Test Automation Engineer Lead

About the role

USAA seeks a dedicated Test Automation Engineer Lead to innovate within our Investment Experience Technology group. This role is pivotal in delivering seamless digital experiences for members and advisors, working in a dynamic, startup-minded team leveraging modern technologies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with executive management and enterprise leaders to develop and execute Quality Engineering and Test Automation strategies.
• Drives the design and implementation of scalable automation frameworks supporting web, Salesforce, API, event-driven, and batch processing applications.
• Leads and mentors Quality Engineers across multiple Agile Scrum teams while establishing testing standards and best practices.
• Reviews complex test assets and provides technical guidance on automation architecture, testing approaches, and quality risks.
• Drives adoption of modern testing technologies and continuous improvement of automation capabilities.
• Applies security, performance, resiliency, and compliance testing practices to improve software quality and reliability.
• Establishes quality metrics and automation reporting to support release readiness and continuous delivery objectives.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience.
• 6+ years of experience in automated testing, quality engineering, or related technical testing disciplines.
• Hands-on experience leveraging Agentic AI and AI-assisted testing solutions to improve automation coverage, test generation, and testing efficiency.
• Advanced knowledge of test automation frameworks, methodologies, and quality engineering practices.
• Experience leading test automation initiatives across multiple Agile Scrum teams.
• Experience testing enterprise applications, APIs, integrations, and distributed systems.
• Experience designing and implementing reusable automation frameworks, test plans, test cases, test scenarios, and test data strategies.
• Advanced facilitation, collaboration, and communication skills with experience presenting to cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
• Experience driving quality through process improvement, automation, requirements validation, and testing.
• Proficiency with modern and emerging testing technologies.

Qualifications

• Expertise with Playwright and modern automation frameworks for responsive web application testing.
• Experience with Copado Robotic Testing (CRT) and automation of Salesforce-based applications and business processes.
• Prominent experience building and integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and DevOps delivery processes.
• Strong Quality Engineering experience across the full technology stack, including: Salesforce applications (FSC, LWC, Apex, Integrations), Responsive Web UI applications, APIs and backend services, Event-driven and data integration platforms.
• Proven experience leading automation strategy and execution across multiple Agile Scrum teams.

Skills

• Expertise with Playwright and modern automation frameworks for responsive web application testing.
• Experience with Copado Robotic Testing (CRT) and automation of Salesforce-based applications and business processes.
• Prominent experience building and integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and DevOps delivery processes.
• Strong Quality Engineering experience across the full technology stack, including: Salesforce applications (FSC, LWC, Apex, Integrations), Responsive Web UI applications, APIs and backend services, Event-driven and data integration platforms.
• Proven experience leading automation strategy and execution across multiple Agile Scrum teams.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans.
• 401(k).
• Pension.
• Life insurance.
• Parental benefits.
• Adoption assistance.
• Paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours.
• Variety of wellness programs.
• Career path planning and continuing education.

Pay

The salary range for this position is: $114,080.00 - 218,030.00. Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location.

Schedule

This position can be based in one of the following locations: San Antonio, TX or Plano, TX. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.