Summary
Join GoodLeap's Quality Engineering team as a Senior Quality Engineer and accelerate high-quality delivery. You will develop test strategies, author automated tests, execute tests, and advise on best practices. As an embedded team member, you'll support development teams, implement quality metrics, and influence a comprehensive quality program. This role offers opportunities to define how experiences are discovered and delivered, strengthening GoodLeap's growing culture of quality. You will work with modern testing frameworks, collaborate with engineers, and mentor team members. The position offers a competitive salary and potential bonus.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Quality Engineer or SDET embedded in agile software development teams, ideally within fintech or enterprise SaaS environments
- Strong experience defining and executing test strategies across multiple testing layers (including unit, component, integration, & end-to-end) and collaborating with developers on test ownership and implementation
- Proficiency with automated testing frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, JUnit) and scripting automated tests at various levels of the stack
- Hands-on experience using Postman, Insomnia, or similar API testing tools for validation of service behavior and reliability
- Strong understanding of test engineering best practices, including exploratory testing, performance testing, functional testing, and risk-based prioritization
- Familiarity with test case management systems (e.g., Xray, TestRail, Zephyr) and issue tracking tools (e.g., Jira)
- Experience with version control and continuous integration tools (e.g., Git, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)and pipelines
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with the ability to communicate risk and advocate for quality outcomes with technical and non-technical stakeholders including Product, Design, Strategy, and Software Engineering
- Demonstrated ability to lead quality initiatives, mentor teammates, and handle multiple competing priorities with minimal supervision
- Ability to influence in collaborative settings and experience working with peers to translate quality-focused goals into objectives and plans for delivery
- Demonstrated skill in developing test plans, assessing risk, writing bug reports, and providing relevant data for defect reporting and tracking
- Direct experience developing automated test suites and writing test code
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and as a team player
Responsibilities
- Define, document, and execute comprehensive test strategies for technology products, including unit, component, integration, and end-to-end testing across multiple features, services, and user journeys
- Act as the embedded quality owner for one or more cross-functional product teams, developing trust-based partnerships and promoting a quality-first mindset throughout planning, development, deployment, and release
- Influence and support the teamβs goals related to test automation, reliability, performance, and resilience, measurably shifting testing efforts earlier in the development lifecycle and increasing velocity without compromising quality
- Author and maintain automated tests (e.g. functional regression tests) using modern testing frameworks for APIs, web applications, and services
- Perform manual component-level testing, integration testing, exploratory testing, and regression testing as needed to validate features and expose risks not yet covered by test automation
- Develop and maintain API test suites validating contract integrity and expected system behavior
- Collaborate with software engineers to guide best practices in unit and integration testing and define team working agreements to execute
- Coach and mentors of software engineers to author tests and develop test code that aligns with established Quality Engineering strategy and best practices
- Execute end-to-end, cross-team testing initiatives as a subject matter expert (SME) or dedicated tester supporting complex large-scale initiative test efforts
- Implement and improve measurement of actionable quality metrics and outcomes related to coverage, product reliability, and organizational resilience
- Develop, maintain, and execute clear test plans, test cases, and test reports, providing transparency into coverage and risk across work streams
- Analyze defect trends, conduct root cause analysis, and proactively identify opportunities for improvement in both process and product
Benefits
- $146,000 - $170,000 a year
- In addition to the above salary, this role may be eligible for a bonus
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