Distinguished Quality Engineering Lead

Pittsburgh, PA


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Type: Contract-to-Hire

Category: Delivery Leader

Industry: Financial Services

Reference ID: JN -012026-105106

Date Posted: 01/20/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/JU1uhd


Description:

Hybrid 4 days a week onsite in Pittsburgh, PA

 

Our client is a global investments company that provides investment management and investment services to institutions, corporations, and individual investors worldwide. The organization supports the full investment lifecycle and serves as a single point of contact for clients seeking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute, or restructure investments.

 

This is a contract to hire opportunity. Applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis and convert to FTE following contract duration. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

 

Rate: $80.00 to $98.00/hr. w2

 


Responsibilities:

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategy and execution for modernization of legacy test scripts, frameworks, and tool chains.
  • Define and govern standards, metrics, policies, procedures, and templates across platforms with platform-specific adaptations.
  • Drive the transition from a centralized QE model to a federated, product-oriented structure.
  • Embed quality engineering practices within product teams and promote a full stack engineering model.
  • Establish and lead specialist work streams for automation, test data management, tool chain, metrics, and non-functional testing.
  • Provide sprint-based expert support to platform teams, enabling targeted uplift without long-term dependency.
  • Integrate AI agents for quality tasks including test strategy generation and prompt engineering.
  • Implement risk-based testing focused on high-probability defect areas and critical user journeys.
  • Define and track qualitative and quantitative metrics for automation maturity, performance, and platform behavior.
  • Select, implement, and evolve tooling and methodologies aligned with engineering and platform needs.
  • Mentor engineers across teams to ensure cross-training and lifecycle capability.

Experience Requirements:

Experience Requirements

  • 10 to 15 years in QA, QE, or Automation Engineering with evidence of similar leadership roles.
  • Hands-on expertise in automation frameworks and modernization of legacy scripts.
  • Proficiency with Java and Python for test and tooling development.
  • Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD integration for quality automation.
  • Background in cloud computing and platform engineering.
  • Experience establishing tool chains, governance, and organization-wide standards.
  • Demonstrated capability in test data management and non-functional testing domains.
  • Experience integrating AI into quality processes, including agents and prompt engineering.
  • Proven execution of risk-based, metrics-driven testing strategies.
  • Ability to lead specialist work streams and provide short-term, sprint-based expert support.

Education Requirements:

Education Requirements

  • Experience and technical skills are prioritized over formal education.

Recruitment Transparency Notice
 
Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (noreply@eliassen.com, 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.
 
Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an Eliassen.com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact InfoSec@eliassen.com.
 
About Eliassen Group:
 
Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company for human-powered solutions. For over 30 years, Eliassen has helped thousands of companies reach further and achieve more with their technology solutions, financial, risk & compliance, and advisory solutions, and clinical solutions. With offices from coast to coast and throughout Europe, Eliassen provides a local community presence, balanced with international reach. Eliassen Group strives to positively impact the lives of their employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which they operate.
 
Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
 
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