Job Description
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provide leadership on automation direction across web,
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QE Lead Role And Responsibilities
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Role Purpose
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A triad-level quality engineering leadership role
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responsible for driving quality strategy, standards, governance, and cross-squad quality outcomes, including E2E initiatives that span multiple squads, domains, platforms and external teams.
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Scope of the role
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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.
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Key Responsibilities
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define and drive the quality strategy for the triad in alignment with Digital quality goals
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establish and embed consistent standards for test approach, automation, coverage, and release quality across squads
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lead E2E test strategy, planning, coordination, and execution for initiatives that span multiple squads, domains, platforms, or external teams
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drive stronger collaboration between QEs and developers to support shift-left testing and shared ownership of quality
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ensure quality is considered early through better testability, acceptance criteria, and design collaboration
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provide leadership on automation direction across web, app, API etc.
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ensure accessibility testing and visual regression approaches are appropriately considered for customer-facing web and app experiences
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identify capability, tooling, standards, and process gaps and define improvement actions
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coach and mentor Senior QEs and QEs across the triad or multiple squads
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provide explicit stakeholder communication on risks,



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