Lead Software Engineer – Backend QA Engineer
PNC
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Dallas • Pennsylvania • Texas • United States
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Tech Stack
About the role
- Creates and leads the technical design and development of software solutions.
- Proposes & designs software solutions to address complex business needs.
- Prepares technical and procedural documentation required.
- Facilitates complex problem resolution.
- Provides technical guidance and support to colleagues.
- Reviews coding, testing, and documentation of software.
- Applies modern principles, methodologies and tools to advance business initiatives and capabilities.
Requirements
- Experience in regulated or high-integrity domains (payments, banking, money movement) with strong focus on correctness and auditability.
- Experience with BDD-style executable specifications and/or API automation tools commonly used in enterprise environments (tool-agnostic).
- Experience with performance testing concepts and test data management practices.
- Strong experience in test automation engineering (building and maintaining automation frameworks and suites).
- Experience designing layered test strategies and integrating automated tests into CI/CD with meaningful quality gates.
- Comfort partnering with developers on testability, defect prevention, and release readiness; evidence-based communication style.
- Experience testing APIs/services and validating data flows; working familiarity with SQL and data validation concepts is a plus.
- Technical leader who sets automation standards and patterns across multiple teams or services and influences platform-wide quality outcomes.
- Defines the end-to-end test strategy and gating approach; ensures consistency, governance, and measurable quality metrics.
- Mentors QEs and engineers on automation practices, test strategy, and defect prevention; acts as escalation point for complex quality issues.
Benefits
- medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature)
- dental and vision options
- employee and spouse/child life insurance
- short and long-term disability protection
- 401(k) with PNC match
- pension and stock purchase plans
- dependent care reimbursement account
- back-up child/elder care
- adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement
- educational assistance, including select programs fully paid
- a robust wellness program with financial incentives
- maternity and/or parental leave
- up to 11 paid holidays each year
- 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law
- between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
test automation engineeringBDD-style executable specificationsAPI automation toolsperformance testingtest data managementautomated tests integrationSQLdata validationautomation frameworksend-to-end test strategy
Soft Skills
technical guidanceproblem resolutionevidence-based communicationmentoringinfluencing quality outcomescollaboration with developersdefect preventionrelease readinessdocumentation preparationleadership