PUMA

Lead Engineer (Quality) – DTC Platform Engineering

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2 days ago
Pune, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive regression testing, test automation, and quality engineering strategy across multiple products and engineering teams.
  • Lead automation teams through technical leadership, mentoring, and capability development.
  • Own automation architecture, framework design, tooling decisions, and quality engineering standards.
  • Build and maintain scalable automation frameworks for web, mobile, API, integration, and end-to-end testing.
  • Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and release processes while driving shift-left quality practices.
  • Define quality metrics, automation KPIs, release-readiness criteria, and engineering quality dashboards.
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, DevOps, SRE, and Architecture teams to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
  • Drive API-first testing, service virtualization, test data management, AI-assisted testing, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Improve automation coverage, reduce defect leakage, and increase release confidence and platform stability.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, Test Automation, and Software Testing, including leadership of automation teams.
  • Strong expertise designing and implementing scalable automation frameworks and test architectures.
  • Proven experience leading enterprise-wide regression testing and quality engineering initiatives.
  • Hands-on experience with Playwright, Maestro, or Appium.
  • Strong programming skills in JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or a comparable language.
  • Hands-on experience with API and integration test automation, including REST and GraphQL services.
  • Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or an equivalent.
  • Understanding of Agile delivery practices, test strategy, quality governance, and release management.
  • Experience with performance testing, observability, production validation, and non-functional testing approaches.
  • AI-assisted testing, intelligent regression testing, or LLM-powered quality engineering experience is highly desirable.
  • Experience with cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-operating-system automation using BrowserStack, LambdaTest, or equivalent platforms is a plus.
  • Experience in eCommerce, retail, or consumer digital products is strongly preferred.
  • Strong leadership, stakeholder management, problem-solving, communication, and cross-team influence skills.
  • Experience validating experimentation platforms, feature flags, and A/B testing programs is a plus.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

Tech Stack

AppiumGitHub ActionsGraphQLJavaScriptPythonTypeScript

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About PUMA

10,000+ employees

PUMA designs, manufactures, and sells athletic and sportstyle footwear, apparel, and accessories for athletes and lifestyle consumers worldwide. The public company (ETR: PUM), founded in 1948 and headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, goes to market through wholesale, retail, and direct-to-consumer e-commerce, and owns the Cobra Golf and stichd brands. Its product lines span football, running, training, and everyday wear across more than 100 countries.

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