• Champion an automation-first mindset; manual testing should be the exception, not the rule. • Design, build, and scale automated test frameworks for APIs, UI, and end-to-end microservice validation using Node.js, Playwright, and related frameworks. • Develop load and resilience testing suites with Grafana k6 to benchmark and harden distributed systems. • Integrate test execution and quality gates deeply into GitHub Actions, ensuring every commit, PR, and deployment is validated by automation. • Collaborate closely with MCPs: Kafka event flows, service mesh routing (Istio), and inter-service contracts to design automated validation of message schemas, ACLs, and service dependencies. • Mock endpoints with services like microcks or postman to simulate responses. • Lead TDD adoption by embedding test scaffolds into developer workflows and enforcing test coverage standards across repositories. • Embed security testing and data validation checks into automation frameworks for proactive vulnerability detection. • Create test observability dashboards (via Grafana or Datadog) that expose quality metrics alongside performance and error budgets. • Perform exploratory testing to supplement automation with contextual discovery and edge-case validation. • Collaborate with developers, SREs, and product managers to drive a shared understanding of quality across environments.

• Champion an automation-first mindset; manual testing should be the exception, not the rule. • Design, build, and scale automated test frameworks for APIs, UI, and end-to-end microservice validation using Node.js, Playwright, and related frameworks. • Develop load and resilience testing suites with Grafana k6 to benchmark and harden distributed systems. • Integrate test execution and quality gates deeply into GitHub Actions, ensuring every commit, PR, and deployment is validated by automation. • Collaborate closely with MCPs: Kafka event flows, service mesh routing (Istio), and inter-service contracts to design automated validation of message schemas, ACLs, and service dependencies. • Mock endpoints with services like microcks or postman to simulate responses. • Lead TDD adoption by embedding test scaffolds into developer workflows and enforcing test coverage standards across repositories. • Embed security testing and data validation checks into automation frameworks for proactive vulnerability detection. • Create test observability dashboards (via Grafana or Datadog) that expose quality metrics alongside performance and error budgets. • Perform exploratory testing to supplement automation with contextual discovery and edge-case validation. • Collaborate with developers, SREs, and product managers to drive a shared understanding of quality across environments.

• Use automated test tools like WebdriverIO, Axe, Allure and similar E2E frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress) tools to create and enhance our automated test suite. • Focus on end-to-end system tests, regression tests, acceptance tests, 508 compliance, performance, and scalability tests. • Become part of an enterprise team of software developers. • Collaborate directly on customer systems and solve customer problems.

• Build and maintain automated test suites for iOS + Android using Appium (required), primarily in JavaScript • Expand coverage for critical user workflows, including authentication, media handling, connectivity variability, app lifecycle transitions, and performance-sensitive paths • Maintain and grow web end-to-end automation using Cypress to ensure core workflows remain stable across releases • Collaborate with Engineering, QA, and Product to align coverage with feature specs, acceptance criteria, and user expectations • Represent QA in story refinement and sprint planning to influence testability early • Analyze test results to identify and track defects, regressions, and flaky tests • Drive issues to root cause with clear, actionable detail • Integrate and scale automated tests in CI/CD pipelines for fast feedback and reliable release validation • Support execution across environments, including device/emulator coverage when appropriate • Evolve frameworks, tools, and best practices to improve stability, maintainability, and speed • Contribute to test data strategy, environment readiness, and metrics/reporting that strengthen release confidence and quality transparency • Partner on production issue RCA and post-release learnings to drive preventative improvements (test gaps, tooling, monitoring, process)