We are seeking a Lead Quality Engineer to define and own the quality vision and automation architecture across web platforms, using Playwright and JavaScript as core tools.
This role goes far beyond test implementation: the Lead QE sets organization-wide quality standards, shapes long-term automation strategy, builds and grows QE teams, and ensures quality scales seamlessly with platform and business complexity.
Responsibilities
- Define and own the long-term end-to-end automation strategy and vision using Playwright and JavaScript across multiple teams and platforms
- Establish automation architecture, frameworks, patterns, and best practices adopted organization-wide
- Ensure scalable, maintainable, and high-performing test ecosystems that support rapid growth
- Champion and institutionalize shift-left testing practices and define quality gates as standards within CI/CD pipelines
- Oversee the strategy for UI, API, and integration testing across products and domains
- Architect test strategies for complex, cross-system user journeys and third-party integrations
- Define standards for test data management and environment orchestration across environments and teams
- Drive coverage of non-functional requirements (reliability, usability, performance, security awareness) at a platform level
- Set the bar for automation code quality: lead reviews, eliminate flaky tests, and continuously improve execution reliability across the org
- Establish observability, reporting, and quality metrics frameworks that inform leadership decisions
- Partner with engineering leadership on testability and design-for-quality; mentor, coach, and grow Senior, Mid-level, and Junior Quality Engineers, and build hiring and development pipelines
- Act as the top quality authority across teams, influencing platform, architectural, and product decisions, and fostering a company-wide culture of quality ownership
- Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Delivery leadership on release readiness, risk management, and roadmap planning
- Proactively identify systemic quality risks, define mitigation strategies, lead root-cause analysis of critical production incidents, and continuously evolve quality processes, tooling, and organizational practices
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Quality Engineering or Test Automation
- At least 1 year of relevant leadership experience
- Deep hands-on expertise in Playwright at scale and Selenium, with a track record of building automation frameworks from the ground up
- Expert-level proficiency in JavaScript
- Strong understanding of frontend and backend architectures, including distributed systems
- Extensive background in testing REST APIs
- Deep experience designing and integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines at scale
- Expert knowledge of test architecture, test data strategy, and environment management
- Proven leadership, mentoring, and team-building skills
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience influencing senior leadership
- Solid experience with complex, enterprise-scale platforms
- Excellent command of written and spoken English (B2+ level)
Nice to have
- Knowledge of Apache JMeter and broader performance testing tooling
- Familiarity with Cypress and other modern automation frameworks
We offer/Benefits
- International projects with top brands
- Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
- Healthcare benefits
- Employee financial programs
- Paid time off and sick leave
- Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
- Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
- Global career opportunities
- Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
- EPAM Employee Groups
- Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn
EPAM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
