Lead Architect - Automated Testing Framework (ATF) Engineering

Lead Architect – Automated Testing Framework (ATF) Engineering

Location: Wabash, IL (3 Days Onsite)

Experience: 15–20+ Years

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Lead Architect – Automated Testing Framework (ATF) Engineering to drive the strategy, architecture, development, and modernization of our enterprise Automated Testing Framework (ATF) platform.

The ideal candidate will be a hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in Java architecture, REST services, SQL, distributed systems, and full-stack development using React and Node.js.

This role will be responsible for defining the long-term architecture roadmap, ensuring platform scalability, reliability, security, and performance, and enabling enterprise-wide test automation across mission-critical financial applications and data platforms.

The successful candidate will partner with engineering leaders, product teams, quality engineering teams, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to accelerate automation adoption while maintaining high engineering standards.

Key Responsibilities

1. Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Define and own the ATF platform architecture and technical roadmap.
• Lead design reviews and establish architecture standards for enterprise automation solutions.
• Drive modernization initiatives using cloud-native and microservices-based architectures.
• Provide technical leadership for strategic automation initiatives across multiple engineering teams.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend appropriate adoption strategies.

2. Platform Engineering

• Design and develop scalable automation platform services using Java and Spring Boot.
• Architect RESTful APIs and service integrations supporting enterprise automation workflows.
• Lead development of reusable automation components, agents, plugins, and framework utilities.
• Ensure platform reliability, scalability, observability, fault tolerance, and performance.

3. Full-Stack Development

Architect and oversee development of modern web applications using:

• React
• Node.js
• TypeScript / JavaScript
• HTML5 / CSS3

Responsibilities include designing intuitive user experiences for:

• Automation administration
• Reporting
• Monitoring
• Analytics

4. Database & Data Architecture

• Design and optimize enterprise-scale SQL solutions.
• Develop data models supporting automation execution, reporting, auditability, and analytics.
• Optimize application performance through efficient database design and query tuning.

5. Engineering Excellence

• Establish engineering best practices, coding standards, and architecture governance.
• Drive DevOps, CI/CD, automated quality controls, and platform observability.
• Lead code reviews and architecture reviews.
• Mentor architects, senior engineers, and development teams.
• Support production readiness, release governance, and operational excellence.

6. Stakeholder Management

• Partner with technology leaders, product owners, quality engineering teams, and business stakeholders.
• Translate business objectives into scalable technical solutions.
• Communicate architecture strategy and technical direction to executive leadership.

Required Qualifications

Experience

• 15–20+ years of software engineering experience.
• 8+ years in technical leadership, architect, or principal engineer roles.
• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale automation platforms.

Core Technical Skills

Java & Backend

• Java – Expert
• Spring Boot
• REST API Architecture
• Microservices Architecture
• Distributed Systems

Database

Experience with one or more of:

• SQL Server
• PostgreSQL
• Oracle
• SQL Optimization

Full Stack

• React
• Node.js
• TypeScript
• JavaScript
• HTML5
• CSS3

Cloud & DevOps

• AWS or Azure
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• GitHub / Azure DevOps
• CI/CD Pipelines

Data & Messaging

• SQL Optimization
• Messaging platforms — Kafka preferred
• Data integration patterns

Architecture Competencies

Strong experience in:

• Enterprise Architecture
• Solution Architecture
• API-First Design
• Event-Driven Systems
• Performance Engineering
• Security Architecture
• Scalability & Resilience Design
• Distributed Systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building enterprise-grade Automated Testing Frameworks (ATF).
• Experience with test automation platforms and Quality Engineering methodologies.
• Experience in financial services or capital markets.
• Experience supporting highly regulated environments.
• Exposure to AI-assisted testing and intelligent automation solutions.
• Familiarity with cloud-native modernization initiatives.

Leadership Expectations

• Lead through influence and technical excellence.
• Mentor architects, senior engineers, and development teams.
• Build a strong engineering culture focused on innovation and continuous improvement.
• Drive strategic technology decisions aligned with business outcomes.
• Manage multiple concurrent initiatives and technology priorities.

Success Metrics

Success in this role will be measured by:

• Increased automation adoption across engineering teams.
• Improved platform scalability and reliability.
• Reduced test execution cycle times.
• Enhanced engineering productivity through reusable automation capabilities.
• Successful delivery of platform modernization initiatives.
• Improved platform observability, governance, and operational efficiency.