QA Automation Lead - Quality Engineer II

Inspira Financial; Oak Brook (IL); Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Blue Venture Fund seeks a Software Quality Engineer II to lead QA efforts, design test strategies, deliver and maintain test automation, and ensure reliability of our software products, including workflow-based applications. You will mentor other Quality Engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive quality initiatives across the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities emphasize automation-first testing, extensive test planning, and alignment with product owners and engineers to

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and mentoring other Quality Engineers.
• Experience in automation-first testing.
• Proficient in automation testing and QA tools.
• Experience with smoke testing, functional testing, regression testing, and performance testing.

Responsibilities

• Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and automated test cases to ensure the quality and reliability of software products, including workflow-driven applications.
• Design, develop and execute automation scripts using open-source tools.
• Ensure version control of QA Automation code and implementation of best practices with code quality.
• Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs.
• Validate end-to-end business workflows, user tasks, decision logic, integrations, approvals, handoffs, and exception handling across workflow-based applications.
• Perform various types of testing, including functional, regression, performance, and smoke testing using automation testing techniques.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites and frameworks to streamline testing processes and improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with product owners, software engineers, platform configuration teams, and other stakeholders to define requirements, identify acceptance criteria, and prioritize testing efforts.
• Partner with business and technology teams to understand process flows, user roles, business rules, data dependencies, and workflow routing that impact test coverage.
• Identify, document, and track software defects and issues using bug tracking systems, ensuring timely resolution and effective communication of findings.
• Liaise with internal teams (e.g. engineers and product owners) to identify system requirements and resolve issues in a timely manner.
• Participate in story grooming, design discussions, code reviews, and sprint planning meetings to provide input on quality-related matters and ensure alignment with quality standards.
• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved, including validation of impacted workflows, integrations, and downstream processes. Participate in different Agile ceremonies like Daily Stand Up, Story refinement, Sprint review, retrospectives, PI Planning, etc.
• Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of testing processes and methodologies.
• Stay updated on industry best practices and emerging trends in software quality assurance.

Skills

Automation testing

QA testing tools

Bug tracking

Mentoring

Test automation frameworks

Smoke testing

Functional testing

Regression testing

Performance testing

Tools

Open-source tools

Automation frameworks

Job description

The Blue Venture Fund seeks a Software Quality Engineer II to lead QA efforts, design test strategies, deliver and maintain test automation, and ensure reliability of our software products, including workflow-based applications. You will mentor other Quality Engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive quality initiatives across the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities emphasize automation-first testing, extensive test planning, and alignment with product owners and engineers to