Lead Automation Engineer

Who you are

• 7+ years of test automation or quality engineering experience, and a bachelor's degree or higher, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• You've led medium to large scale projects and mentored other QA Engineers on the team
• Hands-on experience developing test automation scripts in both Java and JS (UIRunner, Playwright or similar)
• Expertise in Java and JavaScript and ability to understand product code
• Experience with CICD methodologies and tools like Jenkins
• Experience with Web Services/API testing
• Familiarity with test engineering tools such as QMetry, JUnit, Selenium WebDriver (Bonus: Appium/Detox)
• Knowledgeable about Databases like MySQL, and Cloud (Bonus: AWS)
• Hands-on experience using tools like JIRA, Git, IDEs, Debuggers, Profilers
• Experience with designing test cases and test scenarios to test software
• Effectively communicate technical information in a clear and concise manner and ability to coordinate cross-team efforts
• You have hands-on experience using AI tools to accelerate your work and improve output quality
• You're equally comfortable using them yourself and showing colleagues how — you see it as part of owning your domain, not just a nice-to-have
• You're also thoughtful about limitations and where human judgment matters most

What the job involves

• Happen Bank is looking for a Lead Automation Engineer to help advance the quality, reliability, and speed of our software delivery. In this role, you’ll own test automation for critical product capabilities, evolve our automation frameworks and testing strategies, and partner across Engineering to build quality into the development lifecycle
• You’ll combine hands-on automation expertise with technical leadership, helping improve team practices, mentor other QA Engineers, and scale testing capabilities that enable us to deliver high-quality products faster
• Own and deliver test automation scripts in our services to validate and ship our core revenue-offering product features
• Provide oversight for features delivered by other engineers within their scrum team through code and design reviews
• Provide thought leadership in the evolution of our test automation frameworks from the ground up and collaborate with platform engineering
• Evolve the testing methodologies/strategies towards a CICD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery) model to ship our features faster and with highest quality
• Use your seasoned modern-day engineering methodologies to help drive testing and coordinate with scrum teams and functional counterparts in overseeing bug tracking, test prioritization, test automation and release
• Independently drive outcomes in scoped work using AI tools and actively showing peers new ways to apply them—acting as a multiplier, not just a user

Benefits

• Untracked vacation for salaried employees, which means take it when you need it, and generous paid time off for hourly team members
• A hybrid work model that balances in-office and work from home
• Leading health and safety protocols related to COVID, including complimentary at-home testing kits from Cue Health for those coming to the office
• Up to 16 weeks paid leave for new parents, plus a fully paid, phased return-to-work policy for qualified leaves
• Mothers Rooms and hospital-grade pumps in every LC office
• Generous and varied mental health benefits
• Wellness program with cash incentives — earn up to $75 per month for being active
• Paid volunteer time and donation matching
• Onsite gym, locker room, bike room, and fitness classes (depending on location)
• Café with our own in-house barista
• Stocked pantries with healthy snacks and drinks
• Technology-forward and collaborative office spaces