About the Role
We are seeking a Test Lead / SDET to support platform stability, reliability, automation, and production operations. This role will partner with cross-functional teams to improve resilient systems, troubleshoot production issues, strengthen observability, and apply site reliability engineering best practices.
In This Role, You Will
- Lead end-to-end delivery of Digital/eCommerce initiatives, ensuring alignment with business priorities, sprint goals, and release commitments.
- Serve as the primary on-site liaison between Business, Product, Engineering, QA, DevOps, Architecture, vendors, and offshore teams.
- Drive Agile execution by facilitating sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, reviews, retrospectives, and release planning.
- Coordinate cross-functional dependencies, manage risks and blockers, and drive timely issue resolution across multiple workstreams.
- Define and oversee quality engineering, test strategy, defect governance, release validation, and production readiness activities.
- Lead automation adoption using Playwright and Java, while promoting API testing, CI/CD integration, and modern engineering best practices; Python experience is a plus.
- Monitor delivery metrics, quality KPIs, resource utilization, deployments, and post-release support while mentoring teams on Agile and automation best practices.
Work Model
We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants able to work in Goodlettsville, TN as well. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs. The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting and may change based on business and client requirements.
Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship. *Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*
What You Need to Have to Be Considered
- Required Skills
- Retail - Digital Commerce / eCommerce domain experience.
- Agile Delivery and Scrum leadership.
- Stakeholder, Vendor, and On-site-Offshore Coordination.
- Quality Engineering, Test Management, and Defect Governance.
- Automation framework design and transformation initiatives.
- Test Automation using Playwright and Java.
- API Testing, Microservices Testing, and CI/CD integration.
- Release Management, UAT, Production Deployment, and Hypercare Support.
- Good-to-Have Skills
- Python for automation and engineering solutions.
- AI/LLM and AI-driven Quality Engineering exposure.
These Will Help You Stand Out
We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.
Salary and Other Compensation
The annual salary for this position is between $80,000 - $91,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits
Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
401(k) plan and contributions
Long-term/Short-term Disability
Paid Parental Leave
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
关于高知特 (Cognizant)
高知特(Cognizant)（纳斯达克代码：CTSH）作为一家AI Builder和相关技术服务提供商，致力于通过打造全栈AI解决方案，帮助企业将人工智能投资转化为实际价值。公司凭借深厚的行业经验、流程优化和工程技术专长，将企业独特的业务场景融入科技系统，赋能组织释放人才潜能，推动切实成果，并帮助全球企业在瞬息万变的环境中保持领先。如需了解更多详情，敬请访问 cognizant.ai 或关注@cognizant。
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