Head Of QA
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Job Description
About the Role
As a company that thrives on innovation, we are growing rapidly, solving complex challenges with elegant solutions. We seek a visionary leader to define and scale our quality assurance strategy. As Head of IT Quality Engineering, you will lead a QA organization prioritizing quality, resiliency, and innovation. You will shape the systems powering our next-generation financial services platform, overseeing a team of functional and automation QA engineers. Collaborating with product and engineering teams, you will drive high-quality, high-performing software.
We're looking for a leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-impact environments, ensuring our team maintains a high release velocity while upholding the quality our customers expect.
What You'll Do
- Architect and implement a QA strategy that supports rapid growth and high delivery velocity
- Establish automated QA processes to ensure reliability, scalability, compliance, and seamless user experiences in a regulated environment
- Recruit, mentor, and lead a team of 8-10 QA and automation engineers, fostering a culture of excellence and innovation
- Integrate QA processes into agile development workflows to enable rapid iteration without compromising quality
- Collaborate with engineering, product design, and DevOps to ensure flawless releases at scale
- Leverage technical expertise to develop advanced automation frameworks and testing pipelines
- Drive innovation in testing solutions to maintain high performance at scale
- Oversee functional, performance, and security testing to ensure system integrity and user trust, even under extreme conditions
- Define and track key QA metrics, fostering continuous improvement through data-driven insights
- Represent QA as a strategic leader, partnering with stakeholders to uphold the highest quality standards
What You'll Need
- Proven experience leading high-performing QA teams in innovative tech companies or high-stakes environments
- Expertise in Java, Python, Cucumber, and RestAssured test automation frameworks
- Strong knowledge of agile methodologies, test-driven development, and CI/CD pipelines
- Ability to translate complex challenges into actionable QA strategies
- Familiarity with microservices, cloud architectures, and security standards
- Passion for building intuitive, high-quality products that exceed user expectations
- Bonus Points, experience in capital markets, particularly equities trading and FIX messaging
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. DriveWealth is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.