Senior Test Engineer

About the role

PLEASE NOTE: This position is located in Charlotte, NC and requires attendance at our South End office three days a week.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. LendingTree and its affiliates (“LendingTree”) will not provide or assume sponsorship for employment visas for this position, now or in the future (including OPT).

The Opportunity

Are you passionate about code-driven test automation and making testing more efficient? As a Senior Test Engineer, you’ll help our product teams deliver reliable software by shaping test strategies, building scalable automation, and pushing products to their limits. You’ll also put AI-powered tools and intelligent agents to work to improve how we test throughout the software development life cycle.

How You’ll Make an Impact

- Analyze product specifications and complex software systems to develop test strategies that address risks and gaps.

- Design, build, and maintain scalable test automation using Playwright and C#, expanding coverage across web applications, APIs, and backend systems.

- Develop automated and performance tests that validate functionality, integration, and end-to-end workflows.

- Bring a quality engineering perspective to technical discussions, product design, backlog refinement, sprint planning, and task estimation.

- Build and integrate AI-powered tools and intelligent agents into QA frameworks and CI/CD pipelines to accelerate test generation, improve defect identification, and streamline testing.

- Mentor teammates and drive adoption of effective testing practices, strategies, and tools.

Who You’ll Work With

You’ll work across multiple small, Agile product teams, partnering closely with engineers and product teammates throughout development. As a senior member of Test Engineering, you’ll help guide testing decisions, share your expertise, and make quality a shared responsibility across the teams you support.

What You’ll Bring

- 5+ years of experience in software testing, quality assurance, and test automation, with a strong understanding of software quality engineering principles and best practices.

- 3+ years of hands-on experience automating web application testing using Playwright and C#, including designing, developing, and maintaining scalable automation frameworks.

- Experience leading QA teams in Agile environments, shaping testing strategies, improving automation coverage, and supporting high-quality software delivery.

- Strong API testing and automation experience with SOAP and RESTful services, including functional, integration, and end-to-end testing.

- Extensive experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, including data validation and backend testing.

- Hands-on experience building and using AI-powered tools and intelligent agents to improve test automation, test case generation, defect identification, and testing workflows.