Lead QE Automation Engineer (Business Financing)
Company Background
Our client is a small and medium-sized business financing provider, operating as both a direct lender and a marketplace with a trusted network of lending partners. The company enables small businesses to access financing efficiently through a single application process, reducing complexity and time spent applying to multiple lenders. The organization is focused on scaling quality and automation across a fast-growing, multi-team engineering ecosystem.
Project Description
The project focuses on architecting and scaling automation frameworks, particularly within Salesforce-driven environments, and integrating AI-driven automation capabilities. This is a highly hands-on leadership role requiring expertise in building Selenium frameworks from scratch, scaling automation for enterprise-grade platforms, and embedding automation into CI/CD pipelines within a cloud-native architecture.
Technologies
- Salesforce
- Apex
- Selenium WebDriver
- Python
- JavaScript
- TestNG
- Cucumber (BDD)
- Appium
- JMeter
- AWS (API Gateway, Lambda, SQS, SNS, S3)
- CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
- AI-driven automation tools
What You'll Do
- Define and execute an enterprise automation roadmap across 13 engineering teams
- Design and build scalable Selenium automation frameworks from scratch
- Implement Salesforce-focused automation strategies (Flows, UI components, integrations)
- Integrate AI-driven automation (self-healing scripts, intelligent test generation, predictive analysis)
- Embed automation into CI/CD pipelines for continuous validation
- Lead, mentor, and coach QE engineers across teams
- Implement mobile (Appium) and performance testing (JMeter) strategies
- Establish coding standards, reusable components, and automation KPIs
- Validate complex integrations across web, mobile, APIs, and AWS services
- Report automation health metrics and quality risks to stakeholders
Job Requirements
- Experience of leading automation teams in enterprise or high-growth environments
- 7+ years of hands-on automation experience, including building Selenium frameworks from scratch
- Strong expertise in Python and Selenium WebDriver
- Significant experience with TestNG and Cucumber (BDD)
- Strong experience automating Salesforce workflows
- Strong CI/CD integration experience
- Experience testing distributed and event-driven AWS architectures
- Deep understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Availability for US timezone overlap until 2 PM CST
- English level: B2 (Upper-Intermediate) or higher
Nice To Have
- Experience with Docker/Kubernetes
- Salesforce certifications (Administrator, Platform App Builder)
- AWS Associate-level certification
- ISTQB (Foundation or Advanced Automation)
- Experience leading cross-team quality initiatives
- Strong API testing and service virtualization expertise
- Hands-on experience with AI/ML-driven test automation capabilities
- Practical experience with Appium
What Do We Offer
The global benefits package includes:
- Technical and non-technical training for professional and personal growth;
- Internal conferences and meetups to learn from industry experts;
- Support and mentorship from an experienced employee to help you professional grow and development;
- Internal startup incubator;
- Health insurance;
- English courses;
- Sports activities to promote a healthy lifestyle;
- Flexible work options, including remote and hybrid opportunities;
- Referral program for bringing in new talent;
- Work anniversary program and additional vacation days.