Director, QA
DriveWealth is a global B2B financial technology organization dedicated to democratizing access to financial independence around the world. Our mission is realized through an API-based platform, empowering our partners to offer seamless investing and trading experiences to clients worldwide, all from their mobile devices.
Our technology provides partners with a modern, extensible toolkit, enabling traditional investment workflows and innovative techniques like fractional share ownership. DriveWealth has evolved into a global platform offering trading of US equities, mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, and options.
We seek enthusiastic professionals to contribute diverse perspectives and experiences to our Brokerage-as-a-Service platform. Our culture blends the pace and opportunity of a tech start-up with the impact, stability, and significance of Wall Street. We encourage creativity and experimentation while ensuring institutional-grade execution and regulatory compliance in everything we do. We value diversity and inclusion, celebrating the unique differences of our employees as we scale and grow together. We’re guided by operating principles grounded in accountability, teamwork, integrity, and solutions built to scale. Join us!
About the Role
As a company that thrives on innovation, we are growing rapidly, solving complex challenges with elegant solutions. We seek a visionary leader to define and scale our quality assurance strategy. As Head of IT Quality Engineering, you will lead a QA organization prioritizing quality, resiliency, and innovation. You will shape the systems powering our next-generation financial services platform, overseeing a team of functional and automation QA engineers. Collaborating with product and engineering teams, you will drive high-quality, high-performing software.
We’re looking for a leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-impact environments, ensuring our team maintains a high release velocity while upholding the quality our customers expect.
What You’ll Do
- Architect and implement a QA strategy that supports rapid growth and high delivery velocity
- Establish automated QA processes to ensure reliability, scalability, compliance, and seamless user experiences in a regulated environment
- Recruit, mentor, and lead a team of 8-10 QA and automation engineers, fostering a culture of excellence and innovation
- Integrate QA processes into agile development workflows to enable rapid iteration without compromising quality
- Collaborate with engineering, product design, and DevOps to ensure flawless releases at scale
- Leverage technical expertise to develop advanced automation frameworks and testing pipelines
- Drive innovation in testing solutions to maintain high performance at scale
- Oversee functional, performance, and security testing to ensure system integrity and user trust, even under extreme conditions
- Define and track key QA metrics, fostering continuous improvement through data-driven insights
- Represent QA as a strategic leader, partnering with stakeholders to uphold the highest quality standards
What You’ll Need
- Proven experience leading high-performing QA teams in innovative tech companies or high-stakes environments
- Expertise in Java, Python, Cucumber, and RestAssured test automation frameworks
- Strong knowledge of agile methodologies, test-driven development, and CI/CD pipelines
- Ability to translate complex challenges into actionable QA strategies
- Familiarity with microservices, cloud architectures, and security standards
- Passion for building intuitive, high-quality products that exceed user expectations
- Bonus Points, experience in capital markets, particularly equities trading and FIX messaging
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. DriveWealth is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Compensation
Compensation package offerings are based on candidate experience and technical qualifications, as it relates to the role. These are identified and determined throughout your interviewing experience.
Please note: this role is expected to come into our office on a cadence set by the Hiring Manager/Team.
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- Mental Health and family planning services
- Unlimited paid time off with ten observed holidays
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- $2,500 each year to invest in continued education and personal development
- $75 a month in fitness and wellness reimbursement
- Company-provided phone
- Hybrid work experience that allows for flexibility
- For in-office employees, a daily lunch stipend, unlimited snacks, and engaging office space in the Financial District
*The benefits outlined above are for US employees, benefit offerings vary based on location
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
TO ALL AGENCIES: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of DriveWealth outside of the Talent organization. DriveWealth’s policy is to only accept resumes from agencies via Greenhouse (ATS). Agencies must have a valid services agreement executed and must have been assigned by the Talent team to a specific requisition. Any resume submitted outside of this process will be deemed the sole property of DriveWealth. In the event a candidate submitted outside of this policy is hired, no fee or payment will be paid.
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Recently completing a Series D raise with a $2.85B valuation, DriveWealth’s mission is to democratize investing globally by working with partners to invent new ways to use its API-based technology to provide emerging investors with cutting-edge em...
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