Software Quality Assurance Lead

Raymond James Financial, Inc.; Saint Petersburg (FL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Raymond James Financial, Inc. seeks a senior Software Quality Engineer to own end-to-end quality for the Client Onboarding platform. The role leads testing across functional, automation, API, integration, and performance areas within a large enterprise environment.

You will design scalable automation, establish automated gates, and drive quality metrics integrated into CI/CD. Mentoring and cross-team collaboration are key aspects of the role.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Software Quality Engineering or related leadership roles.
• Experience leading quality initiatives across multiple teams.
• Strong enterprise testing framework design and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end quality strategy, test governance, release readiness, and delivery quality for the Client Onboarding platform.
• Lead functional, automation, API, integration, end-to-end, and performance testing across initiatives and releases.
• Design, implement, and improve scalable automation frameworks, testing standards, and quality engineering practices.
• Establish automated quality gates, release validation, and test reporting integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive Shift-Left Testing, TDD, BDD, and quality-by-design principles.
• Partner with Product Managers, Analysts, Architects, Developers, Platform Engineering, and DevOps to ensure testability and production readiness.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and coaching to engineering and quality teams while fostering a quality-first culture.
• Continuously improve automation coverage, release confidence, operational stability, and testing effectiveness through data-driven analysis.

Skills

Java

JavaScript

SQL

Playwright

Selenium WebDriver

TestNG

RestAssured

Spring Framework

Allure Reporting

API testing

Tools

Katalon Studio

RestSharp

SpecFlow

GitHub Copilot

Job description

This position follows a hybrid work model, with an expectation to be in the office 3 days per week at the St. Petersburg, FL Corporate Office location.

Please note: This role is not eligible for Work Visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end quality strategy, test governance, release readiness, and delivery quality for the Client Onboarding platform.
• Lead functional, automation, API, integration, end-to-end, and performance testing efforts across multiple initiatives and releases.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve scalable automation frameworks, testing standards, and quality engineering practices.
• Establish automated quality gates, release validation processes, test reporting, and quality metrics integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive Shift-Left Testing, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), and quality-by-design principles.
• Partner with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Architects, Developers, Platform Engineering, and DevOps teams to ensure solutions are testable, measurable, and production ready.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and coaching to engineering and quality teams while fostering a quality-first culture.
• Continuously improve automation coverage, release confidence, operational stability, and testing effectiveness through data-driven analysis and innovation.

Required Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in Software Quality Engineering, Test Automation, Software Engineering, or Software Quality Management within large-scale enterprise environments.
• Proven experience leading quality engineering initiatives, test strategy, automation, release readiness, and quality governance across multiple teams.
• Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale automation frameworks and testing solutions.

Technologies / Frameworks

• Java; JavaScript; SQL; Design for Testability and Observability, Playwright; Selenium WebDriver; Appium; TestNG; RestAssured; Spring Framework/Spring TestContext; Allure Reporting; UI/API/Regression/Integration/E2E/Performance Testing; Test Framework Design; POM; CSS Selectors; XPath, REST APIs; JSON; XML; Postman; JMeter; Gatling;
• Test Strategy/Governance; Quality Metrics/Reporting; Shift-Left Testing; TDD; BDD; Cucumber/Gherkin; Risk-Based Testing/Prioritization; Release Readiness.
• Technical Leadership; Mentoring; Cross-Functional Collaboration; Stakeholder Management; Excellent Written/Verbal Communication & strong problem-solving abilities;

Preferred Qualification

• Experience in Financial Services, Wealth Management, Brokerage, Banking, or a related industry.
• Experience supporting Client Onboarding, Account Opening, Account Maintenance, or related operational workflows.
• Experience contributing to large-scale application modernization, legacy system migration, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Familiarity with testing frameworks and tools such as Katalon Studio, RestSharp, SpecFlow, and relevant Quality Engineering, Agile, DevOps, or Cloud certifications.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled development and testing practices, including AI-driven quality engineering, AI-assisted software development and testing, AI-powered test generation and validation, impact analysis, workflow automation, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Devin, ChatGPT Enterprise, or related AI certifications.