Technical Lead QA Automation (UiPath) - Contractor

UiPath Expertise is Central to This Role

• This engagement requires hands-on UiPath experience from day one. The QA Lead will lead a UiPath-based POC, build automation workflows on a UI-only enterprise platform, and coach client resources through tool adoption. See the UiPath Qualifications section for full requirements.

• QA Consulting, Leadership & Delivery Management

  • Serve as the primary QA consultant and lead for the engagement, providing strategic guidance and hands-on direction to both 3Pillar and client teams. Reporting to the 3Pillar Product Development Manager and client leadership.

  • Advise client stakeholders on QA best practices, automation strategy, and tooling decisions — translating technical recommendations into clear, business-aligned direction.

  • Participate in backlog refinement, sprint ceremonies, release planning, and retrospectives.

  • Ensure QA work is clearly estimated, planned, and aligned with sprint deliverables.

  • Prepare QA status reports as a way to communicate test progress, test results, risks, and blockers with clarity and anticipation.

  • Complete the logging, tracking, communication and resolution of defects.

  • Maintain confidentiality, security and data privacy standards throughout all areas of responsibility.

  • Test Strategy & Quality Governance

    • Own the overall QA strategy across functional, regression, integration, and non-functional testing.

    • Define and maintain processes and best practices for test design, traceability, defect management, and environment usage.

    • Establish and monitor quality metrics that guide engineering decisions.

    • Balance coverage, speed, and maintainability while managing testing-related technical debt.

     

    • Automation Architecture & Hands-On Implementation

      • Design, build, and scale test automation frameworks for UI, API, and end-to-end testing.

      • Lead hands-on automation development demonstrating technical excellence and best practices.

      • Select appropriate tools, libraries, and patterns to ensure long-term stability and scalability.

      • Build, customize, deploy and manage the environments and test automation framework.

      • Design, implement, and maintain UiPath RPA automation workflows to support UI-driven test automation on enterprise platforms where backend API access is unavailable.

      • Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., smoke tests, regression packs, nightly executions).

      • Evaluate and introduce automation accelerators, optimizations, and emerging technologies (including AI-assisted testing).

       

      • Client & Stakeholder Collaboration

        • Act as the main QA point of contact for the client, providing strategic recommendations and technical guidance.

        • Collaborate closely with Business Analysts to translate requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria into actionable test scenarios and automation coverage.

        • Prepare and run in-person workshops, demos, discovery sessions, and planning sessions in Toronto.

        • Communicate proactively with Engineering, Product, Business, and UAT stakeholders.

        • Coaching, Mentoring & Talent Development

          • Guide and mentor QA engineers, helping them grow in automation, exploratory testing, and technical thinking.

          • Partner with Business Analysts to support knowledge transfer, ensure test coverage aligns with documented requirements, and contribute to building internal QA capability within the client team.

          • Promote knowledge sharing and continuous learning practices.

          • Build and staff the QA team by hiring new QA engineers and developing current staff.