Lead Engineer Automation Quality

About the role

Empower’s vision is to transform financial lives by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We offer a flexible work environment, fluid career paths, and celebrate internal mobility. We prioritize purpose, well-being, and work-life balance, and foster an inclusive environment where associates contribute thousands of hours to volunteering. This role is for a Lead Engineer Automation Quality who will serve as a subject matter expert, leading the design and development of robust, scalable, and highly complex test automation frameworks. You will lead automation initiatives, establish best practices, mentor engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders and DevOps teams to integrate automated testing into CI/CD processes.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the design, development, and implementation of automated test strategies and frameworks.
• Lead a team of test and quality automation engineers, providing direction on automation and build automation strategies.
• Define and enforce best practices for test automation and quality assurance.
• Lead assessments of automation tools.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define test automation goals and objectives.
• Partner with DevOps teams to integrate automated tests into CI/CD processes.
• Monitor and report on test automation metrics and KPIs.
• Lead continuous improvement of test automation processes, tools, and standards.
• Lead innovation efforts, including AI.
• Design and document training materials and provide training on automation tools and frameworks.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for quality automation engineers and provide guidance, direction, and prioritization of work for the team.
• Perform manual testing when needed.

Requirements

• 7 to 10 years of testing experience, including 4 to 5 years of automation testing experience or equivalent automation training.
• Proven leadership experience managing and mentoring test automation teams.
• Strong experience with core Java programming concepts and expert-level proficiency in Java.
• Extensive experience with test automation tools and frameworks, including Selenium, Karate, JUnit, and TestNG.
• Excellent API automation experience using Karate.
• Excellent UI automation experience using Selenium, JUnit, and TestNG.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD processes and tools.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter and LoadRunner.
• Experience in an AWS cloud environment.
• Knowledge of containerization technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
• Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
• Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
• Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
• Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.

Pay

Base Salary Range: $105,700.00 - $149,275.00

Actual compensation offered may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.