Lead Platform Automation Engineer

Job Title: Lead Platform Automation Engineer

Location: Plano/Dallas area (1st choice) or within 60 miles of other Bread locations

Work Type: W2, Hybrid (1–2 days in office per week)

Role Overview

• 90% hands-on works
• This is not a QA role — it's a Full Stack position.
• They are specifically seeking candidates with senior-level titles such as Architect, Principal Engineer, or Staff Engineer—someone capable of building end-to-end solutions, driving automation, and contributing across full-stack, backend, and DevOps areas.
• You'll be part of the Platform Team, developing automation frameworks and scalable engineering solutions.
• The team operates horizontally across the organization, providing support to multiple internal groups.
• Collaboration extends across both U.S. and India-based teams.Financial industry experience is not required.
• Candidates should have strong coding, automation, and architectural skills — as per the role title will be Architect.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of test automation frameworks.
• Develop and maintain tools for test data management and test infrastructure.
• Integrate automated testing into
  CI/CD pipelines
  for continuous delivery.
• Analyse and resolve complex problems, performance bottlenecks, and quality gaps.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices in test automation and quality engineering.
• Drive the adoption of emerging testing technologies and shift-left testing practices.
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams to configure
  scalable test environments
  .

Required Qualifications:

• Strong
  programming skills
  in
  Java, JavaScript, or Python
  .
• Experience with
  test automation frameworks
  (Selenium, Cypress, JUnit, TestNG, etc.).
• Knowledge of
  DevOps concepts and CI/CD pipelines
  .
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, quality engineering, or DevSecOps.
• Strong
  problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills
  .

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with
  API automation
  .
• Knowledge of
  CI/CD tools
  (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab).
• Familiarity with
  AWS or other cloud platforms
  .
• Background in
  financial technology or