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.