Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Overview: Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer Duties: The Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer serves as a quality engineering leader within the development organization. This role is responsible for defining and driving test automation strategy, ensuring comprehensive risk-based testing and validation, mentoring team members and improving quality engineering practices across systems. The Senior QA Automation Engineer proactively influences architecture discussions, contributes to shift-left quality initiatives, guides automation framework evolution and ensures production readiness through strong technical judgment and system expertise. A final in-person interview maybe required for this position. Pay Range: USD $105,000.00 - USD $132,000.00 /Yr. Responsibilities: Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Lead quality strategy for assigned domains, ensuring end-to-end production readiness, risk mitigation and alignment with organizational quality standards.
• Define and drive comprehensive, risk-based testing and validation strategies across functional, integration, performance, security and end-to-end workflows.
• Architect, evolve and oversee automation frameworks to ensure scalable, maintainable and CI/CD-integrated testing infrastructure.
• Establish, promote and enforce best practices in automation, shift-left testing and quality engineering across the team.
• Mentor and guide QA engineers through code reviews, framework design discussions, test planning and professional development.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product and DevOps leadership to influence system architecture and design decisions from a quality and risk perspective.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for assigned systems and domains, maintaining deep business and technical workflow expertise.
• Lead root cause analysis efforts for production defects and complex automation failures, identifying systemic validation gaps and implementing preventive improvements.
• Evaluate, introduce and guide adoption of modern testing tools, automation technologies, and AI-assisted development practices, contributing to long-term quality roadmaps and process improvements.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Must be able to come to work promptly and regularly. Must be able to take direction and work well with others. Must be able to work under the stress of deadlines. Must be able to concentrate and perform accurately. Must be able to react to change productively. Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or similar relevant field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in quality assurance, software test automation, Software Engineer, or Software Development Engineer in Test is desirable OR combination of education and experience.
• Proven experience leading automation strategy and mentoring QA engineers.
• Experience with modern end-to-end automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright or similar).
• Strong understanding of CI/CD integration, Agile development practices, and quality engineering principles.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools responsibly and effectively.
• Any certifications related to automated testing tools or Agile methodologies are a plus.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and any applicable role specific development or design software.

Description: About Foundation Finance: Foundation Finance Company (FFC), a Great Place to Work® certified company since 2017, is a fast-growing consumer finance company working with home improvement contractors across the U.S. to drive sales through flexible, customer-focused financing options. Available Benefits:

• Day-one Health Benefits (medical, dental, vision, and flexible spending options like HSA or FSA accounts).
• 401(k) with company match enrollment on day-one.
• Paid, Sick and Volunteer Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave Options
• Employer Paid Life and Disability
• Wellbeing on Demand Program
• Flexible Work Environment with a casual dress code
• Employment status (full-time or part-time) may affect eligibility for certain benefits. Some benefits become available only after a specified period of employment. Please refer to our Benefits page for details.

Working Conditions: Office environment with significant time spent sitting, typing and talking on the telephone. Foundation Finance Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. If you reside in the state of Colorado, please click on the following link to review our benefits: Foundation Finance Benefits These benefits are designed to support our employees in their professional growth, health, and overall well-being. Eligibility, coverage details, and enrollment processes will be provided during the onboarding process. At Foundation Finance Company, we are committed to fostering a positive work environment where employees can thrive both personally and professionally. Remote Work: Foundation Finance Company LLC requires that remote employees must reside in one of the following states to be considered for any of our remote positions: AL, AR, AZ, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job