Head of Test Automation
Core
Provide strategic, technical, and organizational leadership for the bank's test automation and quality engineering capability across Sales and Trading technology business platforms.
Role type
Head of Test Automation (Director/Senior Engineering Manager)
Builds
Scalable automated testing across trading, risk, pricing, P&L, market data, eTrading, and other critical financial systems.
Domain
Financial Services / Investment Banking / Markets Technology
Required skills
Enterprise-scale test automation leadership, Java, BDD/Cucumber, Selenium/Playwright, REST/API testing, CI/CD pipelines, Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift, team management (10+), framework design, SDLC integration
Preferred skills
Investment banking/Markets Technology experience, 15+ years in software development/quality engineering, experience in highly regulated environments
Technologies
Cucumber, Gherkin, Selenium, Playwright, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, REST, API
Responsibilities
Define test automation strategy, roadmap, and operating model; Lead adoption of BDD using Cucumber and Gherkin; Lead reusable, scalable test automation frameworks and tooling; Lead and develop manual testing, automation, and BDD engineers; Drive engineering excellence through code reviews and technical governance.
Seniority
Director/Senior Engineering Manager, hands-on IC with leadership
