Senior Test Lead
United States
Job Description
Senior Test Lead
Appling, Georgia

Job Summary

  • Expert in one or more programming languages (Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or equivalent), applying software engineering best practices to build scalable, maintainable, and high-quality test automation solutions.
  • Extensive experience designing, developing, and optimizing test automation frameworks for Web Applications, including UI automation, cross-browser validation, end-to-end workflows, and reusable automation libraries using modern frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or equivalent technologies.
  • Deep expertise in API Test Automation, including REST, GraphQL, and microservices validation, with strong knowledge of contract testing, service virtualization, data-driven testing, integration testing, and automated API quality validation.
  • Strong experience integrating HIL testing with automated test frameworks and CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous validation of embedded, connected, or device-dependent applications through automated execution, reporting, and quality gate enforcement.
  • Hands-on experience architecting and implementing enterprise-scale test automation frameworks, ensuring maintainability, reusability, scalability, and seamless integration across multiple products and platforms.
  • Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, including functional, integration, end-to-end, performance, reliability, accessibility, and shift-left testing practices, with the ability to design effective quality strategies for complex systems.
  • Expert in CI/CD and DevOps practices, enabling continuous testing, automated quality gates, rapid feedback cycles, and reliable software delivery through end-to-end automation.
  • Deep hands-on experience with GitLab, including designing and integrating automated test execution into GitLab CI/CD pipelines, automated regression suites, quality gates, test reporting, artifact management, and deployment validation.
  • Experience testing cloud-native applications, distributed systems, microservices, and service-oriented architectures while ensuring high levels of quality, reliability, scalability, and performance.
  • Practical experience leveraging AI technologies, LLMs, and emerging Quality Engineering innovations to improve test design, automate repetitive tasks, optimize coverage, accelerate automation development, enhance defect detection, and increase engineering efficiency.
  • Strong experience building quality engineering tooling, test utilities, and automation platforms that reduce manual effort, improve productivity, and accelerate release cycles.
  • Proficient in test reporting, observability, analytics, and quality metrics, leveraging actionable insights to improve automation effectiveness, test reliability, and overall product quality.
  • Skilled in modern quality engineering practices, including risk-based testing, test data management, environment strategy, dependency management, and continuous quality improvement across the software development lifecycle.
  • Ability to evaluate quality risks, define validation approaches, and implement scalable automation strategies that improve release confidence and customer experience.

Key Responsibilities

  • Expert in one or more programming languages (Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or equivalent), applying software engineering best practices to build scalable, maintainable, and high-quality test automation solutions.
  • Extensive experience designing, developing, and optimizing test automation frameworks for Web Applications, including UI automation, cross-browser validation, end-to-end workflows, and reusable automation libraries using modern frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or equivalent technologies.
  • Deep expertise in API Test Automation, including REST, GraphQL, and microservices validation, with strong knowledge of contract testing, service virtualization, data-driven testing, integration testing, and automated API quality validation.
  • Strong experience integrating HIL testing with automated test frameworks and CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous validation of embedded, connected, or device-dependent applications through automated execution, reporting, and quality gate enforcement.
  • Hands-on experience architecting and implementing enterprise-scale test automation frameworks, ensuring maintainability, reusability, scalability, and seamless integration across multiple products and platforms.
  • Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, including functional, integration, end-to-end, performance, reliability, accessibility, and shift-left testing practices, with the ability to design effective quality strategies for complex systems.
  • Expert in CI/CD and DevOps practices, enabling continuous testing, automated quality gates, rapid feedback cycles, and reliable software delivery through end-to-end automation.
  • Deep hands-on experience with GitLab, including designing and integrating automated test execution into GitLab CI/CD pipelines, automated regression suites, quality gates, test reporting, artifact management, and deployment validation.
  • Experience testing cloud-native applications, distributed systems, microservices, and service-oriented architectures while ensuring high levels of quality, reliability, scalability, and performance.
  • Practical experience leveraging AI technologies, LLMs, and emerging Quality Engineering innovations to improve test design, automate repetitive tasks, optimize coverage, accelerate automation development, enhance defect detection, and increase engineering efficiency.
  • Strong experience building quality engineering tooling, test utilities, and automation platforms that reduce manual effort, improve productivity, and accelerate release cycles.
  • Proficient in test reporting, observability, analytics, and quality metrics, leveraging actionable insights to improve automation effectiveness, test reliability, and overall product quality.
  • Skilled in modern quality engineering practices, including risk-based testing, test data management, environment strategy, dependency management, and continuous quality improvement across the software development lifecycle.
  • Ability to evaluate quality risks, define validation approaches, and implement scalable automation strategies that improve release confidence and customer experience.

Skill Requirements

Other Requirements

Maximum Salary (US):  148000
Minimum Salary (US):  78000
Information at a Glance

Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion. 

 

Compensation and Benefits

A candidate’s pay within the range will depend on their skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies: medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.