Head of Automation

Description

We are seeking a visionary Head of Automation to take ownership of our quality strategy, lead testing efforts across the organization, and build a robust automation framework that supports our continued growth.

Key Responsibilities

Drive Cultural Shift: Champion a "quality-first" mentality across all product and engineering teams, advocating for testability from the initial design phase.

Strategic Test Planning: Translate complex fintech product features and business values into detailed, actionable, and scalable automation testing plans.

Agile Integration: Embed QA seamlessly into our Agile software development lifecycle (SDLC), optimizing our CI/CD pipelines for rapid, reliable releases.

Domain-Driven Testing: Leverage your deep understanding of the FX market to anticipate edge cases, designing test scenarios that reflect real-world trading behaviors.

Team Leadership: Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of automation engineers while selecting the best tools and frameworks for our technology stack.

Collaborate closely with Product, Development, Support, and Business teams

Introduce innovative tools and AI-driven approaches to improve QA efficiency

Requirements

7+ years of experience in Automation testing

• Industry Expertise: Proven track record in a QA/Automation leadership role specifically within the Fintech, FX, or capital markets industry.
• Product Acumen: Deep understanding of trading technology products, market mechanics, and how to validate financial software at scale.
• Technical Mastery: Extensive experience designing automation frameworks from scratch and a strong grasp of modern development lifecycles.
• Agile Veteran: Highly experienced operating within Agile/Scrum environments, with a clear vision of how QA fits into continuous delivery.
• Communication: Exceptional ability to translate technical constraints to business stakeholders and business requirements to engineering teams
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