QA Automation Lead

Overview

Permanent, full-time, hybrid

Connecting clients to markets – and talent to opportunity.

With 4,300 employees and over 400,000 retail and institutional clients from more than 80 offices spread across five continents, we’re a Fortune-100, Nasdaq-listed provider, connecting clients to the global markets – focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world-class products and services to all types of investors.

Whether you want to forge a career connecting our retail clients to potential trading opportunities, or ingrain yourself in the world of institutional investing, The StoneX Group is made up of four segments that offer endless potential for progression and growth.

Business Segment Overview: A Swift-accredited service bureau and member, our Payments division provides NGOs, institutions and non-profits the ability to make a local difference, globally – with transparent pricing across 180+ countries and 140+ currencies. 

Responsibilities

Position Purpose: We’re looking for a QA Automation Lead to elevate quality across our Global Payments organization. This is a strategic, hands-on leadership role that combines deep automation expertise with ownership of end-to-end UAT programs. You will define quality engineering standards, architect scalable automation solutions, mentor engineers, and partner with Product, DevOps, and Operations to ensure our mission-critical payments platform is secure, resilient, and ready for production.

As a senior technical leader, you’ll influence engineering culture, guide teams toward best practices, and ensure testability, observability, and automation are built into everything we deliver. This role is ideal for someone ready to move beyond individual contributions into leading people, processes, and technology within a modern engineering organization.

Primary duties will include: 

Automation Strategy & Technical Leadership

• Define the automation vision, roadmap, and standards for frontend, backend, and API testing across the Global Payments group.

• Architect and maintain scalable, reusable automation frameworks (Playwright, xUnit, NBomber, etc.).

• Ensure automated test suites are reliable, fast, and deeply integrated into CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).

• Establish quality gates, code coverage expectations, and best practices for test design, data management, and environments.

Continuous Delivery & Secure Testing

• Partner with DevOps and SecOps to embed automated security practices (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning) into the delivery pipeline.

• Drive adoption of shift-left testing, including contract tests, static analysis, and performance testing.

• Monitor CI/CD health, triage failures, and ensure automation remains a first-class citizen in the delivery lifecycle.

UAT Leadership & Business Partnership

• Own the planning, coordination, execution, and sign-off of UAT cycles across features, releases, and compliance-driven changes.

• Create structured UAT plans, acceptance criteria, runbooks, and stakeholder communications.

• Lead cross-functional defect triage, ensuring issues are addressed quickly and transparently.

• Act as a bridge between engineering teams and business operations (settlements, reconciliations, payments workflows).

Quality Governance & Team Development

• Mentor and upskill QA and automation engineers; guide developers on improving testability and adopting quality practices.

• Champion continuous improvement efforts, driving metrics, observability, and quality KPIs for teams and leadership.

• Collaborate with Product and Engineering leadership to prioritize quality initiatives, testing infrastructure, and tooling investments.

Qualifications

To land this role you will need:

Technical & Domain Expertise

• 7+ years in test automation, quality engineering, or SDET roles, including experience leading automation initiatives or teams.

• Strong coding and test-development skills in JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Java, or C#.

• Hands-on mastery of automation frameworks (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, xUnit, or equivalent).

• Familiarity with secure testing tools (SonarQube, Snyk, Checkmarx, Trivy) and modern CI/CD systems.

• Experience in financial services — payments, FX, settlements, reconciliations, SWIFT, or ISO 20022 is a strong plus.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Proven ability to lead engineers, guide teams, and influence stakeholders without formal authority.

• Excellent communicator with the ability to translate technical detail into business insights.

• Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for raising the bar on engineering quality.

Education / Certification Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering (Computer Systems, Software, IT&T, Systems) or relevant experience.

Working environment:

• FTE (UoP).

• Hybrid at ul. Mogilska 35 – we have private parking for employees.