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Your expertise will help create robust test automation solutions, ensuring software reliability and performance. You will play a crucial role in mentoring junior team members and driving continuous improvement in our testing processes.\nKey Responsibilities\nDefine and implement end-to-end Quality Strategy across UI, API, and non-functional layers.\nEstablish automation roadmap and quality KPIs.\nEstablish and enforce a Test Pyramid model, ensuring optimal balance across unit, API, integration, and UI automation.\nDrive shift-left practices and increase automation coverage at lower layers.\nDefine and track QA KPIs (automation coverage, defect leakage, regression stability).\nDrive release readiness reviews and risk assessments.\nInfluence engineering teams to adopt quality best practices.\nArchitect and implement/modify scalable automation frameworks using C# (.NET) or Advanced Java.\nGood hands-on knowledge of integrating automation tests in CI/CD pipelines.\nImplement / Knowledge of contract testing using OpenAPI/Swagger.\nMentor and review automation engineers’ code.\nProvide technical guidance and framework standards.\nCollaborate with Product, Engineering, and DevOps stakeholders.\nLeverage AI-assisted tools (e.g., Copilot) to enhance development efficiency.\nHands-on knowledge of prompting techniques to improve automation productivity.\nRequired Skills\nStrong proficiency in C# (.NET) OR Advanced Java\nHands-on experience with Playwright or Selenium\nREST API automation using RestSharp / HttpClient\nStrong understanding of JSON, HTTP protocols, and status codes\nSQL/database validation\nHands-on knowledge of CI/CD integration (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins)\nExperience tracking QA KPIs and quality dashboards (e.g., Grafana)\nAgile/Scrum experience\nWorking knowledge of Performance testing tools like Jmeter.\nAI & Engineering Productivity\nHands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot or similar).\nAbility to craft effective prompts to generate, refactor, and optimize automation code.\nExperience validating and refining AI-generated outputs to ensure accuracy, maintainability, and security.\nDemonstrated ability to improve engineering productivity using AI tools.\nExperience\n5-8+ years in QA with significant automation experience\nProven hands-on framework development experience\nAbility to contribute 40-60% in active coding\nDemonstrated leadership in driving quality initiatives\nOur Interview Practices\nTo maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you-not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.\nApplicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.\nCompensation:\n$71,300.00 - $124,500.00 USDThis role is eligible for Bonus.Compensation range listed is based on primary location of the position. Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience and actual hiring location. 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