Vice President of SDET

PENNYMAC:

Pennymac is (NYSE: PFSI) is a specialty financial services firm with a comprehensive mortgage platform and integrated business focused on the production and servicing of U.S. mortgage loans and the management of investments related to the U.S. mortgage market.

At Pennymac, our people are the foundation of our success and at the heart of our dynamic work culture. Together, we work towards a unified goal of helping millions of Americans achieve aspirations of homeownership through the complete mortgage journey.

A Typical Day:

The Vice President of SDET will drive strategic quality standards for a major vertical or critical technology domain within Pennymac (e.g., Trading Systems, Servicing Platform, Data & Analytics, etc.). They are responsible for their specific area's quality roadmap, architecture, and thought-leadership.

The VP, SDET will:

• Provide technical leadership across engineering and SDET teams to ensure the delivery of exceptional technical solutions.
• Define and drive the overall test automation strategy and quality vision across multiple engineering teams.
• Partner directly with senior IT groups, product managers, and engineering leadership in an advisory role to ensure testing strategies align with business requirements and system architecture.
• Orchestrate the management of technology scope and risks related to quality and software delivery.
• Spearhead the adoption of advanced testing technologies, evaluating and standardizing the use of AI-assisted IDEs and AI-augmented test automation platforms across the QA organization.
• Oversee and design complex automated API test suites and comprehensive performance, load, and stress testing strategies.
• Champion CI/CD practices, driving the strategy for integrating automated test suites into continuous integration and deployment pipelines to ensure seamless releases.
• Establish and monitor key quality metrics, reporting on test coverage, defect leakage, and overall product health to stakeholders.
• Mentor on approach and execution of solutions, coach on technologies, and establish a team-wide comprehension of QA capabilities and direction.
• Continuously evaluate the software development lifecycle to recommend and implement process improvements based on industry trends.
• Demonstrate behaviors which are aligned with the organization’s desired culture and values.

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, MS a plus.
• 7+ years of experience working with IT leadership to create technical strategies.
• 8+ years of experience in software development and test automation, including experience leading and inspiring software development teams.
• Deep understanding and expert-level programming skills in modern Javascript, Typescript, and Node.js, alongside strong proficiency in languages like Java or Python.
• Advanced experience architecting and maintaining enterprise-grade frameworks from the ground up using modern automation tools such as Playwright or Cypress.
• Experience in a microservice-oriented environment and deep expertise with API testing tools and frameworks like Postman, Katalon, or REST Assured.
• Proven track record of utilizing AI-assisted IDEs (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot) and hands-on experience implementing AI-augmented test automation platforms (e.g., Applitools, KaneAI).
• Solid understanding of the practical application of agile development methods and leading teams in an Agile/Lean environment.
• Deep understanding of system observability, with extensive experience configuring and extracting insights from logging tools like Datadog, New Relic, Splunk, or Dynatrace.

Why You Should Join:

As one of the top mortgage lenders in the country, Pennymac has helped over 4 million lifetime homeowners achieve and sustain their aspirations of home. Our vision is to be the most trusted partner for home. Together, 4,000 Pennymac team members across the country are guided by our core values: to be Accountable, Reliable and Ethical in all that we do.

Pennymac is committed to conducting a business that makes positive contributions and promotes long-term sustainable growth and to fostering an equitable and inclusive environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported.

Benefits That Bring It Home: Whether you're looking for flexible benefits for today, setting up short-term goals for tomorrow, or planning for long-term success and retirement, Pennymac's benefits have you covered. Some key benefits include:

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Paid Time Off Programs including vacation, holidays, illness, and parental leave
• Wellness Programs, Employee Recognition Programs, and onsite gyms and cafe style dining (select locations)
• Retirement benefits, life insurance, 401k match, and tuition reimbursement
• Philanthropy Programs including matching gifts, volunteer grants, charitable grants and corporate sponsorships
• We value the hard work and dedication of our employees. In addition to a competitive salary, positions may offer bonus opportunities.

To learn more about our benefits visit:

https://pennymacnews.page.link/benefits

For residents with state required benefit information, additional information can be found at: https://www.pennymac.com/additional-benefits-information

Compensation: Individual salary may vary based on multiple factors including specific role, geographic location / market data, and skills and experience as defined below:

• Lower in range - Building skills and experience in the role
• Mid-range - Experience and skills align with proficiency in the role
• Higher in range - Experience and skills add value above typical requirements of the role

Some roles may be eligible for performance-based compensation and/or stock-based incentives awarded to employees based on company and individual performance.

Salary: $110,000 - $170,000 Work Model: OFFICE