AVP Quality Engineering Lead

LPL Financial•Fort Mill, SC

1d•$117,111 - $195,185

About The Position

LPL Financial is seeking an AVP, Quality Engineer to join our Investor Data Technology Team. Reporting to an Application Technical Manager, this role will work closely with Product Owners, Architects, Engineering teams, and Release Management teams to establish and execute a comprehensive quality strategy across cloud-native applications and platforms. This role is ideal for a hands-on Quality Engineering leader with expertise in modern testing practices, automation strategy, and quality governance. The successful candidate will drive quality transformation initiatives, champion shift-left testing practices, and ensure the delivery of highly scalable, secure, and reliable software solutions.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance, Quality Engineering, or Test Automation
5+ years of experience leading Quality Engineering teams in enterprise-scale environments
Strong experience designing and implementing automated testing frameworks and strategies
Experience testing cloud-native and hybrid-cloud applications deployed on AWS
Hands-on experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Rest Assured, Karate, or equivalent frameworks
Experience designing and leading Python-based test automation frameworks and standards.
Experience with Starling test automation framework leveraging Playwright and TypeScript for UI and end-to-end testing
Experience applying AI and automation to improve test coverage, accelerate test creation, and increase engineering productivity (e.g., AI-assisted test case generation and intelligent test maintenance).
Experience validating APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems
Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integration of automated testing into DevOps workflows
Experience with SQL and data validation across Oracle, PostgreSQL, or other relational databases
Expertise in test planning, defect management, test metrics, and release quality governance
Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, and modern software delivery methodologies

Nice To Haves

Experience with AWS services including ECS, EKS, Fargate, S3, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, Lambda, and API Gateway
Experience implementing Quality Engineering practices in large-scale digital transformation programs
Familiarity with performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, BlazeMeter, or Gatling
Experience with continuous testing, service virtualization, and test data management solutions
Knowledge of security testing and DevSecOps practices
Experience working with Kafka, event-streaming architectures, and data integration platforms
Experience with containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes
Proven ability to influence engineering teams and stakeholders through technical leadership and strategic thinking
Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities

Lead Quality Engineering strategy and execution across multiple agile product teams
Define, implement, and continuously improve enterprise testing standards, frameworks, and best practices
Drive adoption of test automation across UI, API, data, integration, and end-to-end testing layers
Partner with Engineering and Architecture teams to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle
Establish quality gates and testing standards within CI/CD pipelines
Develop and maintain scalable automated test frameworks for cloud-native applications
Lead performance, scalability, resiliency, and non-functional testing initiatives
Collaborate with DevOps teams to ensure quality is integrated into deployment and release processes
Define and monitor quality metrics, defect trends, test coverage, release readiness, and operational stability
Support root cause analysis, production issue validation, and continuous improvement initiatives
Partner with business stakeholders to ensure testing aligns with business requirements and customer expectations
Mentor and guide Quality Engineers, fostering a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement
Evaluate and implement emerging Quality Engineering tools, technologies, and methodologies
Set QE direction and standards across multiple product teams.
Influence architecture and release decisions through quality metrics and release-readiness criteria
Build QE capability through hiring, mentoring, and succession planning