Is it surprising to hear that a financial institution of 1.5 million members and over $30 billion in managed assets say that success comes from focusing on people, not profits?
Our “people helping people” philosophy has guided us since 1935, driving our deep commitment to serving our members, communities, and each other. When you join our team, you become part of a purpose-driven organization where your work makes a real difference.
While we’re proud of our history, we’re even more excited about our future. With business and technology transformation on the horizon, there’s never been a better time to be part of BECU.
PAY RANGE
The Target Pay Range for this position is $128,900.00-$157,500.00 annually. The full Pay Range is $99,900.00 - $186,400.00 annually. At BECU, compensation decisions are determined using factors such as relevant job-related skills, experience, and education or training. Should an offer for employment be made, we will consider individual qualifications. In addition to your salary, compensation incentives are available for the hired applicant. Incentives are performance based and targets vary by role.BENEFITS – because people helping people starts with supporting you
401(k) Company Match (up to 3%)
4% annual contribution to your 401(k) by BECU
Medical, Dental and Vision (family contributions as well)
PTO Program + Exchange Program
Tuition Reimbursement Program
BECU Cares volunteer time off + donation match
- Lead Advanced Test Automation:
You’ll design, build, and maintain robust automated test frameworks, scripts, and test data models to expand automation coverage and reduce manual testing effort across releases. - Ensure Testable, High‑Quality Design:
You’ll partner closely with developers, architects, and product owners to ensure systems and services are designed with testability, quality, and scalability in mind. - Drive Quality Engineering Strategy:
You’ll help shape and execute the team’s testing roadmap and vision, aligning QE practices across multiple SIAM teams and cross‑domain partners. - Improve System Reliability:
You’ll analyze production issues, identify gaps across the testing stack, perform root cause analysis, and implement systemic improvements to prevent recurrence. - Champion CI/CD Integration:
You’ll ensure automated tests are seamlessly integrated into CI pipelines, executing reliably and supporting faster, more confident releases. - Provide Technical Leadership:
You’ll review and approve automation code and test solutions, ensuring consistency, quality, and alignment with BECU standards while contributing to those standards. - Mentor and Elevate Others:
You’ll coach and mentor SDETs, QA, and junior developers through code reviews, test design guidance, and hands‑on collaboration. - Communicate with Impact:
You’ll present complex technical topics clearly to engineering and cross‑functional stakeholders, proactively highlighting risks, gaps, and readiness. - Support Delivery and Triage:
You’ll lead and support testing efforts during releases, identify failure patterns, and collaborate in bug triage to drive issues to resolution. - Operate with Accountability:
You’ll perform all responsibilities in accordance with BECU competencies, compliance, regulatory, and information protection requirements.
- The opportunity to own and influence QE strategy across multiple high‑impact digital platforms
- Exposure to complex, enterprise‑scale systems within online and mobile banking
- A role that values senior‑level autonomy, judgment, and leadership
- The ability to make a direct, visible impact on member experience and product stability
- A collaborative environment where engineering, product, and QE partner closely
- The chance to mentor and shape the next generation of quality engineers
- Support for innovation, continuous improvement, and responsible use of AI as a productivity tool
- A mission‑driven culture focused on members, trust, and long‑term impact
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline, or equivalent work experience required
- Minimum five years of experience designing test plans, cases and writing automated tests in a team environment required
- Minimum five years of hands-on experience with programming and scripting languages such as C#, Python or JavaScript/Typescript and software development/QA in a Windows environment
- Minimum four years of experience with continuous integration systems and test case management tools required
- Experience testing applications and services with security automation frameworks preferred
- Demonstrated experience developing and designing testing and automation frameworks supporting multiple application platforms
- Demonstrated expertise in modern test automation frameworks and BDD practices, with strong experience using Playwright, Selenium, NUnit/MSTest/xUnit, PyTest/Jest, and SpecFlow/Gherkin
- Demonstrated experience in unit testing, integration testing and performance testing
- Experience using git, including performing code reviews, pull requests, and following branching standards such as Git Flow or Trunk-Based Development required
- Demonstrated experience of relational database structures. Able to understand and construct SQL queries
- Proficient verbal and written skills to effectively communicate
- Full time hours required
BECU is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline, or equivalent work experience
- Minimum five years of experience designing test plans, cases and writing automated tests in a team environment
- Minimum five years of hands-on experience with programming and scripting languages such as C#, Python or JavaScript/Typescript
- Minimum four years of experience with continuous integration systems and test case management tools
BECU Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about BECU and has not been reviewed or approved by BECU.
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Retirement Support — Offerings include a 401(k) employer match alongside a defined‑benefit pension that typically vests after several years, providing an additional income source in retirement. This dual approach to retirement savings is highlighted as uncommon and valuable.
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Healthcare Strength — Coverage includes full medical, dental, and vision, HSA/FSA options, mental health support via Spring Health, and fertility benefits through Progyny. Life and disability insurance are included, with orthodontic coverage available for adults and children.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include 12 weeks of paid parental leave, with additional supports like adoption assistance and childcare benefits. These provisions complement flexible schedules and hybrid/remote options for family needs.
BECU Insights
What We Do
As a member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative, we are guided by the credit union philosophy of “people helping people.” Putting people over profit guides our everyday business decisions. Unlike many financial institutions, we aren’t privately owned. As a cooperative, we are owned by our members. This drives us to do right by the member, and right by each other as coworkers. We display this in our working culture, in our day-to-day choices to ensure both members’ and employees’ needs are met. Imagine what this type of commitment could do for your work satisfaction.
Why Work With Us
We are a team-first culture that ensures every employee has the opportunity to learn and grow. We are diving headfirst into a technology transformation.
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