Lead Software Quality Test Engineer (Playwright)

Cars Commerce builds automotive commerce solutions for dealerships, manufacturers, and consumers, including the Dealer Inspire platform. The Lead Software Quality Test Engineer will develop automation strategies, lead software testing efforts, execute comprehensive testing across multiple levels, and mentor engineers to improve testing practices and product quality.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the establishing of process, practices and tools of software testing/automation
• Finalize and document test practices, educating the project teams they work with
• Develop and implement automated testing strategies for software products, with a bias for establishing regression suites that exercise new code as well as existing production code
• Design and execution of automation scripts across functional, integrational and performance tests
• Understand test coverage achieved and measure on metrics for the communication and reporting of results
• Help build dedicated software test and automation functions, working with partners and engineers to integrate testing practices in the development life cycle through release and maintenance
• Collaborate with engineers and product managers to build and execute tests and conduct comprehensive analysis of test results and test coverage; communicate to stakeholders
• Drive, implement, and communicate the adoption of software testing best practices through the software development lifecycle (SDLC) being used
• Run test programs to ensure that testing protocols evaluate the software correctly; continually evolve the software testing systems for maximum performance and results
• This function will require an individual with excellent programming and technical skills, ability to establish new practices, and ability to coach and train others to integrate software testing in the current software engineering environment
• Experience being a technical leader and influencing stakeholders across design, engineering, and technology, both within your own organization and across an enterprise

Requirements:

• You are an experienced, results-driven Lead Software Quality Test Engineer (using Playwright)
• You have  built and evolved Software Quality and Testing Systems
• Minimum 8+ years experience as a Software Engineer, Software Engineer in Test or related functions
• In-depth knowledge in testing web-based applications at the web service and UI layers using Playwright
• Advanced knowledge of debugging code and software development languages and testing tools
• Strong attention to detail, debugging code, excellent software troubleshooting skills
• Ability to collect and analyze data and test results to report on results, coverage and conclusions
• Excellent mentoring and communication skills, with the ability to guide and train others
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States
• we are unable to sponsor employment visas at this time
• testing integrations, performance, and building mock services a plus
• B.S. in Computer Science or related degree
• Full stack testing experience
• Proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes, Node, JavaScript and TypeScrip, PHP, Rust, MySQL
• Proficiency in Node, JavaScript and TypeScript a plus
• Experience with job queue/messaging systems
• Experience leading projects or functioning as a team lead