Lead Test Automation Engineer - GM Financial

Why GMF Technology?

GM Financial is set to change the auto finance industry and is leading the path of embarking on tech modernization – we have a startup mindset, and preserve our small company culture, in a public company environment with financial stability and intense growth over a decade-plus history. We are data junkies and trust in data and insights to advance our business objectives.

We take our goal of zero emission, zero collision, zero congestion, and zero friction very seriously. We believe as an auto finance market leader we are in the driver's seat to lead us in the GM EV mission to change the world.

We are building global platforms, in LATAM, Europe, China, U.S. and Canada – and we are looking to grow our high-performing team. GMF is comprised of over 10,000 team members globally. Join our fintech culture within a Blue-Chip company where we are changing the way we use technology to support our customers, dealers and business.

About The Role:

The Lead Software Engineer holds a unique position within the company as both an engineering contributor and a performance leader.As an engineering contributor, the Lead Software Engineer may embed in development teams or work across teams to contribute to the success of the organization and to the delivery of business value. In the capacity the Lead Software Engineer is a key contributor to the organization, including (but not limited to) working with system architects to influence and support the intentional architecture, developing software that delivers business value (e.g. new features), scaffolding to help teams deliver faster, or test automation and testability improvements.As a performance leader, the Lead Software Engineer works closely with individual team members, their managers, scrum masters, and product owners to teach and reinforce modern software development practices. The Lead Software Engineer engages across teams and embeds within teams to promote skills growth to help team members and teams become high performing.To accomplish this, the Lead Software Engineer is expected to be a master of his or her craft and have the professionalism and influence to partner, lead and mentor others. The Lead Software Engineer demonstrates empathy, meet others where they are at. and helps them improve.

• Partnering with development teams and individual members across the organization to increase software skills, promote and implement test automation best-practices and to improve the quality of software deliverables.
• Embeds in teams or engages across teams to accomplish test automation objectives in either a coaching or hands-on role as required.
• Influences and collaborates with other towers and shared services within GM Financial and works directly with external vendors to achieve high levels of quality in software deliverables.
• Researches and champions the implementation of new tools and approaches that benefit the organization within the scope of this role.
• The Lead understands automated testing strategies in cloud and on-prem technologies and how best to employ them; and assists other team members to speed the implementation.
• Champions Agile and DevOps to continuously improve product quality, time to market, and team member happiness
• Invests in automated testing and automated pipelines to deploy constantly (multiple times per sprint)
• Maintains a shift-left, continuous testing mindset focused on detecting defects and quality issues as soon as possible before production deployments.
• Promotes modern software development patterns and practices that promote simplicity, understanding, reuse, and security
• In partnership with product management, helps to maintain a technical backlog for the Test Automation team.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on Test Automation in multiple frameworks and languages, providing guidance to other team members in their maintenance and support.
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Conform with all company policies and procedures
• Responsible for architecting software test patterns and practices with emphasis on unifying automated testing practices wherever possible.
• Helps teams invest in automated testing and automated pipelines to deploy constantly (multiple times per sprint).

What Makes You A Dream Candidate?

• Software development expertise in one or more high level programming languages with developed language agility to move easily from one product to another
• Expertise defining and designing test automation patterns and practices as the foundation for achieving high quality and speed to market, while verifying business requirements are met.
• Proficient at integrating test automation practices and related controls with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working in Agile Scrum teams with demonstrated success leading improvements (getting better/faster/happier)
• Ability to implement testing capabilities across mobile, web, and API service levels as applicable to the product team.
• Ability to lead by example and inspire passion and enthusiasm within the team
• Champions and executes strategies across teams that deliver measurable business value
• Demonstrates mastery of software languages, architecture, design, and testing capabilities; is perceived by most as the expert.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and writing skills

Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent practical experience required
• 7-10 years software development experience required
• 2-4 years experience leading multi-developer projects required
• 2-4 years as a lead and/or subject matter expert preferred

What We Offer: Generous benefits package available on day one to include: 401K matching, bonding leave for new parents (12 weeks, 100% paid), tuition assistance, training, GM employee auto discount, community service pay and nine company holidays.

Our Culture: Our team members define and shape our culture — an environment that welcomes innovative ideas, fosters integrity, and creates a sense of community and belonging. Here we do more than work — we thrive.

Compensation: Competitive pay and bonus eligibility

Work Life Balance: Flexible hybrid work environment, 2-days a week in office

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