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SDET Lead

NexCen Global Inc · Houston, TX

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Job details

Employment
Contract
Level
Staff / principal
Experience
15+ years
Posted
Oct 8, 2026
Last confirmed open
Oct 8, 2026
Job description

About this role

Lead QA Engineer / SDET Lead

Experience:

15+ Years

Role:

Lead QA Engineer / SDET

Only Local candidate

Job Summary

Looking for a highly experienced

Lead QA Engineer / SDET

to lead QA strategy, automation, and quality initiatives across enterprise applications.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end QA activities, including test strategy, automation, and production defect triage.
  • Design and maintain UI/API automation frameworks.
  • Develop automated tests using

Selenium, Playwright, WebdriverIO, Rest Assured, Java, JavaScript, and Python

.

  • Perform API and performance testing using

Postman, SoapUI, Swagger, and JMeter

.

  • Integrate automation with

CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and GitHub

.

  • Mentor and lead QA/SDET teams.
  • Leverage

AI/agentic tools such as Claude, MCP Servers, and GitHub Copilot

for QA automation.

  • Collaborate with development and business teams in Agile/Scrum environments.

Required Skills

  • 15+ years of QA/Test Automation experience.
  • Strong experience in

UI & API automation

.

  • Strong knowledge of

Java, JavaScript/Python, SQL, Selenium, Playwright, Rest Assured

.

  • Experience with

CI/CD and automation frameworks

.

  • Strong leadership and communication skills.
  • Fintech, Telecom, Retail, Supply Chain, or POS domain experience is a plus.
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