Sporting Fashion & Goods
Lead Engineer (Quality) – DTC Platform Engineering
Mid Level
Pune, India
in office
Full time
Job description
About the Role
This role sits within the Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Platform Engineering organisation, which delivers the shared platforms, engineering services and foundations that enable product teams to build, test, deploy and operate software securely and reliably at scale. The position defines and drives the quality engineering strategy across the DTC technology landscape, establishing quality standards, test architecture, automation frameworks and engineering best practices. The post-holder leads quality enablement across web, mobile, commerce, integrations and platform services, partnering closely with engineering, product and platform teams to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and drive the regression testing, test automation and quality engineering strategy across multiple products and engineering teams.
- Lead one or more automation teams, providing technical leadership, mentoring and capability development.
- Own automation architecture, framework design, tooling decisions and engineering standards for quality delivery.
- Establish and maintain scalable automation frameworks for web, mobile, API, integration and end-to-end testing.
- Drive shift-left quality practices and integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and release processes.
- Ensure comprehensive regression coverage and continuously optimise test suites for reliability, maintainability and execution efficiency.
- 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 adoption of modern testing practices including API-first testing, service virtualisation, test data management and AI-assisted testing.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance automation coverage, reduce defect leakage and improve release confidence.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in quality engineering, test automation and software testing, including leadership of automation teams.
- Strong expertise in designing and implementing scalable automation frameworks and test architectures.
- Proven experience leading enterprise-wide regression testing and quality engineering initiatives.
- Hands-on experience with automation tools such as 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 equivalent.
- Strong understanding of Agile delivery practices, test strategy, quality governance and release management.
- Experience with performance testing, observability, production validation and non-functional testing approaches.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to influence engineering quality across multiple teams.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related field.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with AI-assisted testing, intelligent regression testing or LLM-powered quality engineering solutions is highly desirable.
- Experience with cross-browser, cross-platform and cross-operating system test automation using BrowserStack, LambdaTest or equivalent testing platforms is a plus.
- Experience in eCommerce, retail or consumer digital products is strongly preferred.
- Experience validating experimentation platforms, feature flags and A/B testing programmes is a plus.
The Application Process
Every application is reviewed by real people committed to fairness, transparency and equal opportunity, and no automated systems or AI tools are used to make hiring decisions. Functions supported by artificial intelligence may be used for isolated organisational steps such as scheduling interviews, and these have no influence on decisions in the application process. Applying is described as easy, with candidates clicking apply online and following the steps to upload an application.
- Apply online and follow the steps to upload your application.
About the Company
PUMA is a global sports brand creating footwear, apparel and accessories that inspire athletes and everyday movers, and the PUMA Group owns PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd, operates in 120+ countries and has around 22,000 employees worldwide. PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants regardless of race, colour, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age or disability, and states that equality for all is one of its core principles. The company states that it does not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination and that it believes in creating spaces where everyone is welcome, celebrated and empowered to contribute authentically.
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