Test Automation Lead - AI
Kumaran · kumaran.com
ChennaiLead / Manager8–12 yrs
The job in short
Test automation leadership for AI.
PythonJavaSQLAzureDevOpsSeleniumAgentic
Details
- Found
- 22 d ago · posted 2026-07-30
- Location as listed
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Role
- QA / Test Engineer
- Source
- The company’s own careers site
Full description
Job Summary
We are seeking a Test Automation Lead with 8–12 years of experience in Quality Engineering and Automation Testing. The ideal
candidate will have strong expertise in Playwright, Selenium, Java, and
Python, along with hands-on experience in AI-enabled automation. The
role involves leading automation framework development, mentoring team members,
and driving AI adoption to improve test efficiency and quality.
Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation
frameworks using Playwright and Selenium.
• Develop automation scripts using Java and Python.
• Lead automation initiatives and mentor a team of
automation engineers.
• Integrate automation suites with Azure
DevOps/Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement AI-enabled automation capabilities such as
script generation, self-healing, intelligent test data generation, and
failure analysis.
• Collaborate with development, business, and QA teams in
Agile environments.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure automation best
practices.
Required Skills
• 8–12 years of QA/Automation experience with 3+ years
in a Lead role.
• Strong hands-on experience in Playwright, Selenium
WebDriver, Java, and Python.
• Experience with TestNG/PyTest, API automation
(REST Assured/Postman), Git, Maven, and SQL.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted testing tools such
as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT/OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot, Cursor AI, Claude,
or similar.
• Experience building reusable automation frameworks and
integrating with CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder
management skills.
Nice to Have
• Experience with Appium, accessibility testing,
performance testing, BrowserStack/Perfecto, and cloud-based test
automation platforms.
• Exposure to Agentic AI and modern Quality Engineering
practices.
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