QA Automation Engineer

Vestwell•Austin, NY

2d•$80,000 - $90,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Vestwell is the financial technology company powering the new savings economy. The New York City-based fintech platform redefines how people save for the critical aspects of life across retirement, education, and healthcare savings needs. Today, Vestwell enables over 350,000 businesses and nearly 1.5 Million active savers, with over $30 billion in assets saved across all 50 United States. Vestwell offers a range of products, including workplace-delivered retirement plans, employer-offered student loan repayment benefits, and various savings accounts for education, emergencies, and individuals with disabilities. Vestwell's platform serves a diverse clientele, including financial advisers, employers, third-party administrators, financial institutions, payroll providers, government agencies, and individual savers. To learn more, visit vestwell.com WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? Vestwell is looking to hire a talented QA Automation/Software Development Engineer in Test to join our growing tech team. You are first and foremost a problem solver who focuses on improving the quality of software that we deliver. Coding plays a crucial role in your problem-solving tool box, whether that be writing automated test cases for specific features, or enhancing and expanding our regression testing frameworks. As part of our agile software development team, you will be working closely with our Director of Test Engineering and our Product Managers team to define acceptance criteria and implement new test scenarios. There is plenty of room for growth as you enhance a modern codebase and help with additional QA-centric DevOps responsibilities. Our QA infrastructure is built on Docker and Jenkins so familiarity with these technologies will go a long way.

Requirements

Experience writing automated tests from acceptance criteria
Knowledge and experience working with Selenium
Experience with testing UIs, APIs, and Databases
Coding experience in languages such as Python, Javascript, Java, or Groovy
Experience with ticketing and continuous integration, ideally JIRA and Jenkins
Enthusiastic about using test automation to drive product quality
Must be a problem solver who loves learning new things
2+ years of software testing experience in an automated environment

Nice To Haves

Experience with SQL databases and RESTful APIs
Understanding of build automation, application deployment, and continuous integration (e.g Jenkins and Docker)
Exposure to large-scale testing frameworks like Nose, Pytest, Junit, and Jasmine