Senior QA Automation Engineer
About The Position
At Great Gray Group, we strive to set the bar for the retirement services industry. Our goal is to deliver advanced retirement solutions that combine our core fiduciary services with robust investment options, innovative technology, and dedicated client service. We focus on making choices clearer, transitions smoother, and the client experience more delightful. Complacency isn't in our vocabulary. Every day, we look for opportunities to better serve our clients, be an excellent business partner, and earn the trust of those who rely on us. Great Gray is looking to add a Senior QA Automation Engineer on our Technology team. As a Senior QA Automation Engineer, you will play a crucial role in championing the quality and reliability of our software by building and maintaining robust automated testing solutions and integrating them into our development process. As a cornerstone part of a cross-functional, agile delivery team you will serve as the champion of quality with full understanding that all members of the team will take their cues from the examples you set. Our teams are empowered to take great latitude with their own process, procedures, and practices but this comes with the implied responsibility for their own outcomes. In this role, you will be uniquely situated to define what “good” looks like and hold us all responsible to get across that line.
Requirements
- 5+ years of testing and automation experience, responsible for test design and development.
- Proficiency with Cypress, Selenium, or Playwright for UI automation.
- Experience with REST/Web API testing using tools like Postman, SoapUI, or JMeter.
- Knowledge of performance and load testing methodologies and techniques.
- Basic understanding of relational database testing (SQL Server) and ability to write SQL queries and manipulate datasets.
- Working knowledge of cloud-hosted web applications and CI/CD integration.
- Your standards reflect our core values: Growth Mindset, Disciplined Curiosity, Grit, Results Ownership, Collaboration.
Nice To Haves
- 7+ years of testing and automation experience.
- Experience building from-scratch test suites and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines.
- Extensive experience with cloud-based, multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
- Fintech experience, including knowledge of security, compliance, and regulatory procedures and processes.
- Experience with both Azure and AWS.
- Proficiency in React, Angular, and C# based platforms.
- Experience with SQL automation and Test data management.
- Experience working with containers for test isolation (Docker).
- Able to thrive as part of a cross-functional software engineering team (including nearshore and offshore components).
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Entrepreneurial mindset to bring best practice ideas to the team.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and stakeholders to define clear testing objectives, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Design and architect new automated test suites, and right-sizing solutions to match business needs.
- Seamlessly integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines to improve efficiency and deployment outcomes.
- Curate an organized testing strategy to ensure a high-reliability development and deployment environment to support our engineers.
- Triage and troubleshoot bugs, continuously refining testing strategies to enhance defect detection.
- Perform various forms of functional and non-functional testing, including performance, load, and security testing.
- Execute manual testing where necessary to complement automated coverage and validate edge cases.
- Operate as the business expert in a fast-paced, cross-functional scrum team.
Benefits
- Be an integral part of a high-growth organization!
- Competitive compensation package
- Group medical, dental and vision insurance
- Employer-paid life and disability insurance
- Annual well-being stipend
- Eligible employees may also contribute to a 401(k) plan with an advantageous employer contribution model, upholding our mission to support our employees in retirement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
