Senior Software Engineer – Backend Quality Engineer, Automation

PNC

Software Engineer Sr focusing on enhancing automated testing capabilities for PNC's Technology organization. Partnering with engineers to strengthen quality gates while reducing defect leakage through automation.

Posted 7/14/2026full-timeFarmers Branch • Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $55,000 - $152,375 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in test automation engineering, including building and maintaining automation frameworks and suites, while integrating automated tests into CI/CD processes with effective quality gates. Proficient in designing layered test strategies and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure testability and defect prevention.

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Test Automation EngineeringLayered Test StrategiesCI/CD IntegrationAPI TestingPerformance Testing

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Hard Skills

Automation FrameworksTest SuitesSQLData ValidationBDD Executable SpecificationsDefect PreventionRegression AutomationTest Data ManagementQuality GatesMonitoring and Diagnostics

Soft Skills

Evidence-Based CommunicationCollaborationQuality Feedback

Industry Keywords

Regulated DomainsPaymentsBankingHigh-Integrity DomainsAuditability

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Hands-on ownership of automation frameworks and suites for one or more services/products
Drives automation coverage and reliability improvements; owns triage workflows and reduces flakiness and runtime
Partners with engineers to ensure stories are testable and quality gates are met before promotion
Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks and suites for APIs and services; expand coverage while keeping tests deterministic and fast
Create reusable automation patterns (data builders, helpers, stubs/mocks where appropriate) to reduce duplication and improve maintainability
Own regression automation health: flake reduction, runtime optimization (parallelization where appropriate), and clear failure triage signals
Define and implement a layered test strategy (unit, component/service, integration, end-to-end) aligned to change risk and payment criticality
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD and define/enforce quality gates for merge and promotion readiness (evidence-based Definition of Done)
Drive defect prevention: analyze defect leakage trends, run retrospectives on escapes, and implement systemic fixes (test gaps, unclear requirements, missing validations)
Partner with Engineers, Architects, and Business Systems Analyst/Product Owners early to clarify acceptance criteria, edge cases, and testability; translate behavior into executable checks where appropriate
Provide quality feedback during design and product review cycles; promote testability, observability, and safe change patterns
Support release readiness by validating test evidence and coordinating with change/release processes as needed
Contribute to performance and resiliency validation approaches where appropriate (test data, scenarios, and automation hooks)
Ensure monitoring and diagnostic artifacts exist for failures (logs/metrics/traces) and that test failures are actionable

Requirements

What you’ll need

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
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

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
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