Lead Test Framework Architect – M/F/D

Responsibilities

• Define and own PSD-wide test architecture standards and reusable automation framework patterns applicable across a Kubernetes-based, microservices platform
• Architect testability-by-design principles, defining how services, APIs, and platform components must be built to be reliably and efficiently testable
• Design test environment strategy using Kubernetes: ephemeral environments, namespace isolation, container-based environment provisioning, and environment-as-code patterns
• Define and deliver CI/CD quality gate architecture, integrating test automation at the right levels of the pipeline (unit, contract, integration, E2E, performance)
• Establish contract testing patterns for microservices and APIs, ensuring inter-service compatibility is validated continuously and not just at integration
• Define test data strategy for distributed, instrument-connected workflows, including synthetic data, data isolation, and AI/ML test data requirements
• Design E2E test automation frameworks that work reliably across containerized, multi-service environments at platform scale
• Partner with Test and Engineering leadership to drive adoption of framework patterns across product teams, delivering reference implementations, not just guidelines
• Identify and remediate test architecture gaps that create fragile pipelines, slow feedback loops, or undetected regressions in platform changes

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years in test architecture or quality engineering architecture roles
• Deep hands‑on expertise with Kubernetes, designing test environments, ephemeral namespace provisioning, and container-based test infrastructure
• Strong experience designing multi-level test automation frameworks: unit, contract, integration, E2E, and performance testing in distributed systems
• Practical knowledge of CI/CD pipeline architecture and quality gate integration (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent)
• Experience with contract testing approaches (e.g., Pact or consumer-driven contract testing) for microservices and API-first architectures
• Demonstrated ability to define and deliver reusable test frameworks adopted across multiple product teams
• Solid understanding of testability-by-design — able to influence how software is architected to make it inherently more testable