Software Quality Assurance Lead

This position follows a hybrid work model, with an expectation to be in the office 3 days per week at the St. Petersburg, FL Corporate Office location.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end quality strategy, test governance, release readiness, and delivery quality for the Client Onboarding platform.
• Lead functional, automation, API, integration, end-to-end, and performance testing efforts across multiple initiatives and releases.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve scalable automation frameworks, testing standards, and quality engineering practices.
• Establish automated quality gates, release validation processes, test reporting, and quality metrics integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive Shift-Left Testing, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), and quality-by-design principles.
• Partner with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Architects, Developers, Platform Engineering, and DevOps teams to ensure solutions are testable, measurable, and production ready.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and coaching to engineering and quality teams while fostering a quality-first culture.
• Continuously improve automation coverage, release confidence, operational stability, and testing effectiveness through data-driven analysis and innovation.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in Software Quality Engineering, Test Automation, Software Engineering, or Software Quality Management within large-scale enterprise environments.
• Proven experience leading quality engineering initiatives, test strategy, automation, release readiness, and quality governance across multiple teams.
• Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale automation frameworks and testing solutions.

Skills

• Java; JavaScript; SQL; Design for Testability and Observability
• Playwright; Selenium WebDriver; Appium; TestNG; RestAssured
• Spring Framework/Spring TestContext; Allure Reporting
• UI/API/Regression/Integration/E2E/Performance Testing; Test Framework Design; POM; CSS Selectors; XPath
• REST APIs; JSON; XML; Postman; JMeter; Gatling
• Test Strategy/Governance; Quality Metrics/Reporting; Shift-Left Testing; TDD; BDD; Cucumber/Gherkin
• Risk-Based Testing/Prioritization; Release Readiness
• Technical Leadership; Mentoring; Cross-Functional Collaboration; Stakeholder Management
• Excellent Written/Verbal Communication & strong problem-solving abilities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field (Required)
• Experience in Financial Services, Wealth Management, Brokerage, Banking, or a related industry (Preferred)
• Experience supporting Client Onboarding, Account Opening, Account Maintenance, or related operational workflows (Preferred)
• Experience contributing to large-scale application modernization, legacy system migration, or digital transformation initiatives (Preferred)
• Familiarity with testing frameworks and tools such as Katalon Studio, RestSharp, SpecFlow (Preferred)
• Familiarity with AI-enabled development and testing practices, including AI-driven quality engineering, AI-assisted software development and testing, AI-powered test generation and validation, impact analysis, workflow automation, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Devin, ChatGPT Enterprise, or related AI certifications (Preferred)
• Relevant Quality Engineering, Agile, DevOps, or Cloud certifications (Preferred)

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance; critical illness insurance and accident insurance
• Disability benefits
• Retirement savings
• Paid time off (including vacation, holidays, and sick leave)
• Parental leave

Pay

The total compensation for this position includes base salary or wages, and may include components such as additional compensation (cash or equity), discretionary bonuses, or commissions.