Quality Assurance Lead – SDET, Java/API Testing

PNC

QA Lead overseeing SDET responsibilities for PNC's applications. Leading QA strategy and collaboration with cross-functional teams across multiple projects.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeDallas • Alabama, Pennsylvania, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureJavaJenkinsSelenium

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead QA strategy, planning, and execution across multiple projects and agile teams
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to onshore and offshore QA teams
Design, develop, and maintain robust automation frameworks for UI and API testing
Act as a hands-on contributor in test automation development using Java-based frameworks
Drive quality engineering practices aligned with SDET principles (shift-left, CI/CD integration, test-driven development)
Collaborate with development, product, and DevOps teams to ensure high-quality deliverables
Define and track quality metrics, test coverage, and defect trends
Support continuous integration pipelines by integrating automated tests into CI/CD workflows
Ensure test environments, test data management, and execution strategies are optimized

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience as a QA Lead / SDET Lead in enterprise environments
Experience leading or coordinating work across onshore and offshore teams
Strong programming experience in Java
Solid expertise in API testing (RESTful services, tools/frameworks, automation)
Hands-on automation experience with: Selenium with Cucumber or Selenium with Karate
Demonstrated experience building and scaling automation frameworks from scratch
Deep understanding of SDET practices and quality engineering principles
Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or similar)
Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies

Benefits

Comp & perks

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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaAPI testingSeleniumCucumberKarateautomation frameworksquality metricstest coveragedefect trendstest-driven development

Soft Skills

leadershipmentorshipcollaborationcommunicationorganizational skills