LPL Financial

AVP, Quality Engineering Technical Lead

LPL Financial

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • South Carolina

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Salary

💰 $119,400 - $199,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSCloudDockerJavaJavaScriptKubernetesPythonSeleniumTerraform

About the role

  • Lead and architect the Quality Engineering CoE team, fostering a culture of innovation, excellence, and continuous improvement
  • Define and drive the strategic roadmap for quality engineering across the organization
  • Collaborate with senior leadership to align quality initiatives with business goals
  • Architect, Design, and implement enterprise-grade test automation frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Karate, BDD frameworks
  • Develop reusable components and libraries in Python, Java, and JavaScript to support test automation and application development
  • Integrate AI/ML technologies into testing workflows to enhance predictive quality and intelligent automation
  • Build and maintain centralized platforms for test execution, reporting, and analytics
  • Leverage AWS services to build scalable, secure, and cost-effective testing infrastructure
  • Define and track quality metrics, KPIs, and provide executive-level reporting
  • Champion DevOps and CI/CD practices, integrating quality gates and observability into pipelines
  • Serve as a subject matter expert and technology ambassador for automation, platform engineering, and AI-driven quality solutions
  • Act as a technical mentor for the QE team, guiding them in understanding and adopting new AI-driven tools and techniques
  • Ensure compliance with organizational standards and industry best practices

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in software engineering or quality engineering, with at least 5 years in a leadership role
  • Proven hands-on experience with Selenium, Playwright, Appium, and test automation frameworks
  • Strong coding skills in Python, Java, and JavaScript
  • Experience in building and scaling test platforms and frameworks across large organizations
  • Deep understanding of AI/ML technologies and their application in quality engineering
  • Expertise in AWS cloud services and infrastructure automation
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Familiarity with IaC tools like Terraform
  • Familiarity with automated security testing tools and methodologies (e.g., OWASP ZAP)
  • Preferred: Experience leading a Center of Excellence or similar strategic quality initiative
  • Preferred: Contributions to open-source testing tools or frameworks
  • Preferred: Certifications in AWS, AI/ML
  • Preferred: Experience with performance testing, security testing, and observability tools
  • Preferred: Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools like GitHub Actions, Octopus, Docker, and Kubernetes