Quality Assurance Engineer

FCS Financial, ACA • Jefferson City, MO

6d • $87,502 - $151,095 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Quality Assurance Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality, performance, and reliability of applications across the technology landscape. You’ll support testing strategies and execution, translating business and technical requirements into thorough validation processes. This role ensures delivery is aligned, dependable, and supports efficient, compliant, and scalable operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 2+ years of quality assurance or software testing experience.
• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies and QA processes.
• Experience with manual testing and familiarity with automated testing tools.
• Ability to interpret business requirements and translate them into test scenarios.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate across cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with risk, audit, and compliance practices in financial services.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer information systems or related degree
• 5 years related experience
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job
• Expert knowledge of relational database design, programming, security and performance
• Expert knowledge of web application design, programming, security and performance
• Expert knowledge of programming languages, including compiled, scripted and query
• Expert knowledge of software development patterns and best practices
• Expert knowledge of system integration technologies and approaches
• Working knowledge of content management systems implementation and configuration
• Working knowledge of security industry policies and best practices
• General knowledge of business practices in the financial services industry
• Skill in creating technical documentation
• Oral and written communication skills sufficient to discuss a variety of job-related topics, and to effectively communicate technical topics to a variety of audiences
• Skill in analyzing current business processes and identifying and implementing opportunities for improvement
• Responsible to appropriately protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the Association’s systems and data and clients’ data

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts aligned with business requirements.
• Partner with Product Owners and stakeholders to understand requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Identify, document, and track defects through resolution.
• Perform functional, regression, and user acceptance testing to ensure system quality.
• Support UAT, release readiness, and validation of production deployments.
• Ensure testing incorporates regulatory, risk, and control requirements.
• Use testing results, feedback, and metrics to enhance quality processes and system performance.
• Work with Development teams to understand and document system functionality.
• Develop and maintain reusable regression test plans for systems that can be used during release validation, or any other time system validation is required.
• Identify, document, and set up test cases and test data to support regression testing.
• Participate in project and release planning to develop specific test plans as well as updating existing regression test plans and cases.
• Adhere to project timelines and expectations.
• Plan, create, and execute test cases in collaboration with business partners, developers, and other stakeholders.
• Document and analyze test results and recommend corrective action.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to validate that functionality meets requirements.
• Collaborate with Dev teams to understand, document, and resolve issues.
• Work with business partners and developers to understand core system functionality and identify opportunities for automated test cases.
• Implement automated test scripts that exercise test cases for core system functionality.
• Work with Dev and DevOps teams to implement automated tests into our regular processes and pipelines.
• Coordinate and track manual testing activities across larger testing initiatives, such as scheduled releases and project specific User Acceptance Testing.
• Coordinate test case assignments and tracking across Information Services and Business stakeholder project teams.
• Document testing activities and outcomes.
• Assist Information Services teams in project planning, documentation, and execution.
• Assist Information Services teams in responding to and resolving escalated issues.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary: $87,502 - $151,095 with outstanding incentive opportunities linked to Association performance.
• Growth Opportunities: Opportunities to enhance testing capabilities and contribute to technology quality strategy.
• Comprehensive Benefits: A highly competitive benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and work-life balance.
• Flexible Work Environment: Hybrid options available within FCS Financial’s Branch locations in Missouri.
• Collaborative Culture: Work closely with business stakeholders, developers, and product teams to deliver impactful solutions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level