Test Automation Engineer Lead

About the role

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Opportunity

As a dedicated Test Automation Engineer Lead, you will innovate within our Investment Experience Technology group. Working in a dynamic, startup-minded team leveraging modern technologies including React, Salesforce, Java, APIs, Kafka, and OpenShift, your role will be pivotal in delivering seamless digital experiences for members and advisors.

What You'll Do

• 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.
• Led 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.
• Safeguards against risks associated with business activities by identifying, measuring, monitoring, and controlling them in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What You Have

• 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.

Compensation

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. Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.

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.