Quality Engineering Architect: Lead Modern QA & Automation

Frontier Farm Credit; Omaha, Northern (NE, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Paid Time Off

Life and disability insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Tuition assistance

Short-term incentive pay

Job summary

Frontier Farm Credit is seeking a Quality Engineering Architect to lead software quality, test automation, and quality engineering practices across our technology teams. You will define strategy, standards, and governance to ensure secure, reliable, scalable, high-quality technology solutions.

You will partner with Development, Architecture, Product, Platform Engineering, Security, and business leaders to drive modernization and automation, including AI-assisted testing and CI/CD integration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software quality engineering, software development, test automation, or related technology disciplines.
• 5+ years of experience defining and implementing quality engineering, testing, or automation strategies.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, software testing methodologies, and quality engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the quality engineering strategy, standards, and roadmap.
• Establish and govern test automation standards, frameworks, and best practices.
• Define quality metrics, scorecards, and reporting capabilities that provide visibility to quality performance and trends.
• Drive adoption of shift-left testing practices to improve quality early in the software development lifecycle.
• Integrate automated testing, quality gates, and quality controls into CI/CD pipelines.
• Consult on major technology initiatives, solution designs, and architecture reviews to ensure quality, reliability, and testability considerations are addressed.
• Coach and mentor quality engineers, software engineers, product teams, and technology leaders on modern quality engineering practices.
• Evaluate and recommend AI-assisted testing, automation, and quality engineering solutions to improve effectiveness and efficiency.
• Promote a culture of quality, continuous improvement, automation, and engineering excellence across technology teams.
• Partner with Architecture, Security, Platform Engineering, and Application Development leaders to align quality practices with organizational objectives.

Skills

Agile

DevOps

CI/CD

Quality engineering

Software testing methodologies

AI-assisted testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Automation frameworks

Job description

Frontier Farm Credit is seeking a Quality Engineering Architect to lead software quality, test automation, and quality engineering practices across our technology teams. You will define strategy, standards, and governance to ensure secure, reliable, scalable, high-quality technology solutions.

You will partner with Development, Architecture, Product, Platform Engineering, Security, and business leaders to drive modernization and automation, including AI-assisted testing and CI/CD integration.