Lead QA Automation Engineer

Job description

Doran Jones is looking for a hands-on Lead QA Automation Engineer to play a strong leadership role, owning automated testing across our web products and setting the QA vision for future releases. You will architect, design, build, and run comprehensive test suites, integrate them into our CI/CD toolchain, and drive quality from planning through release in a fast-paced Agile team. Responsibilities: - Define and evangelize the full-stack test strategy for functional, security, integration, regression, performance, and smoke tests. - Own the QA roadmap and communicate progress to engineering leadership. - Lead and mentor QA Engineers—document standards. Champion a quality-first culture. - Manage test data and environments. Set development standards for testability. - Build and maintain comprehensive automation. Develop UI + API tests in Playwright/TypeScript. Extend existing Selenium/Python suites when needed. - Integrate with CI/CD toolchain. Embed tests in GitHub Actions / Jenkins for quick and reliable releases. - Analyze and report defects. Log, track, and verify fixes in Jira. Provide clear, actionable feedback. - Influence Agile ceremonies (planning, stand‑ups, retro, grooming)...