Why Ryan?
Global Award-Winning Culture
Flexible Work Environment
Generous Paid Time Off
World-Class Benefits and Compensation
Rapid Growth Opportunities
Company Sponsored Two-Way Transportation
Exponential Career Growth
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure that software solutions align with user needs, business goals, and performance expectations. This role demands hands-on engineering capabilities, a high degree of ownership, and the ability to work independently as well as within a team.
Key Responsibilities
Test Strategy & Planning
- Develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive test plans covering functional, integration, regression, and performance scenarios.
- Translate business and technical requirements into meaningful manual and automated test cases.
- Provide actionable feedback to Business Analysts to ensure requirements are clear, testable, and traceable.
- Define and evolve the overall automation strategy aligned with enterprise standards and release cadence.
- Estimate, prioritize, and plan testing activities in collaboration with Product and Engineering leads.
Automation Framework Development
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable automation frameworks
- Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines and ensure fast feedback
- Work closely with DevOps to optimize pipeline execution, parallelization of test execution, and environment provisioning.
Quality Metrics & Reporting
- Define KPIs (defect leakage, test pass rate, code coverage) and generate dashboards that guide release readiness decisions.
- Drive root‑cause analysis sessions for escaped defects and champion preventive actions.
- Maintain meticulous documentation for all testing activities to ensure auditability and knowledge retention.
Collaboration & Execution
- Partner with application developers to troubleshoot issues and document defects.
- Work closely with product managers, UX designers, and business stakeholders.
- Contribute to project planning and estimation for features and enhancements.
- Lead technical discussions, mentor junior engineers, and support knowledge sharing.
- Own and improve automation frameworks (UI, API, and DB) to increase coverage and accelerate release cycles.
Required Competencies
- Technical Strength – Deep knowledge of test automation patterns, frameworks, and performance engineering. Ability to debug complex issues across application layers.
- Solution Ownership – End‑to‑end accountability for test coverage, environment stability, and release certification.
- Collaboration & Influence – Clear, concise communication; ability to advocate for quality in technical forums and executive updates.
- Execution Excellence – Consistently delivers reliable, maintainable test suites under tight timelines.
- Continuous Improvement – Proactively introduces tooling, process enhancements, and emerging best practices.
What You Bring
- 6–9 years of experience in software quality engineering with a focus on automation for web and API‑based applications.
- Proficiency in C#/.NET Core, test frameworks (Selenium/Playwright/SpecFlow), and API testing tools (Postman/Jmeter).
- Hands‑on experience with CI/CD, and Azure/AWS cloud services.
- Strong SQL skills and experience validating data across relational and NoSQL stores.
- Proven ability to design, implement, and scale automation frameworks in a collaborative, Agile environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to articulate complex quality risks and solutions.
- A proactive mindset with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities
Why Join Us?
You’ll be part of a company where innovation meets real-world impact. We’re building something meaningful, and we want your expertise to help shape the future of our platform. Expect a collaborative environment, intelligent peers, and the opportunity to make technical and business decisions that matter.
Top Skills
What We Do
Ryan is a tax services firm providing tax advisory and consulting services on a multi-jurisdictional basis.
Ryan, an award-winning global tax services and software provider, is the largest Firm in the world dedicated exclusively to business taxes. With global headquarters in Dallas, Texas, the Firm provides an integrated suite of federal, state, local, and international tax services on a multijurisdictional basis, including tax recovery, consulting, advocacy, compliance, and technology services. Ryan is a seven-time recipient of the International Service Excellence Award from the Customer Service Institute of America (CSIA) for its commitment to world-class client service. Empowered by the dynamic myRyan work environment, which is widely recognized as the most innovative in the tax services industry, Ryan’s multidisciplinary team of more than 2,500 professionals and associates serves over 14,000 clients in more than 50 countries, including many of the world’s most prominent Global 5000 companies.
