Lead QA Engineer -Release & Automation

Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India; Hybrid

Lead QA – Release & Automation

Role Overview

Williams-Sonoma is seeking a Lead QA – Release & Automation to lead end-to-end mobile QA activities across iOS and Android releases, with strong hands-on experience in mobile testing and automation.

This role will own QA release sign-off, coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders, drive release regression, and continuously improve QA processes through automation and AI-enabled testing. Exposure to Web, API, and Microservices testing will be an added advantage.

The ideal candidate will help accelerate release velocity while ensuring high quality across multiple engineering teams contributing to shared releases.

Impact of the Role

• Accelerate release velocity while ensuring high quality across multiple engineering teams contributing to shared releases.

• Improve QA processes through automation and AI-enabled testing.

• Reduce release timelines and improve deployment frequency through optimized QA validation and regression processes.

• Drive continuous improvements in automation coverage, pipeline health, defect leakage, and release readiness.

Technology Platforms You Will Work On

• iOS and Android mobile applications

• Mobile automation frameworks such as Appium or equivalent tools

• Mabl, Selenium, and Playwright

• Web, API, and Microservices testing

• CI/CD platforms including Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms

• AI-powered testing solutions, AI-assisted test generation, self-healing automation, and intelligent test selection

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end QA release sign-off for mobile applications across iOS and Android.

• Lead release regression testing and ensure production readiness across multiple engineering teams.

• Partner with Engineering, Product, DevOps, Release Management, and Vendor QA teams to plan, coordinate, and execute successful releases.

• Define and standardize QA release processes, quality gates, and release sign-off criteria.

• Drive mobile automation strategy across iOS and Android to maximize automation coverage and reduce manual regression effort.

• Ensure automation suites are stable, maintain high pipeline pass rates, minimize flaky tests, and support reliable CI/CD execution.

• Continuously optimize QA validation and regression processes to reduce release timelines and improve deployment frequency.

• Champion AI-powered testing solutions, AI-assisted test generation, self-healing automation, and intelligent test selection.

• Monitor QA metrics such as automation coverage, execution success rate, pipeline health, defect leakage, and release readiness, driving continuous improvements.

• Coordinate with multiple engineering teams to streamline testing activities and remove bottlenecks in the release process.

• Mentor QA engineers and promote best practices in automation, quality engineering, and release management.

Qualifications

• 10–12+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, QA Automation, or Release QA for enterprise applications, including 4+ years of hands-on mobile testing and automation experience.

• 4+ years of experience leading QA release management or centralized regression testing teams.

• Must have strong experience in Mobile QA across iOS and Android, including functional, regression, release, and automation testing.

• Must have hands-on experience with mobile automation frameworks such as Appium or equivalent mobile automation tools.

• Exposure to Mabl, Selenium, Playwright, Web testing, and API testing is good to have.

• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.

• Experience working in Agile environments with multiple teams contributing to shared releases.

• Must have a strong understanding of release management, quality governance, and regression optimization.

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in large-scale retail/eCommerce organizations.

• Experience leading QA transformation initiatives.

• Exposure to Web and API testing.

• Experience leveraging AI-enabled testing to accelerate software delivery.

Why Join Williams-Sonoma India Technology Center

• Our people first and performance driven culture means that we provide opportunities to grow and build a career and invest in the well-being of our associates, including comprehensive benefits to support you and your family.

• Scale and innovation of a Fortune 500 company combined with a high-ownership that empowers engineers to make real impact.

• Build and operate large-scale digital commerce platforms serving millions of customers worldwide, working on systems that run at global scale.

• Continuous learning environment with opportunities to work on cutting-edge technologies, AI-driven solutions, and large-scale engineering challenges.

• Hybrid work model designed for flexibility and collaboration, with two in-office days for team engagement.

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