Senior QA Engineer (Automation) – CI/CD & Cloud Testing

LPL Financial; Fort Mill (SC); On-site; USD 91,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

LPL Financial seeks a Senior Engineer, Software Development Test (QE) to design, implement, and execute automated testing strategies across multiple platforms. You will develop automated testing solutions, validate software functionality, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software delivery throughout the lifecycle.

The role emphasizes automated testing across enterprise integrations, cloud-native and hybrid architectures on AWS, with opportunities to mentor

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Software Quality Engineering, QA, or SDET roles.
• Experience designing automated testing solutions with Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, JUnit, TestNG, NUnit, Postman, JMeter, or similar.
• Proficiency in Java, C#, or Python.
• Hands-on automation using TypeScript, Kafka, and AWS cloud services.
• Experience in Agile environments and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated test frameworks and assets.
• Create and execute detailed test plans, cases, and scenarios.
• Validate complex integration workflows across enterprise systems and cloud architectures (AWS).
• Collaborate to define testing strategies and quality standards across teams.
• Identify, document, and track defects; support resolution and validation.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, performance, security, and UAT testing.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous delivery.
• Participate in architecture reviews and code reviews to promote testability and quality.
• Monitor results and quality metrics; report status to stakeholders.
• Contribute to tools/process improvements in quality engineering.
• Mentor junior quality engineers and promote quality practices across the org.

Skills

Automation testing

CI/CD collaboration

Agile

Strong communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

JUnit

TestNG

NUnit

Postman

JMeter

AWS

Kafka

Job description

LPL Financial seeks a Senior Engineer, Software Development Test (QE) to design, implement, and execute automated testing strategies across multiple platforms. You will develop automated testing solutions, validate software functionality, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software delivery throughout the lifecycle.

The role emphasizes automated testing across enterprise integrations, cloud-native and hybrid architectures on AWS, with opportunities to mentor