Lead Software Engineer
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA)7 days ago
Rockville, MD, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$114k - $249k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define, implement, and evolve test automation strategy across multiple enterprise application teams.
- Lead Workday test automation and tool evaluation for HCM and Finance functional areas.
- Design, build, maintain, and review automated test frameworks and test cases for custom-built applications and Workday systems.
- Develop comprehensive testing strategies covering functional, integration, regression, and performance testing, including test data management and shift-left practices.
- Mentor engineers and developers on testing best practices and influence quality practices across peer teams.
- Establish and track quality metrics and present findings to senior and executive leadership.
- Collaborate with application teams to integrate quality practices throughout the development lifecycle.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline, with at least 7 years of related experience, or equivalent training and/or work experience.
- Strong hands-on Java and object-oriented development skills, including the ability to develop, review, and maintain automation code.
- Deep experience designing, building, and maintaining test automation frameworks using Playwright, Cucumber, or Selenium.
- Experience defining test strategies for functional, integration, regression, and performance testing, including test data management and shift-left testing.
- Workday testing experience in HCM and/or Finance, including Kainos Smart Test or Opkey.
- Experience automating testing and managing test data for closed SaaS ecosystems.
- Experience with AWS and CI/CD pipelines for test automation using Jenkins and GitLab.
- Strong system design, cloud technology, data storage, performance tuning, optimization, DevOps, CI/CD, test automation, unit testing, and software security experience.
- Strong communication and influence skills, including experience setting testing direction and mentoring others across multiple teams.
Benefits
- Hybrid work environment with defined in-person presence requirements; occasional travel and extended hours may be required.
- Health, dental, vision, life, disability, long-term care, business travel accident, and legal insurance options.
- 401(k) plan with immediate participation and vesting, company match, and potential additional FINRA-funded retirement contributions.
- Tuition reimbursement and commuter benefits.
- Adoption assistance, backup family care, surrogacy benefits, employee assistance, and wellness programs.
- 15 paid time-off days, 5 personal days, 9 sick days, 2 volunteer service days, 9 paid holidays, and other paid leave programs for eligible full-time employees.
- Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus and overtime pay where applicable.