Automation-First Quality Engineering Lead

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 108,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k & Pension

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Lifestyle Spending Account

PTO

Job summary

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago is seeking a Lead Quality Engineer to drive automation-first quality, supervise QA engineers, and partner with product, security, and operations to embed quality across the SDLC.

Responsibilities include designing end-to-end test strategies, building scalable automation frameworks, and guiding teams in best practices for test data, environments, and governance within an Agile context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years in Quality Engineering, Test planning, SDET, or related fields.
• 5+ years mentoring Quality Engineers/SDETs.
• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise-scale automated test frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality engineering strategy across teams and test disciplines.
• Architect and maintain scalable test plans and automated frameworks.
• Implement quality strategies across Agile teams and CI/CD pipelines.
• Mentor QA engineers and drive QA process improvements.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, security, and operations on quality ownership.

Skills

C#

TypeScript

Python

Playwright

Selenium

API Automation

GitHub / Azure DevOps

PostgreSQL / MySQL / SQL Server

AWS / Cloud

DevSecOps

AI-assisted testing / Copilot

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

SpecFlow / Cucumber

API testing tools (Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI)

Job description

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago is seeking a Lead Quality Engineer to drive automation-first quality, supervise QA engineers, and partner with product, security, and operations to embed quality across the SDLC.

Responsibilities include designing end-to-end test strategies, building scalable automation frameworks, and guiding teams in best practices for test data, environments, and governance within an Agile context.