Lead Java QA Engineer - Test Automation & Workday

FINRA

Rockville (MD)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

FINRA is seeking an experienced lead developer with strong Java development and test lead skills to drive testing automation across its enterprise applications. The role blends hands‑on development with QA leadership to implement automation frameworks and champion quality across Workday HCM and Finance systems.

The candidate will mentor analysts and developers, define testing strategy, and collaborate with stakeholders up to senior leadership to improve quality and reduce risk within a diverse

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least 7 years of related experience
  • Strong system design experience
  • Strong experience in object‑oriented development
  • Strong experience with cloud technologies
  • Strong experience in data storage technologies
  • Strong experience in performance tuning and optimization
  • Strong experience in DevOps and CI/CD technologies
  • Strong experience test automation and unit testing
  • Strong experience software security

Responsibilities

  • Define, implement, and evolve test automation strategy across multiple application teams
  • Lead Workday test automation and tool evaluation for HCM and Finance functional areas
  • Develop and maintain automated test cases and frameworks for both custom‑built applications and Workday systems
  • Mentor engineers and developers on testing best practices
  • Collaborate with application teams to integrate quality practices throughout the development lifecycle
  • Establish and track quality metrics, presenting findings to executive leadership
  • Drive cultural change around quality practices and shift‑left testing adoption
  • Provide hands‑on QA leadership and set testing direction for teams

Skills

Java development
Test automation
QA strategy
Leadership
Communication
Playwright
Selenium
Cucumber
Automation frameworks

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Playwright
Selenium
Cucumber
AWS
Jenkins
GitLab

Job description

FINRA is seeking an experienced lead developer with strong Java development and test lead skills to drive testing automation across its enterprise applications. The role blends hands‑on development with QA leadership to implement automation frameworks and champion quality across Workday HCM and Finance systems.

The candidate will mentor analysts and developers, define testing strategy, and collaborate with stakeholders up to senior leadership to improve quality and reduce risk within a diverse

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