Lead Software Engineer in Test

Elite Technology is the trusted automation platform for law firm operations, delivering a cloud-native SaaS platform for financial, invoice, time, and data management. The Lead Software Engineer in Test will drive the execution of the quality roadmap, ensuring high standards across the software development lifecycle while mentoring engineers and leading complex initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership for complex, high-impact quality initiatives, ensuring test strategies are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with product and business objectives
• Lead test architecture and framework design at the system and component level, driving consensus across engineers, architects, and QA teams on tooling, patterns, and quality standards
• Own end-to-end quality execution for key projects, from test strategy through delivery, proactively identifying risks, gaps in coverage, and cross-team dependencies
• Design, implement, and evolve automated testing solutions across UI, API, and service layers using modern patterns and cloud-native testing approaches
• Set and enforce high quality engineering standards through code reviews, CI/CD pipeline integration, test coverage requirements, shift-left practices, and observability of test health metrics
• Lead comprehensive performance testing strategies across the full stack — including load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing — ensuring systems meet non-functional requirements before and after major releases
• Define performance benchmarks, SLOs, and acceptance thresholds in collaboration with engineering and product stakeholders; drive resolution of performance regressions through root cause analysis and actionable recommendations
• Build, prioritize, and manage automation debt; drive improvements in test reliability, execution performance, and coverage using data-driven insights
• Serve as the quality authority on the team — mentoring and coaching engineers and QA team members, fostering strong quality judgment, collaboration, ownership, and continuous skill development
• Partner closely with Software Engineers, Product Managers, UX, Security, and Infrastructure teams to validate functional and non-functional requirements throughout the development lifecycle
• Clearly communicate quality risks, test coverage trade-offs, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders; influence prioritization decisions with data-backed insights
• Drive alignment between product priorities and quality execution, ensuring predictable, high-quality releases with well-defined entry and exit criteria
• Remain deeply hands-on, contributing high-quality, production-ready automation code for critical test scenarios and complex problem areas
• Troubleshoot and investigate complex production issues and test failures, applying strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills to root cause analysis
• Continuously evaluate and champion the adoption of modern testing tools, frameworks, and methodologies that improve product reliability and team effectiveness
• Perform other duties as assigned to support departmental and company objectives

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related STEM field, or equivalent experience
• 12+ years of professional experience in software development and/or software quality engineering, with a strong focus on building, testing, and validating complex, scalable business applications
• Expert-level proficiency in test automation using the Microsoft stack, including C# / .NET Core; experience with Angular applications from a testability and end-to-end validation perspective
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure cloud services — including Durable Functions, App Services, Event Hubs, API Management, Azure AD, Key Vault, Blob Storage, AKS, and Service Fabric — with the ability to design and execute cloud-integrated test strategies across these platforms
• Proven experience designing and validating distributed systems, microservices, and RESTful APIs (including OData), with deep expertise in API testing, contract testing, and service-level validation
• Deep experience with CI/CD pipelines (YAML), Git, Azure DevOps or GitHub, and integrating automated test suites into modern DevOps workflows to enable continuous quality and shift-left testing
• Strong understanding of SQL Server, Azure SQL, and Cosmos DB, with the ability to design data validation strategies and assess the impact of schema changes, queries, and data integrity across environments
• Extensive experience architecting and scaling test automation frameworks, applying TDD/BDD methodologies, and establishing quality-driven development practices across engineering teams
• Expert-level proficiency across the full automation spectrum — unit, integration, end-to-end, performance, and contract testing — with a track record of enforcing testing best practices and elevating quality standards for full-stack applications
• Proven ability to lead comprehensive performance and load testing initiatives, defining SLOs and benchmarks, and driving resolution of regressions across the stack
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a pragmatic, data-driven approach to quality risk assessment and test coverage decisions
• Strong communication and influence skills, with the ability to lead through quality expertise, advocate for best practices, and drive engineering culture change without direct authority
• A continuous improvement mindset with a demonstrated commitment to quality engineering excellence, tooling innovation, and professional growth
• Ability to travel up <10% as business needs require
• Role requires the following physical capacity: Sedentary: primarily desk/computer work
• Must be legally authorized to work in United States; Elite does not provide employment sponsorship for this position
• Familiarity with ERP, financial, or mission-critical SaaS platforms is a strong plus