QA Automation Lead at Instawork (S15) A flexible work app that connects businesses with hourly workers. Bengaluru, KA, IN Full-time US citizen/visa only 6+ years About Instawork Instawork is the on-demand staffing app for hospitality gigs. We quickly and reliably match businesses with nearby qualified workers. We’re excited to enable our Professionals, a new generation of the emerging, diverse workforce, to be a part of the growing gig economy. We’ve been fortunate to be funded by some of the greatest investors in Silicon Valley: Benchmark (Bill Gurley), Y Combinator, SV Angel, Crunchfund, Steve Chen (co-founder of YouTube), Mike Vernal (VP of Product at Facebook), among many more. About the role At Instawork, we’re driven by our vision to create economic opportunity for local businesses and skilled hourly professionals in communities around the world. With a growing number of hub cities across the world in the U.S., Canada, India, and beyond, we’re looking for top talent to help rapidly scale our high-tech and high-touch labor marketplace. Our accomplished and dedicated team is passionate about our mission and committed to crafting revolutionary products, all with the backing of our world-class investors, including Benchmark, Spark Capital, Craft Ventures, Greylock Capital, Y Combinator, and more! We have an immediate opening for a “Lead - QA Automation Engineer”, with a proven track record of success to join our rapidly growing team in the Bangalore Office. As a Hands-On QA Automation Lead, you will play a pivotal role in coordinating and contributing to the activities of the engineering pod and delivering successful feature releases. You will be writing new tests, developing new architectures and bringing a culture of innovation and technical depth into the team. You’ll lead exciting side projects, advancing the frontiers of QA automation with AI, and work alongside a highly agile team to test products, platforms, and third-party SDKs—all in a single day. As the foremost technical leader, you will also manage and mentor a team of skilled QA engineers, ensuring that new features are thoroughly tested and delivered on schedule, meet our quality standards, and contribute to ongoing improvements. What You'll Do: Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of talented QA engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation. Technical Expertise: Implement automation tests across both Web and Mobile (IOS & Android). We are willing to train people who have no mobile automation experience but have strong programming skills and web automation experience. Hands-On Involvement: Must be hands-on and coding 70% of time with strong QA engineering fundamentals. Manual Testing: Create efficient test plans and maintain the test case repository as our product grows in functionality. Test new features that have not yet been automated by performing Black Box and White Box testing Project Management: Oversee the planning, execution, and releases of various features ensuring adherence to timelines and quality standards. Resource Allocation: Allocate resources effectively, balancing workloads among team members and optimizing productivity. Recruiting experience (sourcing, interviewing, offering, etc) is ideal Performance Evaluation: Conduct regular performance assessments, providing feedback, and identifying areas for professional development for individual team members. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with other departments (e.g. engineering, product management, design, operations) to ensure smooth and efficient project delivery. Process Improvement: Identify opportunities for process optimization and implement best practices to enhance automation workflows. Technical Documentation: Ensure comprehensive and accurate documentation of QA engineering processes, methodologies, and technical implementations. Stay Updated: Keep abreast of industry trends, technological advancements, and best practices to drive innovation within the QA team and the company. Who You Are: 8+ years experience with UI Automation testing tools. Bonus for Mobile automation (iOS/Android) experience using Appium and Selenium. 2+ years as Tech lead or Team manager. Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement. BS or MS in Computer Science or related field. Programming experience in Python + Javascript or similar language You’re a top automation engineer, capable of producing large amounts of code quickly. You contribute to open source projects and are seen as the team's most knowledgeable engineer. Eager to learn about new trends and technologies, and excited to introduce innovative ideas to QA automation using AI. Experience working in agile, fast-paced environments and familiar with CI/CD processes. Self-motivated, especially with respect to learning new software tools and best practices in software quality assurance. Startup mentality: self-starter, proactive, flexible. Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams. Technology Django, React, React Native, AWS, Neo4J https://engineering.instawork.com/