Candescent is a forward-thinking technology company transforming how financial institutions deliver Intelligent Banking experiences. We unite digital banking, account opening, and branch solutions that power and connect digital banking, account opening, and branch solutions—creating seamless engagement across digital, remote, and in-person channels.
Our Experience-Led, Intelligence-Driven approach combines human-centered design with data, automation, and cloud-based innovation. Built on an API-first architecture, our extensible ecosystem enables institutions to adapt quickly, integrate easily, and unlock new opportunities for growth—turning every customer interaction into a moment of clarity, confidence, and connection.
Position Summary
We are seeking talented Quality Engineers who are passionate about delivering high-quality software and championing a culture of quality throughout the product development lifecycle. These individuals work closely with Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers to plan, build, and execute testing strategies that ensure technical solutions are effective, user-centric, and aligned with business goals. From large-scale features to the smallest details, Quality Engineers play a vital role in validating functionality and driving continuous improvement across teams.
Ideal candidates thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments and bring a balanced mindset of precision and progress. They take ownership of the entire product experience—from concept to operation—by simplifying complexity, upholding engineering excellence, and shipping meaningful improvements frequently. With a commitment to mentorship, peer collaboration, and process refinement, they continuously seek out new ideas and opportunities to raise the bar for quality and innovation.
Product Mission
Our mission is to deliver a leading, end-to-end consumer banking experience through a mobile-first, intuitive, and secure digital platform that enables financial institutions to personalize and scale services to meet their customers' evolving needs
Product Vision
Our vision is to design and evolve a leading digital banking experience that simplifies financial tasks, empowers users with insights and control, and gives financial institutions the flexibility to launch, manage, and grow. With personalized experiences, a best-in-class feature set, and continuous innovation, we future-proof users through emerging technologies and ecosystem advancements.
Key Areas of Responsibility
Develop testing plans, frameworks, test cases, and test scripts
Execute unit, automated, and manual tests and code reviews
Document and track defects with clear reporting on severity and resolution status
Product Strategy, Vision, and Planning
Participate in agile planning events by offering quality-focused insights during PI planning, sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives
Work with Product Owners, Engineers, and Designers to define quality objectives, identify risks, and promote early testing practices
Help define acceptance criteria and develop comprehensive test strategies including scope, environments, metrics, and reporting
Product Design and Development
Collaborate with Engineers to ensure applications are testable and include effective logging, monitoring, and observability
Create and execute test cases for smoke, integration, regression, and UAT testing
Conduct manual and automated tests to validate functionality and identify edge cases and error handling issues
Log, prioritize, and track bugs while working with Engineers on debugging and resolution
Develop and maintain automated tests as part of CI/CD pipelines with DevOps support
Apply best practices, engineering tools, and emerging technologies to enhance quality and delivery
Contribute to process improvement and team testing workflows
Performance Measurement and Optimization
Monitor quality metrics such as defect and change failure rates to identify improvement opportunities in testing and delivery processes
Qualifications
9+ years of experience in QA using manual and automated testing for APIs and systems
Expertise in smoke, integration, regression, and UAT testing, and test automation tools such as Java, JavaScript, Postman, Newman, Cucumber, JMeter, Selenium
Hands on experience using playwright
Skilled in building test strategies for UI, APIs, and service layers in highly transactional systems
Experience with Agile methodologies and troubleshooting complex issues quickly and effectively
Proficiency in BDD, ATDD, TDD, and related practices
Strong understanding of test frameworks, test planning, and execution for both manual and automated testing
Excellent collaboration and communication skills for working with cross-functional teams
Strong analytical skills for reviewing technical specs, log files, and identifying high-risk areas
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, including MS SQL Server and Oracle
Familiarity with cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure, and AWS
Experience using SCM tools like Git and SVN
Demonstrated leadership, high standards, and a results-driven mindset with a passion for innovation
Statement to Third Party Agencies
To ALL recruitment agencies: Candescent only accepts resumes from agencies on the preferred supplier list. Please do not forward resumes to our applicant tracking system, Candescent employees, or any Candescent facility. Candescent is not responsible for any fees or charges associated with unsolicited resumes.
Skills Required
- 9+ years of experience in QA using manual and automated testing for APIs and systems
- Expertise in smoke, integration, regression, and UAT testing, and test automation tools
- Hands on experience using Playwright
- Experience with Agile methodologies
- Proficiency in BDD, ATDD, TDD, and related practices
- Strong understanding of test frameworks, test planning, and execution for testing
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills
- Strong analytical skills for reviewing technical specs and log files
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, including MS SQL Server and Oracle
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure, and AWS
- Experience using SCM tools like Git and SVN
- Demonstrated leadership and a results-driven mindset
Candescent Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Candescent and has not been reviewed or approved by Candescent.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Policies include unlimited vacation for full-time exempt staff, tenure-based accrual for non-exempt, plus floating holidays and sick leave. This breadth of time off suggests flexibility across employment classifications.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — A discount program is cited that provides access to deals at over 250 retailers. This perk adds everyday savings beyond core benefits.
Candescent Insights
What We Do
Candescent brings together the transformative technologies that power and connect account opening, digital banking and branch solutions for banks and credit unions of all sizes. And we’re here to help you extend, differentiate and illuminate your digital-first banking experiences. Our industry-leading products and services, cloud architecture and on-demand developer tools give you the power to differentiate and deliver seamless customer journeys.
