QA Automation Lead (Líder de Automatización de QA) - Remote First

Bogota D.C. / DC / Colombia; Mexico City / CDMX / Mexico; Sao Paulo / SP / Brazil. Posted a month ago

The role

You will own the test automation strategy, frameworks, and quality standards. You will act as a technical authority for web, API, and mobile surfaces to enable product delivery.

What you will do

Define and evolve the automation roadmap
Own architecture decisions for shared automation frameworks
Set coding standards, review patterns, and maintainability rules
Establish org-wide definitions for release-blocking coverage and flakiness thresholds
Align with Engineering Directors, Pod Leads, Product, and Platform/Infra on capacity and adoption
Coach QA engineers and developers on automation craft and code review
Run technical hiring signal for automation-related roles
Drive integration of automation into CI/CD

Required qualifications

6+ years in software quality engineering with deep automation experience
Hands-on ownership of test automation frameworks for web and API
Experience designing modular, data-driven suites
Solid programming skills in TypeScript and/or JavaScript
API testing expertise
Familiarity with SQL / test-data design
CI/CD integration experience
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum or Kanban delivery
Proven technical leadership
Strong stakeholder communication
Strategic mindset
Excellent English (written and verbal)

Nice to have

Playwright strongly preferred
Java/Spring or React is a plus
Exposure to mobile automation (Appium, BrowserStack) is valuable
Spanish is a plus
Experience with AI-assisted QA tooling
Orchestration tools (e.g., n8n) and ticketing integrations (Linear)
Internal test-management / reporting platforms
Financial / fintech product experience
ISTQB or equivalent
Prior QA Tech Lead or SDET Lead title

Benefits

Competitive salary
Stock options (ESOP) from day one
An annual learning budget
Accelerated development paths

About the company

Clara is the leading platform in Latin America for companies to execute and manage every payment operation. It is a team of ~400 people backed by several investment firms.