Lead Software Engineer
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA)2 months 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.
About Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA)
FINRA is the U.S. self-regulatory organization for broker-dealers, writing and enforcing rules, examining firms, surveilling markets, and running investor tools like BrokerCheck. A nonprofit formed in 2007 and headquartered in Washington, DC, it oversees compliance for over 3,300 firms and 610,000 registered brokers. FINRA is funded by member assessments and regulatory fees rather than taxpayer dollars, and builds large-scale data and surveillance systems used across U.S. securities markets.