QA Automation Manager

Axos Bank

Target Range:

110000.00 /Yr. - 135000.00 /Yr.

Actual starting pay will vary based on factors including but not limited to geographic location experience skills specialty and education.

Eligible for an Annual Discretionary Cash Bonus Target: 10%

Eligible for an Annual Discretionary Restricted Stock Units Bonus Target: 10%

These discretionary target bonuses may be awarded semi-annually based upon your achievement of performance goals and targets.

About This Job

This role will report onsite to our HQ in San Diego CA.

Axos Bank is seeking a QA Automation Manager who serves as a strategic leader driving transformative change within the Centers of Excellence organization. This role owns the QA strategy operating model and delivery outcomes across manual and automated testing for integration functional regression sanity and performance validationensuring the highest quality standards for all software releases and adherence to internal SDLC processes. This leader accelerates adoption of AI-enabled Quality Engineering including AI-assisted test design automation generation resilient and self-healing automation patterns and modern evaluation and monitoring practices to increase delivery velocity while improving reliability coverage and confidence. The role partners closely with Engineering DevOps Product and business stakeholders to embed quality deeply into modern CI/CD delivery practices and regulated environments.

Qualifications:

• Define and execute the QA strategy to expand the use of AI automation and manual testing frameworks including security/vulnerability testing and code coverage measures and improvements.
• Develop an executable QA roadmap with milestone deliverables success metrics and stakeholder alignment.
• Drive AI-assisted test generation automation conversion and resilient/self-healing automation to reduce maintenance and flakiness.
• Establish continuous quality evaluation monitoring and feedback loops including quality gates and regression controls.
• Partner with Engineering and DevOps to embed quality into CI/CD pipelines and enforce release standards.
• Define and enforce quality standards acceptance criteria and release gating rules across teams.
• Lead end-to-end testing strategies across functional performance regression web mobile and API layers.
• Oversee defect management root-cause analysis and preventative quality improvements.
• Analyze quality metrics build actionable dashboards and proactively address quality and delivery risks.
• Ensure compliance through regular quality audits and alignment with regulatory and risk management practices.
• Present quality insights risks and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Optimize testing processes and promote continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with product and business teams to incorporate customer feedback into quality outcomes.
• Lead develop and scale QA leadership and teams building organizational capability in automation and AI-assisted Quality Engineering.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree required
• 7 years of experience in Quality Assurance including experience managing teams.
• 1 years of experience in financial services or related regulated industry.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and testing methodologies including functional performance regression automation tools and CI/CD pipeline integration.
• Hands-on expertise building and maintaining test automation for web and mobile applications APIs and test data.
• Proven use of code coverage and quality analysis platforms such as SeaLights SonarQube or similar tools.
• Demonstrated success applying AI and GenAI to accelerate Quality Engineering including AI-assisted test generation AI-driven test data creation and conversion of manual tests into automation.
• Track record of implementing resilient and self-healing automation patterns to reduce flaky tests and improve reliability.
• Working knowledge of LLMOps-style lifecycle practices for AI-enabled systems including evaluation validation deployment gates monitoring and feedback loops.
• Experience embedding security and vulnerability testing into automated pipelines.
• Awareness of AI application security risks and testing approaches including guardrails for prompt injection and sensitive data leakage.
• Understanding of AI risk management frameworks and governance concepts such as NIST AI RMF to support compliant adoption in regulated environments.

Axos Employee Benefits May Include:

About Axos

Born digital-first Axos delivers financial tools and services that allow individuals small businesses and companies to access and manage their money how when and where they want. Were a diverse team of dynamic insightful and independent innovators who are excited to provide technology-driven solutions that offer unbeatable value to our customers.

Axos Financial is our holding company and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AX (NYSE: AX).

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Pre-Employment Background Check and Drug Test:

All offers are contingent upon the candidate successfully passing a credit check criminal background check and pre-employment drug screening which includes screening for marijuana. Axos Bank is a federally regulated banking institution. At the federal level marijuana is an illegal schedule 1 drug; therefore we will not employ any person who tests positive for marijuana regardless of state legalization.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Axos is an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race religious creed color sex (including pregnancy breast feeding and related medical conditions) gender gender identity gender expression sexual orientation national origin ancestry citizenship status military and veteran status marital status age protected medical condition genetic information physical disability mental disability or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal state and local laws.

Job Functions and Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this position the employee is required to sit for extended periods of time. Manual dexterity and coordination are required while operating standard office equipment such as computer keyboard and mouse calculator telephone copiers etc.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

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