• Own, maintain, and improve automated testing pipelines for media websites and mobile applications. • Build, update, and maintain automated tests using Playwright or similar frameworks. • Improve test reliability, reduce flaky tests, and optimize test execution time. • Maintain and improve CI test workflows using GitHub Actions. • Expand automated coverage for critical user flows and high-risk product functionality. • Establish standards for automated tests writing, reviewing, and organization. • Collaborate with Engineering for testable applications. • Investigate failed test runs and coordinate fixes with Engineering. • Define and improve QA processes across web and mobile products. • Collaborate with Engineering leads on release quality standards and defect triage. • Create practical QA guidelines for feature validation and release readiness. • Manage, support, and mentor the existing manual QA tester.

• Design, build, and maintain scalable automated test frameworks from scratch — not inherited or extended from existing suites • Serve as the primary subject matter expert on test automation tools, techniques, and best practices across the engineering organization • Establish architecture, folder structure, conventions, and shared patterns for the automation codebase • Maintain test suites for reliability and maintainability as the platform evolves • Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or equivalent) to support continuous delivery • Design pipeline triggers, handle test parallelism and flakiness, and own reporting and alerting within the pipeline • Identify gaps in current testing infrastructure and proactively propose and implement improvements • Partner with DevOps and Engineering to ensure test execution environments are reliable and representative • Partner with product managers and developers to integrate automation early in the SDLC, promoting a shift-left quality mindset • Influence team QA practices through documentation, mentorship, and standards-setting — not just personal execution • Review pull requests for testability and advocate for design choices that improve coverage and maintainability • Stay current on emerging testing tools, frameworks, and industry trends

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation test frameworks for web applications and APIs. • Develop and execute automated functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end test suites. • Validate application functionality, performance, and reliability within authenticated cloud environments. • Develop and maintain API automation to ensure the integrity of backend services and integrations. • Collaborate with software engineers to identify, investigate, and resolve defects throughout the development lifecycle. • Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous integration and continuous delivery. • Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and code reviews to embed quality throughout the development process. • Perform root cause analysis on defects and provide clear documentation and reporting. • Continuously improve test automation coverage, testing processes, and quality standards. • Promote best practices in quality assurance and test automation across the engineering team.

• Contribute to quality processes across planning, development, and release stages of the SDLC • Use AI-assisted development tools to design, generate, validate, and maintain test assets at scale • Review and critically evaluate AI-generated test output before it enters the repo, catching false positives, coverage gaps, and brittle assertions • Collaborate with developers, product teams, and QA leadership to define quality standards and communicate risk clearly • Think beyond local scripts, understand how test solutions scale from 10 to 10,000 and architect accordingly • Adapt processes quickly in response to a changing product environment