Quality Engineer

Bank of America; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking a senior QA leader to drive end-to-end quality across large-scale testing initiatives. You will lead manual and automated testing, data validation, and governance to ensure robust release readiness.

The role requires strong stakeholder management and a strategic vision for QA across Agile/DevOps environments. Responsibilities include defining QA strategy, developing automation frameworks, guiding cross-functional teams, and championing a quality-first culture to

Qualifications

• 10+ years of QA leadership experience managing enterprise-scale testing initiatives.
• Proven experience leading large QA organizations across manual, automation, and data testing disciplines.
• Strong background in test automation, data validation, and enterprise application testing.
• Experience implementing QA governance, risk-based testing, and release management practices.
• Strong understanding of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and continuous testing methodologies.
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Creates and optimizes test processes including defect management and reporting.
• Creates and optimizes test automation frameworks and use of test automation tools.
• Leads test planning for complex features that span across the platform or multiple teams.
• Defines the overall QA strategy aligned with business and technology teams.
• Leads and manages QA teams consisting of manual, automation, and data testers.
• Establishes quality standards, testing methodologies, and best practices across projects.
• Drives a quality-first culture and continuous improvement initiatives for production stability.
• Develops QA roadmaps and testing transformation plans.
• Ensures compliance with QA governance and regulatory requirements.
• Owns end-to-end QA delivery across multiple projects and releases.
• Defines test scope, approach, resources, and timelines; reviews project requirements.
• Manages SIT, Regression, Integration, Performance, and feature validation.
• Defines automation strategy and framework roadmap; adopts Python-based automation.

Skills

QA Leadership & Governance

Python Automation

DB2 / Oracle / SQL Server

Test Automation

Agile & DevOps

Executive Communication

People Management

Risk & Release Management

Test Engineering

Stakeholder Management

Tools

CI/CD Tools

Job description

Job Description

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Job Description

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.

We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact.

Position Summary

• Function as Lead for Risk QA space while managing test delivery/automation and focus on MRT platform stability and improvements.

Responsibilities

• Creates and optimizes test processes including defect management and reporting
• Creates and optimizes test automation frameworks and use of test automation tools
• Leads test planning for complex features that span across the platform or multiple teams
• Creates a test automation strategy across the application stack (UI, API, and Backend, etc.)
• Ensures alignment and sign off for test cases from business and other stakeholders
• Manages test execution and resolves, communicates or escalates any issues that may result in test plan variance
• Designs test data and ensure data compliance requirements are met on all levels of test environments
• Define and execute the overall QA strategy aligned with business and technology team for all market risk applications
• Lead and manage QA teams consisting of manual, automation, and data testers.
• Establish quality standards, testing methodologies, and best practices across projects
• Drive a quality-first culture and provide continuous improvement initiatives to ensure production stability
• Develop QA roadmaps, automation strategies, and testing transformation plans.
• Ensure adherence to organizational QA governance and compliance requirements.
• Own end-to-end QA delivery across multiple projects and releases
• Define test scope, test approach, resource allocation, and timelines and Review project requirements to ensure adequate test coverage.
• Manage SIT Regression, Integration, Performance, and Feature validation activities.
• Define automation strategy and framework roadmap, adoption of Python-based automation solutions, Improve regression and integration automation coverage.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of QA leadership experience managing enterprise-scale testing initiatives.
• Proven experience leading large QA organizations across manual, automation, and data testing disciplines.
• Strong background in test automation, data validation, and enterprise application testing.
• Experience implementing QA governance, risk-based testing, and release management practices.
• Strong understanding of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and continuous testing methodologies.
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Expected Skills

• QA Leadership & Governance
• Python Automation
• DB2 / Oracle / SQL Server / Advanced SQL
• ETL & Data Warehouse Testing
• Data Migration Validation
• Reporting & Regulatory Testing
• Test Automation Frameworks
• Agile & DevOps
• AI Tools (GitHub Copilot, GenAI Testing Tools)
• People Management
• Risk & Release Management
• Executive Communication

Desired Qualifications

• Experience within banking, financial services, risk management, or regulatory reporting domains.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps-driven testing practices.
• Exposure to cloud-based , AI data platforms and modern data engineering ecosystems.
• Strong understanding of data quality frameworks, controls, and audit requirements.

Skills

• Analytical Thinking
• Business Acumen
• Influence
• Technical Strategy Development
• Test Engineering
• Automation
• Collaboration
• Solution Delivery Process
• Solution Design
• Stakeholder Management
• Agile Practices
• Application Development
• Architecture
• DevOps Practices
• User Experience Design

Shift

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week

40