Axos Bank
Lead Quality Engineer
HQ - San Diego, CA · Senior · Contract
Stay score
odds of building a lasting career here
Thin sponsorship signal and lottery-bound. A low-probability bet with your clock running. Prioritize cap-exempt roles and proven entry-level sponsors first.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →Employer immigration record
from this employer's Department of Labor filings
Files H-1B transfers
Sourced from Department of Labor LCA, PERM and prevailing-wage disclosure data. Employer matching is by name, so figures may be split across an employer's legal entities. Absence of a filing means none appears in our copy of the data, not that none exists.
Community outcomes
No reports yet — be the first to help the next applicant.
About the role
- 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.
- About This Job This position will be on-site and located at our HQ at San Diego, California.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 7+ years of experience in quality engineering, including leading a team of 6 or more.
- Experience in the banking or fintech industry.
- Hands-on experience with test automation in at least one area: web UI (Playwright or Cypress), mobile (Appium), or API (Postman or RestAssured).
- Experience testing web and mobile applications (iOS and Android).
- Experience managing software releases and leading a release team, including go/no-go decision-making.
- Working knowledge of SQL for test data validation and backend verification.
- Strong understanding of QE methodologies, tools, and processes, including quality gates and quality metrics.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum development practices.
- 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.
- Exposure to AI agents in software testing, including AI-assisted test generation, execution, and maintenance.
- Hands-on familiarity with AI tools such as Cursor or Claude.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to clearly articulate issues, mentor others, and collaborate across teams.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Axos Employee Benefits May Include:
Compensation
- $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:
- Eligible for an Annual Discretionary Restricted Stock Units Bonus Target:
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
- Paid Sick Leave, 3 weeks' Vacation, and Holidays (about 11 a year)
- HSA or FSA account and other voluntary benefits
- 401(k) Retirement Saving Plan with Employer Match Program and 529 Savings Plan
Company info
- At Axos, our culture is our core competitive advantage.
- We're a diverse team of dynamic, insightful, and independent innovators who are excited to provide technology-driven solutions that offer unbeatable value to our customers.
Equal 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.
Visa & Work Authorization
- 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, g
This listing is sourced directly from Axos Bank's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.