Lead Automation Engineer
Core
Lead Automation Engineer responsible for defining testing strategy, building robust automated tests (API, UI, Mobile), and championing quality within a fintech mission team.
Role type
Senior IC automation engineer with technical leadership
Builds
Automated test suites, CI/CD quality gates, and test data strategies for financial products
Domain
Fintech (payments, banking, credit cards)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
C# or JavaScript/TypeScript, API testing (REST Assured), UI testing (Playwright, Cypress), CI/CD pipelines, Azure, microservices testing, security testing (OWASP ZAP), performance testing, test data strategy, component testing, service virtualization, contract testing
Preferred skills
AI tool usage (Claude, GitHub Copilot), coaching developers on automation, shifting left quality practices
Responsibilities
Define and own comprehensive testing strategy for specific domains, design and maintain automated tests, drive adoption of central automation frameworks, coordinate complex technical testing, coach developers and junior QA engineers, leverage AI tools for test generation and investigation
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership
