QA Lead/Lead SDET AI Automation & Quality Engineering

QA Lead/Lead SDET – AI Automation & Quality Engineering
Location: Parsippany, NJ (Onsite)

Role Overview

StatusNeo is seeking a QA Lead / Lead SDET with AI Automation expertise to drive Quality Engineering initiatives across enterprise applications, digital platforms, APIs, cloud-native services, and AI-powered solutions.

The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in test automation, framework development, AI-driven testing, and quality leadership. This role will be responsible for defining test strategy, building scalable automation frameworks, validating AI-enabled applications, and driving continuous quality practices within Agile and DevOps environments.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Engineering & Leadership

• Lead QA and automation teams, providing technical guidance and mentorship.
• Define and implement test strategies, quality standards, and governance processes.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and ML teams to ensure quality throughout the SDLC.
• Track and report quality metrics, risks, and release readiness.

Test Automation

• Design and develop scalable automation frameworks using Python, Java, or TypeScript.
• Build automated test suites for UI, API, backend, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
• Drive Shift-Left Testing and Continuous Quality Engineering practices.

AI-Driven Testing & Validation

• Leverage AI/LLM tools to accelerate test creation, maintenance, and optimization.
• Implement AI-powered capabilities such as:
• Automated test generation
• Self-healing scripts
• Test data generation
• Defect prediction and analysis
• Validate AI/ML applications by testing:
• Accuracy and relevance
• Hallucinations and bias
• Model inference and ranking behavior
• Adversarial and edge-case scenarios

Required Qualifications

Experience

• 8–15 years of experience in QA, Test Automation, SDET, or Quality Engineering.
• 3+ years in a QA Lead, Test Lead, or Lead SDET role.
• Proven experience building automation frameworks from scratch.

Technical Skills

• Programming: Python, Java, TypeScript/JavaScript
• Automation: Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Appium, PyTest, REST Assured
• API Testing: Postman, REST Assured
• CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
• Cloud & Containers: AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform, Docker
• Test Management: Jira, Azure DevOps, TestRail

AI & Emerging Technologies

• Experience using AI-assisted development and testing tools such as GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, ACCELQ, Mabl, Testim, or Functionize.
• Understanding of Generative AI, LLMs, Prompt Engineering, and AI evaluation frameworks.
• Experience testing AI-powered applications and machine learning workflows is highly preferred.