Lead Quality Engineer - Trading Platform Automation

Granite Solutions Groupe; Boston, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Company-paid life insurance

Commuter benefits/pre‑tax transit

401(k) pre‑tax contributions

Pet insurance options

Job summary

Granite Solutions Groupe seeks a Lead Quality Engineer to join our Trading Platform Engineering team within Investment Implementation & Trading Technology. You will own testing strategy and automation for mission‑critical assets, balancing hands‑on coding with leadership to guide a ~20‑person QE group.

You’ll drive end‑to‑end test design, CI/CD integration, and cloud exposure while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product and business teams to ensure high‑quality software delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8+ years of QE/testing experience.
• Proven experience leading QE efforts or managing QE teams.
• Deep expertise across multiple testing types, including functional, performance and end‑to‑end.
• Strong hands‑on automation experience with working knowledge of BDD frameworks.
• Strong understanding of software engineering practices, design principles and coding standards.
• Hands‑on experience in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and leadership skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across levels.
• Experience leveraging AI‑assisted development and testing tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code).

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the overall quality engineering strategy across applications and initiatives.
• Own and evolve test and automation strategies, ensuring alignment with architecture and business goals.
• Lead end‑to‑end test design, execution, and automation across multiple workstreams.
• Drive the development and adoption of scalable automation frameworks and best practices.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to QE engineers, guide design and execution.
• Collaborate with business, product, and engineering teams to translate complex requirements into effective test strategies.
• Establish and enforce quality gates and release standards across the SDLC.
• Proactively identify, track, and mitigate delivery risks and quality issues, providing regular updates to stakeholders.
• Lead efforts to diagnose and resolve performance, scalability, and stability issues in complex systems.
• Champion QE best practices, innovation, and continuous improvement, including adoption of AI‑driven testing solutions.
• Lead proof‑of‑concepts (POCs) for new tools, frameworks, and automation approaches.
• Drive and optimize CI/CD integration, enabling continuous testing and faster, reliable releases.
• Collaborate effectively across onshore and offshore teams, ensuring alignment and delivery consistency.

Skills

Automation testing

Java development

Gherkin/BDD

CI/CD

Cloud/AWS

Playwright

Leadership

QA architecture

AI-assisted testing

End-to-end testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jenkins

Playwright

GitHub Copilot

Claude

Job description

Granite Solutions Groupe seeks a Lead Quality Engineer to join our Trading Platform Engineering team within Investment Implementation & Trading Technology. You will own testing strategy and automation for mission‑critical assets, balancing hands‑on coding with leadership to guide a ~20‑person QE group.

You’ll drive end‑to‑end test design, CI/CD integration, and cloud exposure while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product and business teams to ensure high‑quality software delivery.