Chief QA Engineer
We are looking for a Chief QA Engineer to own the end-to-end testing strategy for the SmartCall cloud migration, a complex multi-phase engagement covering data layer migration, five backend services, 135 SPA screens, 38 regulated report definitions and an institution-by-institution production cutover.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end testing strategy across all phases of the SmartCall cloud migration
- Define tooling, coverage tiers and automation architecture as part of the testing strategy
- Establish the characterization test baseline in Phase 1 to protect existing behavior
- Coordinate load testing and penetration test efforts in Phases 5-6
- Drive cutover sign-off activities for institution-by-institution production rollout
- Build the test harness and tacit knowledge base within the first two months
- Ensure the agentic factory builds screens without compromising regulatory correctness
- Author test strategy across unit, integration, API, E2E, performance and security tiers
- Delegate execution to two TAEs while retaining strategic ownership
- Facilitate UAT sessions with non-technical bank compliance staff
- Guide defect triage discussions with senior engineers
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in QA engineering with a proven track record defining testing strategy from scratch on migration or modernization projects
- Background in both backend integration testing and frontend E2E automation, including regulated or financial services systems with audit trail and data integrity requirements
- Expertise in test strategy authoring across unit, integration, API, E2E, performance and security tiers
- Proficiency in xUnit, Testcontainers and PostgreSQL for integration testing and characterization test patterns
- Skills in REST API test automation including contract validation against OpenAPI specs, auth-aware scenarios and tenant boundary testing
- Proficiency in Playwright (TypeScript or C#) or equivalent for E2E automation covering auth flows, async polling UIs and multi-session conflict scenarios
- Familiarity with pdfplumber, PyMuPDF or equivalent for PDF/document regression testing of DevExpress report definitions
- Expertise in multi-tenant data isolation testing including RLS policy validation and cross-institution leakage scenarios
- Skills in UAT planning and facilitation with non-technical end users under deadline pressure
- Showcase of proven use of AI to facilitate testing such as test case generation and testing harnesses
- English proficiency at B2 level or higher
Nice to have
- Skills in load and performance testing using k6, JMeter or Gatling for filing-period spike scenario design
- Knowledge of penetration test scoping and finding validation including OWASP Top 10 for APIs and SPAs
- Familiarity with contract testing using Pact or equivalent and PostgreSQL query-level test assertions with RLS policy inspection
- Understanding of accessibility testing using axe-core and WCAG 2.1 automated checks
- Background in SOC 2 Type II control testing and FFIEC CDR / XBRL domain awareness
