Senior QE Automation & Architecture Leader

Papa John's USA, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Papa John's USA, Inc. seeks a Senior Manager, QE Automation & Architecture to drive automation strategy across QA teams, build scalable web/mobile/API test frameworks, and integrate automated suites into CI/CD pipelines.

You will mentor engineers, define governance, and align automation with elite DORA goals for 2030, fostering continuous improvement across the tech organization. You will lead toolchain rationalization, onboard new tools, and champion shift-left testing, ensuring robust

Qualifications

• 20+ years in QE/QA with 10+ years focused on automation architecture and leading automation efforts
• Hands-on expertise with automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, RestAssured, or equivalent)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Harness, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or equivalent)
• Strong programming/scripting in Python, Java, or JavaScript/TypeScript
• Deep Experience with API testing, mobile test automation, and device cloud/grid platforms
• Experience with automation governance standards and test architecture best practices
• Experience with Tools strategy – vetting, review, rationalization, planning, optimization and vendor coordination

Responsibilities

• Define and own the automation strategy, framework architecture, and toolchain across all QE teams
• Design and implement scalable test automation frameworks for web, mobile, API, and integration testing layers
• Rationalize and review existing Test automation tools and efforts to optimize and strategically align with business objectives
• Build test automation process from qualification, intake and prioritization, to maintenance and sunsetting
• Lead the integration of automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines
• Establish standards for automation scripting, code review, and test infrastructure governance
• Drive automation coverage growth across functional, regression and performance
• Partner with DevOps and Cloud/Infrastructure teams to align test environments, pipeline reliability, and canary/staged deployment testing strategies
• Define and monitor automation KPIs — including automation execution velocity, pipeline pass rates, and flakiness rates
• Evaluate and onboard new testing tools and technologies, including AI/ML-assisted testing approaches
• Champion shift-left testing by embedding automated checks early in the development lifecycle
• Lead and mentor automation engineers and architects within the QE organization

Skills

Automation architecture

Automation frameworks

CI/CD integration

Programming languages

QA leadership

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

Appium

Job description

Papa John's USA, Inc. seeks a Senior Manager, QE Automation & Architecture to drive automation strategy across QA teams, build scalable web/mobile/API test frameworks, and integrate automated suites into CI/CD pipelines.

You will mentor engineers, define governance, and align automation with elite DORA goals for 2030, fostering continuous improvement across the tech organization. You will lead toolchain rationalization, onboard new tools, and champion shift-left testing, ensuring robust