Test Development Team Lead

Job Description

Test Development Team Lead - Job Description

Our client is seeking a hands-on Test Development Team Lead to lead a small team of test developers validating a complex IoT collaboration platform. The platform spans embedded audio devices, mobile and web applications, cloud services, and Azure-based device connectivity. The role blends technical leadership, software development, quality engineering, and AI innovation, with a focus on building the next generation of AI-assisted test infrastructure.

Test Development Team Lead - Responsibilities

Team Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Test Developers and Quality Engineers
• Establish team objectives, priorities, and best practices
• Foster a culture of automation, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement
• Collaborate closely with Software Development, DevOps, Product Management, and Customer Experience teams
• Participate in hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development

Test Strategy and Quality Leadership

• Define and execute testing strategies across embedded systems, cloud services, web, and mobile applications
• Lead release qualification and ensure high confidence in product quality before customer deployment
• Drive improvements in test coverage, risk assessment, traceability, and testing effectiveness
• Own quality metrics, dashboards, and reporting related to product readiness

Test Automation Development

• Design and implement scalable automated testing frameworks
• Expand automated coverage across embedded and device functionality, REST/SSE APIs, mobile and web applications, and cloud services
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Partner with development teams to improve testability and observability

AI-Assisted Testing and Innovation

• Lead the design and implementation of agent-based, AI-assisted testing infrastructure that can observe product behavior, analyze source code, interpret device and application logs, and consume telemetry and operational data
• Automatically generate test plans and scenarios, identify test gaps and quality risks, and produce actionable recommendations for developers
• Evaluate and integrate modern AI technologies, including LLMs, coding agents, and automated reasoning systems, into the testing lifecycle

Test Development Team Lead - Mandatory Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline
• 10+ years of software development, test automation, or quality engineering experience
• 2+ years leading technical teams or mentoring engineers
• Strong software development skills in one or more modern languages: TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, or C#
• Experience building and maintaining automated testing frameworks
• Experience testing distributed systems, cloud services, and APIs
• Experience working in Agile environments
• Strong understanding of CI/CD practices and DevOps

 

Test Development Team Lead - Nice-to-Have Skills

• Hands-on experience applying LLMs, coding agents, or AI-assisted tooling to testing
• Experience testing IoT or embedded devices
• Azure cloud experience
• Experience with telemetry, logging, and observability tooling
• Experience testing REST/SSE APIs and mobile applications

Test Development Team Lead - Assignment Length
This is a permanent employment position. 

Test Development Team Lead - Location
Calgary, Alberta or Ottawa, Ontario hybrid