Lead Consultant - Quality Engineering: Ent.Data Platform Engg & SRE

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Lilly’s Purpose

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our 35,000 employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

What you will be doing:

As a Test Lead you will be responsible in ensuring to drive quality for web , API and Data centric platforms using Playwright, MABL, and AI‑assisted testing. You will own end‑to‑end test strategy, lead a small squad of SDETs/QA engineers, and embed continuous testing into CI/CD to ship reliable software at speed. This role blends technical leadership (framework design, tooling choices, quality gates) with people leadership (planning, coaching, stakeholder communication).

The role emphasizes shift‑left practices, contract/API testing, and scalable automation with Playwright and MABL to achieve high automation coverage and predictable release readiness.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategy & Planning

• Own the test strategy across features/releases; define scope, coverage, environments, and quality gates aligned to product risk.
• Champion shift‑left testing, contract testing, and early scenario sharing in sprint planning.
• Establish and maintain quality metrics/KPIs (defect escape rate, automation pass rate, flaky test index, API coverage, MTTR).

Test Automation & Tooling

• Playwright (TypeScript/JavaScript): Architect scalable UI/functional test suites; design page object models/fixtures; enable parallel, cross‑browser runs in CI.
• MABL: Build low‑code E2E flows; leverage auto‑healing and visual checks; integrate insights into CI/CD and test management tools.
• API testing: Design robust API test strategy (positive/negative/contract/versioning); implement tests using Postman/RestAssured or equivalent; enforce schema and backward‑compat checks.
• Introduce AI‑assisted testing techniques (self‑healing locators, risk‑based test selection, agentic test generation proposals) to reduce maintenance and target high‑value coverage.
• Enable mocking/service virtualization for upstream/downstream dependencies; seed and manage test data safely.

CI/CD & Operations

• Integrate suites into CI/CD (Azure DevOps/GitHub/Jenkins); set up nightly/regression pipelines and alerts for failures.
• Drive “quality at speed”: stabilize pipelines, reduce flaky tests, and continuously improve execution time and reliability.
• Ensure that data testing practices align with organizational data governance policies, industry regulations, and standards.
• Ensure the privacy, security, and compliance of data in testing processes.
• Contract testing (e.g., Pact), service virtualization, and data test strategies.
• Performance testing (k6/JMeter) and observability tools (e.g., Splunk, Grafana).
• Mobile/web hybrid exposure (Appium) and accessibility testing.
• Experience with test management/reporting integrations (Jira/Xray, dashboards).
• Familiarity with QA maturity models and predictive release readiness metrics.

Qualifications / Skills :

• 8–12 years in software testing/quality engineering with 3+ years leading QA/SDET teams.
• Strong hands‑on experience building automation frameworks with Playwright (TS/JS) and delivering maintainable suites at scale.
• Proven experience with MABL for web/E2E automation, including CI/CD integration and reporting.
• Deep expertise in API testing (Postman/RestAssured or similar), HTTP semantics, status codes, headers, schema validation, and negative testing.
• Working knowledge of AI‑assisted testing approaches (self‑healing, intelligent test selection) and practical application to reduce test debt.  
• CI/CD proficiency (Azure DevOps/GitHub/Jenkins); Git workflows; test analytics/dashboards.
• Solid grounding in Agile/Lean (Scrum/Kanban), BDD/TDD concepts, and defect triage.

Tools & Tech Stack

• Automation: Playwright (TS/JS), mabl (cloud)
• API: Postman/RestAssured, schema validation (OpenAPI/JSON Schema)
• CI/CD: Azure DevOps/GitHub/Jenkins; containerized runners

Reporting/Observability: Dashboarding via pipeline reports; alerts through Teams/Outlook.

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.