Lead Engineer - SDET

Overview: - HighLevel is a cloud-based, all-in-one white-label marketing and sales platform. - Empowers marketing agencies, entrepreneurs, and businesses to enhance digital presence and drive growth. - Operates with ~1200 employees across 15 countries. - Focuses on maintaining a strong company culture, creativity, collaboration, and work-life balance. Key Responsibilities: - Define and implement automation testing strategies. - Collaborate with product and engineering teams to align testing efforts with business objectives. - Set clear goals and priorities for the QA team. - Hire, train, and mentor SDETs. - Foster continuous learning and development. - Develop and maintain test plans, test cases, and automation scripts. - Oversee daily automated test runs and analyze results. - Ensure comprehensive automation coverage for all software releases and features. - Identify areas of inefficiency and lead initiatives to streamline testing processes. - Research and integrate emerging testing tools and technologies. - Coordinate with customers to gather feedback and translate insights into actionable improvements. - Act as a quality advocate, ensuring user experience is a core consideration throughout the development cycle. Requirements/Skills/Qualifications: - Proficiency in Java/JavaScript, or similar languages. - Sound experience with Playwright/Selenium or similar. - Hands-on experience with Postman, RestAssured, JMeter, or k6. - Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or equivalent tools. - Good experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, and Kubernetes. - Knowledge of OWASP, ZAP, Grafana, Prometheus, and the ELK stack. - Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB. Compensation & Benefits: - Not specified in the provided text. EEO Statement: - The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. - Demographic information provided is voluntary and used solely for compliance with government recordkeeping, reporting, and other legal requirements. - Refusal to provide this information will not affect the application status. - This data will be kept separate from the application and will not be used in the hiring decision.