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 environment.
- 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.
- Robust 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 (Melbourne)
🏢 XPT Software
📍 Melbourne