QE Lead Role and Responsibilities Role Purpose A triad-level quality engineering leadership role responsible for driving quality strategy, standards, governance, and cross-squad quality outcomes, including E2E initiatives that span multiple squads, domains, platforms and external teams.
Scope of the role QE Lead Operates at the triad level, not only at a squad level.
They are expected to support multiple squads (Within or outside of the triad) and lead quality outcomes beyond an individual squad.
Key Responsibilities - define and drive the quality strategy for the triad in alignment with Digital quality goals - establish and embed consistent standards for test approach, automation, coverage, and release quality across squads - lead E2E test strategy, planning, coordination, and execution for initiatives that span multiple squads, domains, platforms, or external teams - drive stronger collaboration between QEs and developers to support shift-left testing and shared ownership of quality - ensure quality is considered early through better testability, acceptance criteria, and design collaboration - provide leadership on automation direction across web, app, API etc.
- ensure accessibility testing and visual regression approaches are appropriately considered for customer- facing web and app experiences - identify capability, tooling, standards, and process gaps and define improvement actions - coach and mentor Senior QEs and QEs across the triad or multiple squads - provide clear stakeholder communication on risks, dependencies, coverage, and readiness - work with delivery,



engineering, product, and external teams to coordinate cross-functional testing activity - contribute to triad/stream-level quality governance and continuous improvement - manage dependencies, risks, and defect triage activities - provide clear input into release readiness Experience, Skills and Qualifications - Significant relevant quality engineering experience, including leadership across multiple squads, streams, or product areas in a digital workplace.
- Strong experience shaping quality strategy, automation direction, and standards adoption across teams.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex E2E initiatives that require cross-team coordination and stakeholder management.
- Strong knowledge of web, app, API delivery quality challenges, including accessibility testing and visual regression for customer-facing experiences.
- Strong API testing knowledge and experience driving adoption of API-first testing practices.
- Strong communication, influencing, facilitation, and mentoring capability.
AI and Tooling Expectations - Defines how approved AI tooling should be used within the triad to improve quality engineering outcomes.
- Drives adoption of effective AI-assisted practices for test design, automation acceleration, defect analysis, and quality insight.
- Sets expectations for review, traceability, security, and responsible use of AI-generated artefacts.
- Identifies triad-level opportunities to improve quality engineering efficiency and consistency through AI- enabled approaches.

📌 Quality Engineer Lead (Victoria)
🏢 Xpt Software Australia
📍 Victoria