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Lead Automation Engineer

San Francisco, CA💼 Full-time💰 $160,000–$185,000🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead test automation and quality engineering for critical product capabilities, evolving automation frameworks and testing strategies to enable faster, high-quality software delivery.

Role type

Lead Automation Engineer (Quality Engineering)

Builds

Test automation scripts and frameworks for core revenue-offering product features

Domain

Fintech / Banking / Software Quality Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Test automation framework design, Java, JavaScript, CI/CD methodologies, API testing, Database testing (MySQL), Cloud platforms (AWS), AI tool integration for engineering workflows

Preferred skills

UI automation tools (Playwright, UIRunner, Selenium, Appium, Detox), JUnit, QMetry, Jenkins, JIRA, Git, IDEs, Debuggers, Profilers

Responsibilities

Own and deliver test automation scripts to validate and ship core product features; Provide oversight for features delivered by other engineers through code and design reviews; Drive thought leadership in evolving test automation frameworks from the ground up; Evolve testing methodologies towards a CI/CD model; Coordinate with scrum teams on bug tracking, test prioritization, and release; Act as a multiplier by independently driving outcomes with AI tools and mentoring peers on their application

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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