QA Engineer II

Acorns

8h•Remote

About The Position

Acorns is seeking a highly skilled and relentlessly customer-focused Quality Assurance Engineer II to be a QA champion for our core Banking offerings. This role will ensure that Acorns Banking products—including high-interest checking, high-interest emergency savings, check deposit, and paycheck deposit—are accurate, transparent, and instill trust and confidence with our customer base. You’ll be embedded within the Banking Engineering team, reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager, and joining the broader Quality Assurance Engineering team. Acorns is a remote-first organization, offering the flexibility to work remotely while providing optional access to office space in Irvine, CA.

Requirements

You are relentless in protecting our customers, curious, and ready to contribute to the new vision for Banking.
4–6+ years of software testing experience.
2+ years of dedicated experience in the Banking or Fintech domain.
Proficiency in backend/API testing as a primary focus, utilizing TypeScript and GraphQL.
Proficiency in Mobile testing (secondary focus), utilizing Kotlin/Espresso and Swift/XCUI.
Automated testing experience across various types (unit, integration, e2e).
Experience with at least one CI/CD platform: Harness, Spinnaker, GitHub Actions, or buildkite.
Have worked in a Scrum-based Agile Development Model.
Proficiency partnering with Engineering and Product teams.
Hunger to deliver game-changing products
Exceptional drive and precision in delivery
A belief that your work is tied to your life's mission
Optimistic about the potential of societal change

Nice To Haves

ISTQB or other certification is a plus.
Web testing experience with Cypress.
Experience with PNPM, TestRails, Docker/containerization, or Crypto/blockchain.

Responsibilities

Own the quality strategy and execution for our critical financial services, driving automated testing and continuous improvement within a Scrum-based Agile environment.
Own the Quality Strategy: You will maintain existing test cases in the automation suite to ensure they are stable, available, and consistently run in alignment with organizational metrics.
Drive Automation: Work to meet the goal of increasing strategic automation coverage to 50% across all test types (unit, snapshot, integration, e2e) within your first six months, highly encouraged to use agentic and generative AI technology to achieve efficiency and scale.
AI-First Acceleration: Proactively explore, prototype, and implement AI and automation tools (e.g., test case generation, anomaly detection) to maximize testing efficiency, quality, and velocity.
Share Knowledge: Document and evangelize AI/ML-driven wins and best practices across the entire QA team and wider Engineering organization to accelerate overall productivity and maintain our AI-first culture.
Reduce Risk: Confidently identify problems and propose solutions, taking on projects that identify and mitigate risk while measuring software quality. Your success will be measured, in part, by an improvement in escape rate / reducing incidents.
Technical Delivery: Design and deliver test plans for a significant component, set of features, or service within the Banking domain. This includes creating and executing test plans for complex test scenarios.
Integrate CI/CD: You will contribute to the team's goal of fully adopting Acorns' Continuous Delivery (CD) strategy in the next six months.
Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner heavily with Product Marketing and Data Analytics/Engineering teams to ensure comprehensive product testing and data integrity.
Mentorship: After six months, you will be expected to formally mentor a QAE through an internal process or present banking domain knowledge to the wider QA team.
Lead Emerging Tech: Collaborate on developing and assuring emerging technology in the banking space, helping to solve complex technical challenges for the team.

Benefits

Competitive salary and stock options
A comprehensive benefits package for you and your family
Flexible work location, hours, and paid time off
401(k) matching
Monthly Acorns account contribution & GoHenry account for your family
Mindfulness and Financial Wellness resources, Headspace and Addition Wealth
Acorns Career Development Program (Ongoing training sessions, development plans, development check-ins, Cornerstone’s online training platform)
Roots Leadership Program for Emerging Leaders
Community week onsite gatherings and various virtual events
Talented and motivated team members who care deeply about one another, our mission, and our customers.
The rare opportunity to create a new world. We inspire one another every day to do meaningful work that solves big societal challenges.