Lead Software Engineer, Testing

Role : Lead Software Engineer, Testing

Location : Audubon, PA ( 5 Days - Onsite)

Term : Direct Hire

Position Summary :

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Software Engineer specializing in Automation and Manual Testing to lead quality assurance efforts across complex software projects. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of building and maintaining scalable test automation frameworks while also ensuring comprehensive manual test coverage. This role requires strong technical expertise, leadership skills, and the ability to mentor junior QA engineers.

Essential Functions :

• Design, implement, and oversee comprehensive test strategies including both automated and manual approaches.
• Lead test planning, effort estimation, and risk analysis for product releases and major updates.
• Develop and maintain robust, scalable, and reusable test automation frameworks using UiPath.
• Integrate automation scripts into CI / CD pipelines and ensure reliability of nightly and regression test suites.
• Ensure the framework supports scalability, modularity, and ease of maintenance
• Ensure high coverage and reliability of automated tests
• Execute complex manual test cases for new features, system integration, user acceptance, and exploratory testing.
• Ensure high quality for edge cases, performance benchmarks, and user-centric scenarios.
• Work closely with product owners, developers, and DevOps engineers to understand system requirements and architecture.
• Collaborate in Agile / Scrum ceremonies and help define acceptance criteria from a quality standpoint.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior test engineers and interns.
• Champion quality best practices and advocate for shift-left testing and early bug detection.
• Identify, log, track, and validate defects using tools like JIRA, TestRail, or Zephyr.
• Generate detailed quality metrics, dashboards, and executive summaries.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

Qualifications :

Physical Demands :

The physical demands listed here are representative of those that must be met by and employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.