AI-First Lead Quality Engineer for Banking Apps

Axos Business Center; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental/Vision/Life insurance

Paid time off

401(k) with employer match

Mortgage program

Axos Bank account with trading access

Job summary

Axos Bank seeks a Lead Quality Engineer to guide a fast-paced QE team in San Diego, with an AI-first approach to web, mobile, and API testing. You will own regression testing for releases, set priorities, and ensure readiness for deployment.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years in quality engineering in banking/fintech, hands-on automation with Playwright, Appium, or API tools, and strong leadership and Agile experience. On-site only, with competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of quality engineering experience, including leading a team of 6+.
• Experience in the banking/fintech industry.
• Hands-on experience with test automation in web UI (Playwright or Cypress), mobile (Appium), or API (Postman or RestAssured).
• Experience testing web and mobile apps (iOS/Android).
• Experience managing software releases and leading a release team, including go/no-go decisions.
• Exposure to AI agents in software testing, including AI-assisted test generation, execution, and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a release team for regression testing of web and mobile releases, setting priorities and schedules.
• Oversee end-to-end testing across releases, communicating blockers and risks to stakeholders.
• Make go/no-go calls and provide formal quality sign-off for deployments.
• Provide after-hours release support as QE representative on release calls.
• Maintain automated regression suites for web (Playwright) and mobile (Appium) with an automation‑first, AI‑first mindset.
• Maintain release quality dashboards tracking key metrics and performance indicators per release.
• Escalate quality-related conflicts to QE management and mentor QEs through coaching.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Agile/Scrum

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Appium

Postman

RestAssured

Cursor

Claude

Job description

Axos Bank seeks a Lead Quality Engineer to guide a fast-paced QE team in San Diego, with an AI-first approach to web, mobile, and API testing. You will own regression testing for releases, set priorities, and ensure readiness for deployment.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years in quality engineering in banking/fintech, hands-on automation with Playwright, Appium, or API tools, and strong leadership and Agile experience. On-site only, with competitive compensation.