Automation Team Lead

A hyper-growth, tier-1 global Cybersecurity powerhouse that leads the market in AI-Native Cloud Protection and Data Security. Backed by hundreds of millions of dollars in prominent venture capital investments from top-tier global funds, the company engineers an advanced enterprise platform designed to discover, classify, and mitigate critical security and compliance risks across multi-cloud and hybrid environments. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies and world-leading enterprises, the organization is scaling rapidly with a massive global presence and a major, high-caliber R&D center in Israel. The company maintains its state-of-the-art engineering center in the Tel Aviv District, providing highly accessible offices and supporting a forward-thinking workspace that incorporates one day of remote work per week. Position Overview- Automation Engineering Team Lead taking direct personnel and professional responsibility over an organic squad of experienced automation developers, reporting to the QA Manager. Serving as a crucial technical and strategic function, maintaining a high-impact Hands-On presence while defining the architectural vision for the company's centralized R&D automation platform. Architecting and scaling a robust, hyper-scalable infrastructure designed to support, streamline, and accelerate the validation workflows of hundreds of engineers across the entire R&D organization. Driving modern engineering, CI/CD, and orchestration practices to ensure continuous product quality and extreme reliability for a high-throughput, cloud-native enterprise product. Core Stack (Position Specific) -Playwright, TypeScript, Python, Pytest, Docker, and Kubernetes. Requirements- 2+ years of proven experience in direct people management / technical team leadership within a software testing or automation group – Mandatory 6+ years of professional automation development experience focusing heavily on building robust infrastructure frameworks using Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, or Node.js – Mandatory Elite pedigree working within innovative, fast-paced tech startups or modern, high-growth product engineering companies (Cloud/SaaS native ecosystems) – Mandatory Deep, practical mastery of modern automated testing frameworks, with a distinct advantage for hands-on experience in Playwright or Pytest – Significant Advantage Prior professional background working within the Cybersecurity / Cloud Security sector – Significant Advantage Solid technical understanding of containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker) or infrastructure pipelines – Advantage Show more Show less