Python or Node.js skills, and a forward‑looking view on AI‑assisted testing and modern orchestration.

Qualifications

• Experience designing scalable test automation frameworks.
• Hands-on automation leadership across web, API, and platforms.
• Ability to integrate AI-assisted testing into pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA automation across digital initiatives.
• Define QA strategy, frameworks, and tooling.
• Oversee testing of web applications, APIs, and integrated platforms.
• Incorporate AI-driven testing to improve coverage, speed, and defect detection.
• Build and mentor automation engineers across distributed teams.
• Drive standardized automation processes and reporting.

Skills

Automation Frameworks

Playwright

Python

Node.js

API Testing

CI/CD

AI Testing

Selenium

Cypress

HTML/CSS

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Docker

Job description

Digitas seeks a hands-on Lead Engineer in Test to advance QA automation across web, API, and platform layers. You will define frameworks, mentor distributed teams, and partner with strategy, design, data science, and engineering to raise quality at scale.

The ideal candidate has deep automation development experience, strong Python or Node.js skills, and a forward‑looking view on AI‑assisted testing and modern orchestration.