Lead QA Engineer — Drive Quality & Automation (Hybrid)

WPP Company; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

WPP Production in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Lead QA Engineer to own quality across multiple projects. You will lead a team of QA engineers, oversee test planning, and drive automation initiatives in a hybrid work setting.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong collaboration with cross-functional teams, and a focus on delivering high-quality software in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading QA teams to drive quality goals.
• Proven ability to define test strategy and plans.
• Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with automation and regression testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of QA engineers to ensure project quality.
• Own QA strategy, test plans, and quality gates for releases.
• Review requirements and design thorough test cases and test plans.
• Execute and oversee manual and automated tests for features.
• Identify and triage defects, drive root-cause analysis and fixes.
• Mentor junior members and share knowledge across the team.
• Escalate QA risks and coordinate with cross-functional teams.
• Promote QA best practices and tooling to improve productivity.
• Support on-time project releases with reliable quality.

Skills

QA leadership

Test planning

Automation testing

SDET experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Selenium

CI/CD

Job description

WPP Production in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Lead QA Engineer to own quality across multiple projects. You will lead a team of QA engineers, oversee test planning, and drive automation initiatives in a hybrid work setting.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong collaboration with cross-functional teams, and a focus on delivering high-quality software in a fast-paced environment.