Lead SQA Automation Analyst

Contour Software Pvt Ltd · Karachi division, Pakistan

Job Description:

About Contour

Contour Software has grown from a dozen people to over 2,000 staff across 3 cities, in less than 14 years.

As a subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc., we are proud to be part of a global enterprise software conglomerate that has grown to become one of the top 10 software companies in the world, with employees and customers in 100+ countries. With a broad-based and ever-growing portfolio of market-leading, vertical-market enterprise solutions covering more than 100 industry domains in predominantly mature markets, CSI's recipe creates the perfect environment for professionals to build fulfilling, long-term careers.

What started as an R&D & Accounting back-office, has progressed into a full-service Global Centre serving all functions and departments, at the divisional as well as operating group/corporate level. Today Contour employees, located in Karachi, Lahore & Islamabad, are serving CSI divisions located in time zones spanning the globe, from Sydney to Vancouver. With the global growth of Constellation as the wind in our sails, we are only just getting started!

The Division:

POMS Corporation ( is committed to improving the effectiveness, competitiveness and compliance of regulated manufacturers by delivering proven, world-class manufacturing execution system (MES) solutions that integrate seamlessly with other enterprise applications. POMS' industry knowledge, validation experience, and MES technology are unparalleled in the cGMP environment. POMS MES and Business Intelligence Products set the standard for manufacturing in Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Medical Device, Consumer Packaged Goods, and other regulated industries. We take pride in the well-built and robust technological solutions we bring to our customers. We become trusted enterprise partners with our customers by delivering quality products and services that help their business become more profitable. We hire and retain great employees.

POMS is part of the Constellation Software Inc. family ( Constellation Software Inc. (CSI) is a group of international software companies and is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (CSU.TO). CSI companies are leading providers of software and services to a select group of public and private sector markets and we acquire, manage, and build industry-specific software businesses that provide specialized, mission-critical software solutions to address the particular needs of our customers. We offer the benefit of working with a medium sized company while enjoying the support and opportunity of being part of a 13,000+ employee organization.

POMS is investing heavily in automated quality engineering, modern software delivery practices, and AI-assisted testing to further product quality and accelerate delivery.

The Position:

POMS is seeking a hands-on Quality Engineering Lead / Automation Architect to lead the shift from predominantly manual testing to automation-driven quality engineering. This is a hands-on role: the successful candidate will personally help enhance the automation foundation (Playwright framework, standards, and CI/CD integration) and lead a global QA team to deliver automation at scale, using data to measure outcomes and prioritize investments.

The selected individual will work from Contour Software's Karachi office as an extension of the division's R&D team.

Responsibilities:

Automation Strategy and Architecture:

• Own POMS' test automation strategy and roadmap, serving as technical lead for the Playwright framework, automation standards, coding guidelines, and review practices.

• Design and build scalable Playwright suites in TypeScript, making effective use of fixtures, workers, parallelization, test isolation, retries, traces, and reporting.

• Organize workflow-based testing suites with clear smoke, core regression, and release regression layers across functional, API, integration, and end-to-end testing.

• Assess the existing manual test inventory and prioritize which tests should be automated, redesigned, consolidated, kept manual, or retired.