Description

We currently have a career opportunity for a Lead QA Automation Engineer to join our team located in LATAM.

As a Lead Technical Consultant you will participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle which includes estimating, technical design, implementation, documentation, testing, deployment and support of application developed for our clients. As a member working in a team environment you will take direction from solution architects and Leads on development activities.

Perficient is always looking for the best and brightest talent and we need you We’re a quickly-growing, integral digital consulting leader, and we’re transforming the world’s largest enterprises and biggest brands. You’ll work with the latest technologies, expand your skills, and become a part of our global community of talented, diverse, and knowledgeable colleagues.

Responsibilities
- Lead the quality-first initiative, setting strategy for automation, testing, and QA best practices.
- Define test strategies across the stack: unit, integration, API, UI, performance, load,



and security testing.
- Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to align testing priorities with release goals and compliance standards.
- Mentor QA and development teams, fostering a shift-left culture where testing is integral to the SDLC.
- Architect and implement scalable, reusable test automation frameworks for UI, API, and end-to-end scenarios.
- Integrate test suites into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or equivalent).
- Build test frameworks using tools such as Cypress, Selenium, Robot, PyTest, and RestAssured.
- Develop performance/load testing suites using JMeter, Locust, or k6, and integrate results into release gates.
- Establish dashboards for test coverage, defect density, performance benchmarks, and release readiness.
- Partner with DevOps to optimize test environments, CI/CD pipelines, and test data management.
- Drive adoption of new testing tools, frameworks

📌 LatAm - Lead SDET (Colombia)
🏢 Perficient
📍 Colombia