Lead Software Engineer (Test automation Engineer)
U.S. Bank
At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities:
- Responsible for designing, developing, testing, operating and maintaining products
- Takes full stack ownership by consistently writing production-ready and testable code
- Researching and recommending tools and technologies to enhance automation coverage across multiple application tiers.
- Building and maintaining scalable and reusable automation frameworks.
- Conducting bug reporting, performance monitoring, and root cause analysis.
- Performs analysis on failures, propose design changes, and encourage operational improvements
- Conducts code reviews to provide guidance on engineering best practices and compliance with development procedures
- Accountable for ensuring all aspects of product development follow compliance and security best practices
- Exhibits relentless focus in software reliability engineering standards embedded into development standards
- Embraces emerging technology opportunities and contributes to the best practices in support of the bank’s technology transformation
- Designing and implementing test strategies across UI, API, and backend layers
- Leading and mentoring QA teams
- Driving automation best practices and coding standards
- Collaborating with DevOps and development teams for seamless CI/CD integration
- Managing test coverage, risk analysis, and release readiness
- Evaluating and recommending new tools and technologies
- Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
- Six to eight years of relevant experience
- Strong background in designing, developing, and maintaining automated systems across both UI and backend layers.
- Previous experience building scalable and reusable test automation frameworks to support cross-platform and cross-browser testing.
- Automation Tools experience in : Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, TestNG, JUnit, Cucumber, Appium (for mobile), Postman (for API testing)
- Experience in Programming Languages: Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or C#
- Framework experience in : BDD/TDD frameworks (e.g., Cucumber), custom test automation frameworks
- CI/CD Integration: Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps
- Version Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
- Cloud & Containerization: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes (for scalable test environments)
- Performance Testing: JMeter, Gatling, or k6
- Monitoring & Reporting: Allure, TestRail, Grafana, Kibana
- No-Code/Low-Code Tools: Testim, Katalon, or similar platforms
- Experience Leading and mentoring QA teams
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, Problem-solving and analytical thinking
Location Expectations
The role offers a hybrid/flexible schedule, which means there's an in-office expectation of 3 or more days per week and the flexibility to work outside the office location for the other days.
If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.
Benefits:
Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following (some may vary based on role, location or hours):
Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
Basic term and optional term life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability
Pregnancy disability and parental leave
401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
Adoption assistance
Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law
U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.
E-Verify
U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.
The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $133,365.00 - $156,900.00U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.
Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.
Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.