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.