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Lead, Software Automation Tester

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This company is seeking a Lead, Software Automation Tester to oversee the execution of functional standards and best practices. This role will provide technical assistance to their team members and play a pivotal role in shaping the organisation's quality assurance strategy.

What you'll do: As a Lead, Software Automation Tester, you will play a crucial role in overseeing the execution of functional standards and best practices. You will work closely with various stakeholders including software developers, business analysts, and product owners to understand test requirements. Your role will involve designing, developing, and maintaining automated test scripts using industry-standard tools and frameworks.

  • Oversee the execution of functional standards and best practices. Responsible for the quality of the code repository where applicable.
  • Prioritise and make available capacity for technical debt. Execute the Team's product vision together with the CPO. Drive technology convergence and simplification across the Team.
  • Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using industry-standard tools and frameworks.
  • Collaborate with software developers, business analysts, and product owners to understand test requirements.
  • Implement automated testing solutions for web, mobile, and desktop applications.
  • Execute automated test suites, analyse test results, and report defects to the development team.
  • Drive the organization’s quality assurance strategy – automated testing practices will contribute to improving software quality, accelerating release cycles, and enhancing customer satisfaction
  • Evaluate new tools and techniques and implement best practices to enhance automation effectiveness and efficiency
  • Accountable for people management and capability development of their Team members
  • Reviews metrics on capabilities and performance across their area, has improvement backlog for their Chapters and drives continual improvement of their chapter.


What you bring: The ideal candidate for the Lead, Software Automation Tester position brings a wealth of experience in software quality assurance with a focus on test automation. You have strong programming & scripting skills along with an understanding of OS fundamentals. Your knowledge extends to network fundamentals as well as security fundamentals.

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 8+ years of experience in software quality assurance, with a focus on test automation and service virtualization. Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, or JavaScript.
  • Hands-on experience with test automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Appium, Ruby, Cypress, or Robot Framework.
  • Strong understanding of software testing principles, methodologies, and best practices.
  • Experience in Behavioural Driven Design, service virtualization tools like CA LISA, SoapUI etcCoding, test data management tools.
  • Experience and proficiency in mobile app / web UI test automation tools like Appium, Espresso etc.
  • Experience and proficiency in API testing methodologies and tools like APIgee, Jmeter, Postman etc.
  • Experience in application security and performance testing methodologies.
  • Experience with continuous integration and delivery tools such as Jenkins, ADO, Travis CI, or GitLab CI.
  • Knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git) and issue tracking systems (e.g., Jira).
  • Proven Project/Team leadership experience.


What sets this company apart: The company offers core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance. They also provide flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns. They have a proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits. They also promote a continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.

What's next: Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply today!


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Agensi Pekerjaan Robert Walters Sdn Bhd
Business Registration Number : 729828-T
Licence Number : JTKSM 423C

Contract Type: FULL_TIME

Specialism: Tech & Transformation

Focus: Tester

Industry: IT

Salary: Negotiable

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Experience Level: Senior Management

Location: Kuala Lumpur

Job Reference: 6U1LTF-57C2B8B5

Date posted: 09 January 2025

Consultant: Sarah Nunis

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