Lead Software Engineer (QA Automation)

Location: Rockville, Maryland, United States; hybrid work with defined in-person presence requirements

Salary: $131,200–$238,300 annually for work performed in Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts, or Washington, DC. Additional salary ranges apply to other listed U.S. locations.

Company

hirify.global is a securities regulator supporting enterprise applications and corporate systems, including SaaS, COTS, and custom-built software.

What you will do

• Define, implement, and evolve test automation strategies across multiple application teams.
• Lead Workday test automation and tool evaluation for HCM and Finance functional areas.
• Develop and maintain automated test cases and frameworks for custom-built applications and Workday systems.
• Mentor engineers and developers on testing best practices and promote quality throughout the development lifecycle.
• Establish quality metrics, present findings to executive leadership, and drive shift-left testing adoption.
• Provide hands-on automation development, code reviews, and influence-based leadership across 10+ analysts and developers.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent training and experience.
• Lead-level software QA experience setting testing direction and mentoring others.
• Hands-on experience designing, building, and maintaining test automation frameworks with Playwright, Cucumber, or Selenium.
• Strong Java and object-oriented development skills, including developing, reviewing, and maintaining automation code.
• Experience with functional, integration, regression, and performance testing, test data management, system design, cloud technologies, data storage, performance optimization, DevOps, CI/CD, unit testing, and software security.
• Workday testing experience across HCM or Finance, preferably with Kainos Smart Test or Opkey; experience with AWS, Jenkins, and GitLab.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with occasional travel and extended hours when required.
• Health, dental, vision, life, disability, long-term care, legal, and business travel accident insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company match and an additional hirify.global-funded retirement contribution opportunity.
• Paid time off, personal and sick days, paid holidays, volunteer service days, and parental and other paid leave.
• Tuition reimbursement, commuter benefits, backup family care, adoption assistance, surrogacy benefits, employee assistance, and wellness programs.
• Employment is subject to hirify.global investment-account disclosure and securities-trading restrictions.