Job Title: Senior Quality Engineering Lead
Location: Pittsburgh, OH / Dallas, TX / Denver, CO (Onsite)
The consultant must be flexible to work from different client locations based on project requirements.
Experience:
8+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, QA, Test Automation, and QA leadership.
Employment Type: W2 (Long Term Contract)
Visa: Any Visa
Job Overview
We are seeking a Senior Quality Engineering Lead with strong experience in test automation, Selenium, Playwright, and Quality Engineering methodologies. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in the Banking and Financial Services domain and experience leading onshore and offshore QA teams in a global delivery environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and implement Quality Engineering strategies, processes, and best practices.
- Design, develop, maintain, and enhance test automation frameworks.
- Create automated test scripts using Selenium and other modern automation tools.
- Develop and maintain Playwright automation for web applications.
- Prepare test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and automation strategies.
- Manage testing activities, defects, and project deliverables using Jira.
- Maintain testing documentation, process guidelines, and project artifacts in Confluence.
- Lead and coordinate onshore and offshore QA/QE teams.
- Support functional, regression, integration, system, and end-to-end testing.
- Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Collaborate with business analysts, developers, product owners, and project managers to identify and resolve quality risks.
- Manage defect tracking, root-cause analysis, reporting, and resolution.
- Support release planning, implementation, validation, and production deployment activities.
- Identify opportunities to improve testing processes, automation coverage, and delivery efficiency.
- Explore and implement AI/GenAI-powered Quality Engineering tools and practices.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, QA, Test Automation, or a related field.
- Strong knowledge of QE methodologies, testing processes, and industry best practices.
- Hands-on experience designing and maintaining test automation frameworks.
- Strong coding and scripting skills with Selenium-based automation.
- Practical experience with Playwright for modern web application testing.
- Experience working with Jira and Confluence.
- Proven experience leading onshore and offshore QA teams.
- Strong Banking and Financial Services domain experience.
- Knowledge of banking applications, business processes, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Strong understanding of test planning, execution, defect management, and release support.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical, leadership, problem-solving, and risk-management abilities.
- Ability to work onsite in Pennsylvania and support multiple client locations as required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with AI/GenAI-powered testing and Quality Engineering tools.
- Knowledge of AI-assisted test case generation and automation optimization.
- Experience using AI for defect analysis, test data creation, and test coverage improvement.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
- Experience with API testing and automated regression testing.
- Knowledge of quality metrics, dashboards, and continuous testing practices.