AVP, Quality Engineering Manager

Company: LPL Financial
Location: Cedar Creek
Posted on: January 15, 2022

Job Description:

Does Transformation, Quality, Shift left, Modernization, and Innovation inspire you?Join the LPL family and help us improve Quality and modernize our products -- creating flexible, scalable, personalized experiences with quality for our advisors and their clients. We are a team that values diverse and big thinking and rewards both behaviors and delivery.Excited to learn more? Come be a part of LPL's modernization strategy and extraordinary growth!LPL Financial (Nasdaq: LPLA) was founded on the principle that the firm should work for the advisor, and not the other way around. Today, LPL is a leader* in the markets we serve, supporting more than 18,000 financial advisors, 800 institution-based investment programs and 450 independent RIA firms nationwide. We are steadfast in our commitment to the advisor-centered model and the belief that Americans deserve access to personalized guidance from a financial advisor. At LPL, independence means that advisors have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run their perfect practice. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients.As an AVP, Quality Engineering Manager youll serve as a strong and versatile hands on technical leader. Successful leaders at LPL communicate well with teams and leaders of the organization, have active listening skills, ask great questions and provide good development feedback. You will build strong and highly functional partnerships with delivery leadership team and delivery teams. You have strong team leadership skills, influence without authority, make and propose needed changes to bring more impact and the ability to hire, guide, coach and grow exceptional technology teams. You are a visible leader that thrives on developing and motivating future technology leaders. You foster an innovation culture and thirst for technology innovation.Our ideal candidate is a servant leader who can lead multiple parallel initiatives big and small - with attention to detail, manage outcomes and is passionate about CI/CD/DevOps/Software Quality Engineering. Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of Software Development Engineers in Test (SDETs) working in Agile model supporting Cash and Asset Management delivery teams to achieve consistent, predictable, high quality releases by implementing common practices, tools, metrics, automation frameworks and oversight and delivering high quality solutions that meet business objectives in a flexible, collaborative and rapidly changing environment.
• Manage resources across different geographical locations and offshore vendors
• Work as a leader/trainer in a large, complex QA organization, with a demonstrated ability to implement scalable automation solutions
• Provide end-to-end, performance testing guidance, oversight and resourcing for defined, funded initiatives
• Drive innovative testing solutions within a complex, Enterprise Platform
• Educate team with Security, Accessibility scans / testing, PLSQL
• Provide guidance and strategy on testing AI/ML powered applications / Bots
• Attract, hire, empower and develop the best engineers
• Driving quality metrics to improve customer quality
• Drive release efficiency, reduce regression cyle time, and time to market What are we looking for?We want strong collaborators who can deliver a world-class client experience. We are looking for people who are Digital Savvy, thrive in a fast-paced environment, are client-focused, team oriented, and are able to execute in a way that encourages creativity and continuous improvement.Requirements:
  • Bachelors / Masters in computer science or related field
  • 8+ years of experience in Quality Engineering and management roles
  • 8+ years of hands-on experience in development (Java, JavaScript, C#, or any other object-oriented programming language), execution, and maintenance of automated test scripts
  • Demonstrated ability to define drive and communicate strategy and vision and influence across the organization is essential
  • Experience with Jenkins, Bamboo, GIT, SVN, Bit bucket, TFS, Code Linters, Code Scanners, Code Coverage tools, Selenium Web Driver and grid/ Watir, cucumber, NUNIT/JUNIT/TESTNG, etc.
  • Hands-on experience with Web services virtualization, mocking and stubbing, API test automation, UI automation
  • Experience with creating dashboards/ providing insights on quality to the larger organization.
  • Understanding and implementation of CI/CD/Dev Ops practices, lean methodologies
  • Experience with Agile and Kanban Development PracticesCore Competencies:
    • Highly organized, creative, motivated, and passionate about achieving results
    • Ability to effectively inspire and influence teams and partners in delivering technology enabled business solutions that exceed business expectationsPreferences:
      • Experience with Agile Scrum methodology
      • Experience with driving transformation at scale
      • Experience with CI/CD/Dev Ops practices, lean methodologies
      • Hands on Experience with one of the programming languages Java, C#, JavaScript or any other Object Oriented programming language.Why LPL? At LPL, we believe that objective financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone. As the nations leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of proprietary technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services. We provide you with a work environment that encourages your creativity and growth, a leadership team that is supportive and responsive, and the opportunity to create a career that has no limits, only amazing potential.We are one team on one mission. We take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients.Because our company is not too big and not too small, you can seize the opportunity to make a real impact. We are committed to supporting workplace equality, and we embrace the different perspectives and backgrounds of our employees. We also care for our communities, and we encourage our employees to do the same. This creates an environment in which you can do your best work.Want to hear from our employees on what its like to work at LPL? Watch this!We take social responsibility seriously. Learn more hereWant to see info on our benefits? Learn more hereJoin the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning lifes aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE.Information on Interviews:LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an @lplfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicants bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPLs Human Resources Solutions Center at (800) 877-7210.

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