Testing Automation Lead (Fintech)

TL;DR

Testing Automation Lead (Fintech): Defining and driving automation strategy across complex insurance transformation programs with an accent on implementing scalable automation solutions, improving quality outcomes and accelerating time to market. Focus on leading automation teams, providing technical guidance, and ensuring strong collaboration with developers, solution architects, and QA teams.

Location: New York, NY

Salary: 110,000 - 115,098 USD

Company

hirify.global is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society.

What you will do

• Define automation roadmap and strategy aligned to program objectives within the insurance portfolio.
• Design, develop, and implement enterprise-grade automation frameworks for web, mobile, API, and integration testing.
• Lead automation teams, provide technical guidance, conduct code reviews, and ensure engineering best practices.
• Oversee automation planning, estimation, prioritization, and reporting across Agile delivery cycles.
• Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines and ensure continuous validation practices.
• Drive optimization of test coverage, maintainability, and reusability across multiple insurance applications.

Requirements

• Ten or more years of experience in Quality Engineering with at least four years in automation leadership roles.
• Expertise in Selenium, Java or Python, TestNG or JUnit, and designing custom frameworks.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of API test automation Rest Assured or similar tools.
• Working experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Git, and pipeline configuration.
• Ability to architect frameworks using Page Object Model, data-driven, hybrid, and service-level automation patterns.
• Good understanding of insurance domain processes including policy, claims, billing, and underwriting systems.

Nice to have

• Mobile automation experience with Appium.
• Experience with BDD frameworks such as Cucumber or SpecFlow.
• Exposure to cloud technologies, containerization, and microservices architecture.
• Understanding of performance engineering concepts and collaboration with performance teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Paid time off based on employee grade: Vacation: 12-25 days, Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada).
• Life and disability insurance.
• Employee assistance programs.