Head of Quality Engineering - Payments

Boku; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Boku is seeking a Quality Engineering Manager to lead a distributed team of SDETs responsible for delivering quality across critical payment and settlement platforms. You will shape automation strategy, drive testing excellence, and influence stakeholders across Product, Engineering, and Security in a fast-paced fintech environment.

We value hands-on leadership, deep technical credibility with test automation, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while delivering high-quality software at scale.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Software Testing / Quality Engineering.
• 3+ years of people management leading SDET or QA teams.
• Proven experience leading quality engineering teams within product-based organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a distributed team of SDETs.
• Define and evolve testing strategies, automation frameworks, and quality practices.
• Partner with Engineering and Product to embed quality throughout the lifecycle.
• Identify opportunities to improve test coverage, automation effectiveness, and release confidence.

Skills

Software Testing / Quality Eng

People management

Quality engineering leadership

CI/CD

Automation testing

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Java

Job description

Boku is seeking a Quality Engineering Manager to lead a distributed team of SDETs responsible for delivering quality across critical payment and settlement platforms. You will shape automation strategy, drive testing excellence, and influence stakeholders across Product, Engineering, and Security in a fast-paced fintech environment.

We value hands-on leadership, deep technical credibility with test automation, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while delivering high-quality software at scale.