Senior QA Engineer

Oliver James Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Oliver James Group is seeking a Senior Quality Engineering Lead to design and deliver an enterprise‑wide QA platform for a leading financial services client. This role focuses on scalable QA capabilities rather than testing single applications, shaping standards, frameworks and tools across unit, integration, front‑end and platform testing.

You will manage external delivery partners, coordinate onshore/offshore teams, and mentor engineers to embed quality into the delivery lifecycle, with strong

Qualifications

• Significant experience building enterprise-scale QA capabilities.
• Hands-on with front-end automation using Playwright, Cucumber and Selenium.
• Strong API, database, data/file ingestion and performance testing.
• Experience aligning QA with CI/CD and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve an enterprise QA platform for scalable quality coverage.
• Set standards for unit and integration testing across teams.
• Lead front-end test automation strategy and execution.
• Drive platform-level testing across APIs, databases, ingestion, and performance.
• Manage external testing partners and ensure alignment with architecture.
• Coordinate onshore/offshore delivery and mentor teams.

Skills

Quality engineering

QA automation design

Vendor management

Onshore/offshore delivery

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Playwright

Cucumber

Selenium

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Quality Engineering Lead to help build an enterprise-wide quality assurance platform for a leading financial services organization. This is not a role focused on testing individual applications. Instead, you will help design and deliver a scalable, reusable QA capability that serves the whole organization.

Working closely with the Director of QA, you will shape testing standards, frameworks and tools across unit, integration, front-end and platform testing. A key part of the role is managing external delivery partners and making sure their work fits the organization's target architecture and long-term technology direction.

Key Responsibilities

• Help design, build and evolve an enterprise QA platform that gives consistent, scalable quality coverage across the technology estate
• Set standards and best practices for unit and integration testing across development teams
• Lead front-end test automation strategy and execution using tools such as Playwright, Cucumber and Selenium
• Drive platform-level testing across APIs, databases, file ingestion, scalability and performance
• Manage relationships with external testing and delivery partners, holding them accountable for quality, timelines and outcomes
• Make sure vendor solutions align with the organization's target architecture and standards, rather than the vendor's preferred approach
• Challenge external partners with confidence and constructive input when proposals or deliverables don't meet architectural or quality expectations
• Act as the onshore technical lead, directing and coordinating offshore delivery teams
• Partner with engineering, architecture and product teams to build quality into the delivery lifecycle
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship on test automation and quality engineering practices
• Report on quality metrics, risks and platform maturity to QA leadership

What You'll Bring

• Significant experience in quality engineering or test automation, including building QA frameworks or platforms at enterprise scale
• Hands-on expertise with front-end automation tools such as Playwright, Cucumber and/or Selenium
• Strong experience with API, database, data/file ingestion and performance testing
• A solid understanding of unit and integration testing practices and how they fit into CI/CD pipelines
• Proven experience managing vendors and external partners, including holding them to agreed architecture and quality standards
• Experience leading in an onshore/offshore delivery model
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge and influence both internal teams and external partners

Preferred

• Experience in financial services or insurance
• Experience setting up quality engineering capabilities from scratch or transforming existing QA functions

Why Join Us

This is a chance to shape how quality is delivered across an entire enterprise. You'll have real ownership over the strategy, tools and partnerships behind a modern QA platform, with the backing of a leadership team committed to building it the right way.