QA Automation Architect

Company Overview

Logile is the leading retail labor planning, workforce management, inventory management and store execution provider deployed in thousands of retail locations across North America, Europe, Australia, and Oceania.

Our proven AI, machine-learning technology and industrial engineering accelerate ROI and enable operational excellence with improved performance and empowered employees. Retailers worldwide rely on Logile solutions to boost profitability and competitive advantage by delivering the best service and products at optimal cost.

From labor standards development and modeling to unified forecasting, storewide scheduling, and time and attendance, to inventory management, task management, food safety, and employee self-service — we transform retail operations with a unified store-level solution. Gain the Advantage with The Logic of Retail. One Platform for store planning, scheduling and execution.

For more information, visit www.logile.com

Job Summary:

Application Testing Team

You will architect and lead the implementation of next-generation test automation that leverages:

Architect cloud-native, self-healing automation ecosystems powered by Agentic AI and RAG architectures to drive autonomous test generation and scalable execution

This role combines hands-on technical excellence with strategic leadership, directly impacting our ability to deliver high-quality retail solutions at speed.

Strategic leadership and Architecture

• Design and architect enterprise-grade test automation frameworks incorporating GenAI, self-healing capabilities, and agentic testing principles
• Define and drive the QA automation roadmap, technology stack, and best practices across the organization
• Lead evaluation and adoption of cutting-edge AI-powered testing platforms (TestRigor, Testim, Mabl, Tricentis)
• Establish testing maturity standards aligned with TMMi or similar frameworks
• Mentor and upskill QA engineers and SDETs on modern automation practices and GenAI technologies

GenAI and Intelligence Automation

• Agentic AI Architecture: Architect GenAI-powered workflows using LangChain and RAG to autonomously generate and execute test suites via natural language interfaces.
• Intelligent Resilience: Develop self-healing automation with ML-based element detection that adapts to application changes without human intervention.
• Smart Strategy: Design intelligent test prioritization systems using machine learning to drive risk-based testing and optimize execution efficiency.

Framework development and engineering

• Architect scalable, maintainable automation frameworks for UI (Playwright/Selenium), API (REST/GraphQL), mobile (Appium), and integration testing
• Develop robust test suites in

  Python

  (primary) with AI/ML libraries and modern testing tools
• Ensure framework extensibility across web, mobile, cloud, and IoT layers
• Implement advanced patterns: Page Object Model, Screenplay, BDD with Cucumber
• Build custom testing accelerators and internal developer tools

Quality and continuous improvement:

• Design cloud-native test infrastructure on AWS
• Implement containerized test execution using

  Docker

  and orchestration with

  Kubernetes

• Integrate test automation deeply into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
• Build parallel execution strategies for faster feedback loops
• Implement observability and monitoring for test infrastructure (Grafana, Prometheus)
• Validate data pipelines, ETL processes, and streaming architectures
• Ensure compliance and accuracy for food safety, labor regulations, and retail standards

Quality and continuous improvement:

• Establish code review processes for test scripts with strict quality standards
• Monitor test execution metrics, analyze flakiness, and drive reliability improvements
• Optimize test performance, execution time, and resource utilization
• Provide comprehensive documentation, training programs, and knowledge transfer
• Foster a culture of quality engineering and continuous learning

Job Location & Schedule:

• This job is an onsite job at Logile Bhubaneswar Office.
• It is expected that the selected candidate will be available to work with some hours of overlap with US working times

Required Skills & Experience:

• 10+ years

  in QA/Test Engineering with at least

  5 years in Architect or Lead roles

• Proven track record of building enterprise test automation frameworks from scratch
• Experience leading and mentoring QA/SDET teams
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

• Expert-level proficiency in Python

  (mandatory for AI/ML testing) – including libraries like pytest, requests, pandas, numpy
• Strong programming skills in

  Java

  or

  JavaScript/TypeScript

• Deep expertise with

  Playwright

  (strongly preferred), Selenium, or Cypress
• Experience with

  mobile automation

  (Appium)
• Extensive experience testing

  REST APIs, GraphQL

  , and microservices architectures
• Strong knowledge of

  data streaming/ETL pipeline testing

  (Kafka, Spark, Airflow)
• Database testing experience (SQL, NoSQL, data validation)
• Performance and load testing of APIs
• Multi-cloud expertise across

  AWS

• Proficiency with

  Docker

  containerization and

  Kubernetes

  orchestration
• Strong CI/CD pipeline integration experience (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps)
• Experience with

  AI-powered test platforms

  : TestRigor, Testim, Mabl, Functionize, or Applitools
• Knowledge of

  self-healing automation

  and intelligent locator strategies
• Understanding of

  test impact analysis

  and risk-based testing
• Familiarity with

  BDD frameworks

  (Cucumber, Behave) and Gherkin syntax

Preferred Skills:

• Advanced AI Engineering: Expertise in Model Context Protocol (MCP), autonomous testing agents, and fine-tuning LLMs for custom testing solutions.
• Quality Governance: Experience establishing Testing Centers of Excellence using TMMi/CMMI frameworks and ISO compliance standards.
• Specialized Testing Stack: Proficiency in Visual AI , performance (k6/JMeter), observability (Grafana), and security testing.
• Tooling & Innovation: Ability to build internal testing accelerators, developer tools, and automated compliance checks.

Compensation and Benefits:

• The compensation and benefits associated for this role is benchmarked against the best in industry and job location
• Standard shift: 1 PM – 10 PM (shift allowance applicable as per role).
• Shifts starting after 4 PM: Eligible for food allowance/subsidized meals and cab drop.
• Shifts starting after 8 PM: Eligible for cab pickup as well.