Lead Quality Engineer

Location: HQ - San Diego, CA

Axos Bank

Target Range

• $105,000.00 /Yr. - $122,000.00 /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 position will be on-site and located at our HQ at San Diego, California. Remote or Hybrid is not available.

Axos and our quality engineering organization has completed its transition from QA to QE and is now advancing toward AI-assisted and agentic quality engineering. Our teams use Playwright for web automation and Appium for mobile, and we are building AI-DLC practices and quality gates, including agentic workflows that can generate, execute, and maintain tests with human oversight.

We’re looking for a Lead Quality Engineer who brings an AI-first mindset, exposure to AI agents in software testing, and hands-on experience with tools like Cursor or Claude. You have a strong background in testing web and mobile applications in the online banking domain, and hands-on experience with UI, mobile, or API automation frameworks. You care about delivering secure, high-quality, user-friendly digital banking experiences, and you’ll lead a fast-paced team that values precision, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

At Axos, our culture is our core competitive advantage. We operate as a meritocracy where success is earned, not given. We reward individuals based on achievement and encourage self-governance, where authority is aligned with values and initiative. Our team members are expected to act with independence and personal accountability, contributing to shared success through collaboration and integrity.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a release team responsible for regression testing of web and mobile releases, including planned releases and hotfixes, setting priorities, assigning work, and keeping testing on schedule.
• Manage testing across the release process end to end, including planning, scheduling, and coordination, and promptly communicate blockers and risks to stakeholders.
• Make the go/no-go call and provide formal Quality sign-off confirming a release’s readiness for deployment.
• Provide after-hours release support as the QE representative on release calls, supporting validation, troubleshooting, and escalation through release completion.
• Maintain automated regression suites for web (Playwright) and mobile (Appium) applications with an automation-first, AI-first mindset.
• Maintain release quality dashboards to track key metrics and performance indicators for each release.
• Escalate quality-related conflicts to QE management.
• Mentor QEs through 1-on-1 coaching and peer review sessions, including guidance on using AI tools effectively.