QA Engineer

What We're Looking For

• Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts to thoroughly test consumer-facing and internal applications.
• Identify and document software defects and communicate them to the development team.
• Perform regression testing to ensure that previously identified issues have been resolved.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze and understand project features and requirements, and review technical designs.
• Design, implement, and maintain automated testing processes and tools.
• Monitor and track defects throughout the testing process and ensure their resolution.
• Develop quality metrics and use data to drive actions and decisions.
• Provide feedback and recommendations to improve software usability and functionality.
• Maintain a complete understanding and visibility of upcoming product functionality, release schedules, and dependency risks across development teams.
• We are a startup: Every team member is critical to our success, wears many hats and takes on additional responsibilities.

• At least 6 years of experience in complete end-to-end testing lifecycle including testing the products existing and new features, automating test cases, reporting bugs, and manual testing.
• At least 2 year of experience working in a neobank, FinTech, or financial services such as banking, capital markets, investment management, or economic consulting.
• Domain knowledge in banking and finance.
• Fluent in at least one major programming language and would be able to switch between multiple languages. In our stack, we mainly use Java or Javascript/Typescript. 
• Experience with functional and non-functional testing types and elaborate and estimate test efforts; understand how to build robust tests to minimize defect leakage by performing regression, performance, deployment verification, and release testing.
• Proven track record in testing large-scale web and mobile frontend apps end-to-end.
• Experience in testing backend APIs.
• Expertise in database testing including designing and manipulating test data.
• Experience testing accessible (ADA-compliant) responsive web interfaces is a bonus.
• Experience with Agile development incorporating CI/CD, utilizing technologies such as Jira, GIT, Maven, Jenkins, Chef, Sonar, and PowerMock, and using TestNG, JUnit is highly desirable.
• Experience planning, building, and orchestrating software testing frameworks and device test automation using Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, Robotium, Appium, or similar tools is a plus.
• Ability to deep dive into logs to troubleshoot errors and look at the entire process holistically to identify areas for improvement.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills along with agility in working with a variety of individuals and groups, both in-person and virtually with remote team members that are geographically spread across the world.  Being a team player who respects diversity and a multitude of cultures on the team is a must.

• Equity ownership.
• Competitive compensation.
• Medical, vision and dental coverage (US employees).
• 401k with company match (US employees).
• Three weeks of annual vacation after the first year of employment.  Two weeks during the first year.
• 8 observed US holidays.