Lead Automation Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION

WILLIAMS-SONOMA INDIA

JOB DESCRIPTION

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Work Location : Pune, India

Job Title : QE – Lead Quality Engineer

Business Unit : WSI Corporate Technology, Pune

About The Role

At Williams-Sonoma we build some of the retail industry’s leading e-commerce platforms across multiple iconic brands. Engineers at WSI work full-stack, delivering exceptional customer experiences while building enterprise-grade services that power personalization, order management, and large-scale digital commerce.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with your Scrum team to improve the quality of features delivered through robust automated testing
• Design, code, and maintain effective automated test suites aligned with feature development
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure features are designed to support testability
• Analyze functional and technical designs to create test cases that reveal code deficiencies
• Review peer engineering work to ensure high quality, consistency, and adherence to standards
• Provide leadership within the Quality Engineering Guild by sharing knowledge and best practices
• Support test data management and test automation initiatives
• Evaluate, prototype, and help select testing tools, frameworks, and processes
• Implement approaches to significantly reduce regression cycle times
• Actively participate in Scrum ceremonies including planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives
• Champion functional test automation and drive adoption of cutting-edge practices
• Serve as technical owner of WSI’s test automation framework
• Identify opportunities to execute test automation closer to feature development
• Improve automation suite effectiveness and execution performance
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Demonstrated programming and automation engineering capability
• 10+ years of experience in Quality Engineering or Quality Analysis roles
• Strong understanding of software development best practices
• Expertise in quality engineering methodologies, tools, and standards
• Deep knowledge of test automation design patterns such as Page Object Model
• Ability to review, understand, and contribute to technical designs
• Strong written and verbal communication of testing strategies
• Proven passion for continuous improvement and engineering excellence
• Advanced experience with Selenium + Java, WebDriver, Playwright + JavaScript, JUnit, or TestNG
• Experience testing large, heterogeneous systems end-to-end
• Knowledge of test reporting and management tools such as Allure and TestRail
• Experience building and maintaining UI, API, and end-to-end automation frameworks
• Understanding of relational and NoSQL databases
• Hands-on experience with Git, GitHub, and collaborative development workflows
  
  
  

About Us

Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Today, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is one of the United States largest e-commerce retailers with some of the most recognized and loved brands in home furnishings, including Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teens, West Elm, Williams-Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, GreenRow , and Mark and Graham. We operate retail stores globally and serve customers through our stores, catalogs, and online platforms worldwide.

Williams-Sonoma has established a technology center in Pune, India to strengthen its global technology capabilities. The India Technology Center drives innovation across e-commerce, supply chain, and customer experience platforms by leveraging advanced technologies such as AI, data analytics, and machine learning, playing a key role in the company’s continued global growth and competitive leadership.

ABOUT US

Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Today, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is one of the United States largest e-commerce retailers with some of the best known and most beloved brands in home furnishings. Our family of brands are Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, West Elm, Williams-Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, GreenRow and Mark and Graham. We currently operate retail stores globally. Our products are also available to customers through our catalogs and online worldwide.

Williams-Sonoma has established a technology center in Pune, India to enhance its global operations. The India Technology Center serves as a critical hub for innovation and focuses on developing cutting-edge solutions in areas such as e-commerce, supply chain optimization, and customer experience management. By integrating advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, data analytics, and machine learning, the India Technology Center plays a crucial role in accelerating Williams-Sonomas growth and maintaining its competitive edge in the global market

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