QA Automation Lead - AI‑Driven, Scalable Testing

Socket.dev; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

32BJ Benefit Funds is hiring a QA Automation Team Lead to direct the QA automation function for web and mobile platforms. You will define strategy, architecture, and release-ready practices, while guiding a team to build scalable automation frameworks with Selenium and Playwright.

You will mentor analysts, collaborate with developers, product owners, and DevOps, and drive continuous improvement through AI-assisted testing and modern tooling.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in QA with automation emphasis.
• Experience leading QA automation teams and defining strategy.
• Strong ability to design scalable automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA strategy, test planning, and release readiness.
• Migrate Selenium to Playwright and modernize frameworks.
• Mentor QA Analysts and collaborate with Dev, PM, and Vendors.
• Own automation for web, mobile, API and data validation.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Test planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Appium

Sauce Labs

Espresso/XCUITest

Azure DevOps

Jira

SQL

C#/.NET API testing

AI testing tools

Job description

32BJ Benefit Funds is hiring a QA Automation Team Lead to direct the QA automation function for web and mobile platforms. You will define strategy, architecture, and release-ready practices, while guiding a team to build scalable automation frameworks with Selenium and Playwright.

You will mentor analysts, collaborate with developers, product owners, and DevOps, and drive continuous improvement through AI-assisted testing and modern tooling.