Manager, Quality Engineering (Development)

Lumin Digital is the digital banking platform of choice for credit unions and community banks across the country. The Quality Engineering Manager will lead a team to enhance the quality engineering practices, focusing on test automation and collaboration with development teams to ensure high-quality software delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Team Lead to mentor a team of QE engineers, fostering a culture of quality, ownership, and continuous improvement
• Help define and execute the QE roadmap, including test automation strategy, tooling, and coverage standards across the platform
• Partner with development teams to embed QE practices into sprint ceremonies — planning, grooming, and retrospectives
• Own end-to-end (E2E) and UAT test reliability, driving down flakiness and improving signal quality in CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborate with SRE and DevOps to build and maintain CI/CD integrations for automated testing, including auth token management and environment stability
• Establish metrics and reporting to surface quality trends early, enabling faster detection and resolution of regressions
• Work cross-functionally with Product, Delivery, and Engineering leadership to align on release readiness standards
• Manage QE capacity, hiring, and performance, ensuring the team is appropriately staffed and growing professionally
• Champion a shift-left approach to quality, ensuring requirements and acceptance criteria are testable before development begins

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field or 5 years of equivalent experience
• Demonstrated experience building and delivering Quality Assurance and Quality Engineering platforms with 5+ years of software engineering or related leadership experience
• Strong engineering background with hands-on experience
• Experience building and managing technical teams in a player-coach model, able to set strategy and roll up your sleeves when the team needs it
• 5+ years of experience in software quality engineering, with at least 2 years in a management or lead role
• Strong background in test automation frameworks and E2E testing strategies for web applications
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar) and integrating automated tests into build processes
• Solid understanding of modern web technologies — JavaScript/TypeScript, Angular, or similar frameworks
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with short sprint cycles
• Proven ability to build, grow, and retain high-performing QE teams
• Outstanding communication skills and comfortable in a whiteboard session with engineers
• Naturally cross-functional, able to work fluidly with product, data, SRE, security, and sales without losing momentum
• MS degree or MBA preferred
• Familiarity with the AI developer tooling landscape, the ability to evaluate and adopt AI-assisted testing tools to improve team throughput and test coverage
• Experience in fintech, banking technology, or platforms serving financial institutions is a plus, but not required
• Curiosity about the CFI space