Senior Performance Engineer
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 DevOps 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 (TypeScript/JavaScript) and deep prior experience with Selenium (WebDriver).
Demonstrated success leading a test automation framework migration or major modernization effort.
Strong programming skills (TypeScript/JavaScript; Python or Java a plus).
Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab 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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