PTR Global · 2 days ago
Solutions Engineer – Test Lead
Indianapolis, IN
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$80/hr - $85/hr
10+ years expPTR Global is seeking a dynamic Solutions Engineer – Test Lead to deliver innovative quality-engineering solutions across a large application portfolio. The role involves leading the end-to-end delivery of quality-engineering solutions, collaborating with Site Reliability Engineering, and driving Gen-AI/LLM experimentation to enhance testing practices.
Responsibilities
Lead the end-to-end delivery of quality-engineering solutions that meet customer needs while aligning with technology guardrails and strategic roadmaps
Partner with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to embed observability—metrics, logs, traces—into automated tests and quality gates, reducing MTTR and boosting incident readiness
Drive Gen-AI/LLM experimentation (self-healing tests, autonomous test-case generation, AI-assisted defect triage) and transition validated prototypes into production platforms
Guide feature teams on modern quality practices: Shift-Left, DevTestOps, contract testing, performance engineering, data validation, and program-level quality governance
Integrate and optimize vendor testing platforms/tools (e.g., PractiTest, LambdaTest, LoadRunner, UIPath) to maximize business value and ROI
Collaborate with product managers, architects, engineers, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable quality solutions, and quality solutions into effective delivery decisions
Work with application teams to apply testing strategy, standards, and tools to agile delivery with confidence
Facilitate global knowledge sharing, cross-team alignment, and continuous improvement across geographically dispersed squads
Participate in incident management, root-cause analysis, and post-mortems; provide consultative recommendations to prevent recurrence
Contribute to funding prioritization and roadmap planning to ensure efficient use of resources
Mentor and coach engineers, fostering technical growth and promoting agile best practices (Scrum, Kanban)
Utilize design thinking, DevTestOps pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code to improve speed and quality
Stay abreast of emerging technologies in genAI, cloud architecture, containerization, microservices, and observability; apply relevant innovations to ongoing work
Document architectures, quality standards and strategy thoroughly for maintainability and knowledge transfer
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)
10 plus years of hands-on software or quality engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership
Proven expertise in building and integrating large-scale test automation frameworks within AWS environments
Hands-on skills with at least two of the following: Playwright, UIPath, RestAssured, Postman, Pact
Experience embedding automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar
Solid understanding of cloud-native architectures, microservices, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code
Familiarity with performance/load testing tools (k6, JMeter, LoadRunner) and observability platforms (DataDog)
Exposure to Gen-AI/LLM-powered testing tools (Copilot, OpenAI) or custom prompt/embedding solutions
Strong communication, facilitation, consensus-building, and stakeholder-management skills
Proven ability to mentor and elevate team technical capabilities
Preferred
Relevant certifications (AWS, testing tools, or observability) are a plus
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401K contributions
PTO
Sick leave
Company
PTR Global
Engage with the largest Latina-owned IT & Professional staffing provider in the U.S.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase