Senior Staff - Quality Assurance Engineer
About The Position
The Senior Staff Quality Assurance Engineer defines and drives enterprise-wide quality engineering strategy, influences architecture standards, and advances long-term innovation across platforms and domains. This recognized subject matter expert shapes future-state testing capabilities, advances engineering excellence, advises senior leadership on quality risks, investments, and strategic direction, and leads large-scale cross-functional initiatives to transform automation, scalability, and reliability across the organization. The role establishes long-term quality engineering vision and enterprise automation strategy; drives framework architecture and enterprise quality standards; advises leadership using data-driven insights on system health, quality trends, and release readiness; promotes innovative testing methods and CI/CD integration; and mentors senior engineering colleagues. The position requires experience with Cypress, Playwright, and JavaScript or TypeScript. The work environment is a normal office environment, with remote or hybrid arrangements; associates within 60 miles of a posted Bread Financial location are expected to work in-office 3 to 4 days per month.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent relevant work experience.
- One cloud certification: AWS Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, or Google Cloud Digital Leader.
- 10–13 years of domain experience in quality engineering, test automation, or software engineering.
- Skills listed include Playwright, JavaScript, Cypress.io, Git, API testing, accessibility testing, SDLC, SQL, STLC, and TDD.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States full-time without current or future sponsorship; the company cannot offer employment to F-1 student visa holders.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent relevant work experience.
- Experience with Playwright, Cypress, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
- STQB Advanced or Expert level, Certified Agile Tester (CAT), or Certified Software Test Professional (CSTP) certification.
- 13–15 years of quality engineering or automation experience in complex enterprise environments.
- Demonstrated experience shaping enterprise QA strategy and leading transformation initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Establish long-term quality engineering vision and enterprise automation strategy across platforms.
- Drive next-generation framework architecture and introduce emerging technologies, ensuring automation ecosystems across web, API, and data layers are scalable, maintainable, and extensible.
- Champion enterprise quality standards, governance, and best practices across engineering teams.
- Drive consistency in automation frameworks, test data strategy, and quality metrics.
- Lead large-scale initiatives to modernize testing capabilities, improve efficiency, and elevate engineering maturity.
- Partner with senior and executive leadership to define quality goals, assess risk, and inform investment decisions.
- Provide data-driven insights on quality trends, system health, and release readiness.
- Influence roadmaps by aligning quality strategy with business and technology priorities.
- Identify and implement innovative testing approaches, including advanced automation techniques, performance optimization, and quality engineering practices.
- Promote modern testing methodologies, including shift-left, TDD/BDD evolution, and CI/CD integration.
- Serve as a technical leader and mentor to Staff and senior engineers through coaching, knowledge sharing, and communities of practice.
- Represent QA engineering in enterprise forums and contribute to long-term talent and capability development.
Benefits
- Medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage for eligible associates and eligible family members.
- Basic and optional life insurance, supplemental medical plans, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Six weeks of 100% paid parental leave for eligible parents after a 180-day waiting period.
- 401(k) plan with immediate enrollment eligibility.
- 11 paid holidays.
- Flexible Time Off program.
- Paid Sick and Safe Time; Illinois associates also receive Illinois Paid Leave.
- Ability to elect to purchase company stock during offering periods in June and December.
- Annual incentive bonus based on individual and company performance.
- Career development opportunities.
- Competitive pay and a comprehensive selection of benefit options.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
