Senior Quality Engineer, Payments

Essential Job Duties and 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 team’s 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.

Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• 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.