Lead QA Automation Engineer
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Job Location:
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
ABOUT YOU
You are an experienced Lead QA Automation Engineer with strong technical depth in building maintaining and scaling backend automation systems. You enjoy leading through influence. Acting as a senior IC who shapes testing strategy mentors engineers and ensures automation excellence across multiple teams.
Youre comfortable working with distributed systems including monolith and microservices and know how to design testing approaches that cover APIs data flows integrations and edge cases. You think like an engineer communicate like a leader and act with the ownership of someone who wants to build world-class quality infrastructure.
Youre also pragmatic and continuously evaluate new tools such as using AI-powered solutions and finding ways to drive efficiency while still relying on strong engineering fundamentals.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design development and maintenance of backend-focused automated test frameworks (Jest Playwright custom frameworks etc.)
- Work as a hands-on IC leader setting automation standards driving adoption and mentoring engineers when needed
- Develop robust automated tests for REST APIs services and integrations across monolithic and microservices architectures
- Create and maintain test suites across integration contract and end-to-end layers using modern automation practices
- Utilize mocking and service virtualization to isolate systems and increase test reliability
- Collaborate closely with backend developers DevOps and product teams to understand system design and ensure complete test coverage
- Review engineering code (PHP/Golang) to better understand logic identify risk areas and design stronger tests
- Build CI/CD test pipelines write and optimize YAML configurations and ensure automation stability in the delivery flow
- Improve observability and reporting across automated tests (dashboards logs alerts coverage insights)
- Introduce and evaluate tools such as AI-assisted or non AI-assisted testing solutions to improve test development speed and depth of validation
- Act as a quality advocate in architecture discussions sprint planning and release readiness reviews
- Lead initiatives that improve engineering workflows automation reliability and long-term maintainability
- Support teams in debugging complex production issues and guiding root-cause analysis
Qualifications & Skills
- 5 years of experience in QA Automation including strong hands-on technical leadership
- Expertise in backend/API automation using Jest Postman and modern REST testing practices
- Solid experience with Playwright JEST Karate Cucumber or equivalent frameworks
- Strong understanding of monolith architecture and microservices-based systems
- Hands-on experience designing CI/CD pipelines and working with YAML-based configuration
- Strong understanding of mocking stubbing service virtualization and contract testing (e.g. Pact or similar)
- Experience building test frameworks from the ground up or significantly enhancing existing ones
- Comfortable using AI tools as accelerators while applying critical thinking to validate output
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across engineering product and QA teams
- Proactive self-driven and able to take ownership of automation direction with minimal supervision
- Experience with cloud environments (AWS/GCP)
- Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker Kubernetes)
- Knowledge of performance testing tools (Locust JMeter k6)
- Experience working with GitLab/GitHub Actions CI pipelines
- Exposure to security testing fundamentals
- Experience driving automation architecture during system decomposition (mono microservices)Ability to read and understand backend code especially PHP and/or Golang
Good to Have
BENEFITS:
Convenient work tools
Latest Mac workplaces additional hardware to make you more effective at work
Google Chat Gmail Google Drive Confluence Jira GitLab
Professional growth
Free trainings and participation in specialized conferences
Rich knowledge exchange within the company
More perks
Health insurance (Medical dental and optical)- Employee and dependants
Flexible hours: organize your day according to your needs and sprint & teamwork demands
No dress code
Comfortable and new office environment
The duties of this position may change from time to time so the individual and organization can achieve their results. This job description is intended to describe the general level of work being performed. It is not intended to be all-inclusive. By submitting your application you consent to Xsolla conducting background checks where permitted by law after the final interview stage. All checks will comply with local regulations and your information will be handled confidentially. Xsolla KL Sdn Bhd takes your privacy very seriously and will not sell or externally distribute any data received during the hiring process. Pursuant to the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA) Xsolla KL Sdn Bhd is mindful and committed to the protection of your personal information and your privacy. Please direct any inquiries regarding your data privacytoemailprotected.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Change Management
- Corporate Communications
- Apache Commons
- Compensation
- Civil Quality Control
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