Manager, QA Automation

Overview

Job Purpose

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is seeking a hands-on QA Automation Manager to lead our quality engineering team through a strategic modernization of our test automation platform. The successful candidate will drive our transition from a legacy Selenium-based framework to Playwright, while championing the adoption of AI-assisted testing practices across the organization. This is a player-coach role: you'll set technical direction and mentor a team, while remaining close enough to the code to make sound architectural decisions.

This position is based onsite in Atlanta, GA.

Responsibilities

* Leadership & Team Management

* Lead, mentor, and grow a team of QA automation engineers, setting clear goals, conducting performance reviews, and supporting career development.

* Establish quality engineering standards, best practices, and a culture of continuous improvement.

* Partner with Engineering, Product, and Dev Ops leaders to embed quality throughout the SDLC.

* Manage team capacity, sprint planning, and delivery commitments within an Agile environment.

* Selenium-to-Playwright Migration

* Define and execute a phased migration strategy from Selenium to Playwright, including risk assessment, prioritization, and rollback planning.

* Design a scalable, maintainable Playwright test architecture (page object models, fixtures, parallelization, cross-browser coverage).

* Establish migration tooling and patterns to accelerate conversion of existing test suites while minimizing coverage gaps.

* Define success metrics (execution speed, flakiness reduction, maintenance cost) and report progress to stakeholders.

* AI-Enabled Testing

* Evaluate and introduce AI-assisted tooling for test generation, self-healing locators, test maintenance, and failure triage.

* Pilot the use of LLM-based tools (e.g., AI test authoring, natural-language test creation, intelligent test selection) and codify responsible, effective usage patterns.

* Build a roadmap for integrating AI into the broader QA workflow, balancing innovation with reliability and cost.

* CI/CD & Quality Infrastructure

* Integrate Playwright suites into CI/CD pipelines for fast, reliable feedback.

* Drive improvements in test stability, reporting, observability, and defect prevention.

Knowledge and Experience

* 7+ years in software quality assurance / test automation, with 2+ years in a team lead or management capacity.

* Proven, hands-on experience with Playwright (Type Script/JavaScript) and deep prior experience with Selenium (Web Driver).

* Demonstrated success leading a test automation framework migration or major modernization effort.

* Strong programming skills (Type Script/JavaScript; Python or Java a plus).

* Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, Git Lab CI) and version control (Git).

* Experience testing web applications, APIs, and ideally mobile.

* Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

* Preferred Knowledge and Experience

* Hands-on experience applying AI/LLM tools to testing workflows (test generation, self-healing, triage).

* Experience with performance, accessibility, or security testing.

* Background in regulated or high-reliability industries.

* What Success Looks Like (First 12 Months)

* A clear, stakeholder-approved migration plan with measurable milestones.

* A meaningful percentage of critical test suites migrated to Playwright with reduced flakiness and faster execution.

* At least one AI-assisted testing capability piloted and adopted by the team.

* A motivated, growing team operating under modern quality engineering standards.

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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.