Lead QA Architect for Scalable Backend

Filetwigbay; Layton (UT); On-site; USD 113,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Financial Planning Plus in Layton, UT is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to build, test, and deploy robust Mocha services that keep the business running. This role offers real decision-making power, a growth plan, and a mentoring program.

You will lead QA efforts across backend services, tackle latency and flaky tests, and document decisions and architectures for the wider organization. A strong foundation in testing best practices and a collaborative mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in quality assurance or test engineering.
• Strong understanding of technology best practices and industry standards.
• Ego-light attitude and eagerness to learn new skills.

Responsibilities

• Hunt down latency spikes and explain them clearly.
• Resurrect flaky testing suites to ensure reliability.
• Reproduce and fix critical bugs to prevent recurrence.
• Architect workflows to handle increased load.
• Design, build, and maintain backend services using Ranorex and Cypress.
• Tune queries to improve database performance under load.
• Document technical decisions, architectures, and APIs.
• Maintain microservices supporting Layton, UT customers.

Skills

QA leadership

Test automation

Back-end testing

Tools

Ranorex

Cypress

Job description

Financial Planning Plus in Layton, UT is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to build, test, and deploy robust Mocha services that keep the business running. This role offers real decision-making power, a growth plan, and a mentoring program.

You will lead QA efforts across backend services, tackle latency and flaky tests, and document decisions and architectures for the wider organization. A strong foundation in testing best practices and a collaborative mindset are essential.