QA Engineer, Test Automation for AI-Powered Lending

Point Predictive; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Bonus opportunities

Stock options

Job summary

Point Predictive is seeking a hands-on Software QA and Test Automation Engineer in San Diego, CA to drive testing across backend services, REST APIs, and data validation. You will create robust automated tests using Python, collaborate with engineers and data scientists, and help improve QA processes while ensuring release readiness.

The role emphasizes end-to-end testing, attention to detail, and ownership in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in software QA with both manual testing and test automation responsibilities.
• Experience testing backend systems and REST APIs.
• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman, including collections, environments, variables, and request scripts.
• Experience writing automated tests in Python, preferably using pytest.
• Understanding of JSON and XML response validation.
• Ability to design test scenarios that cover happy paths, negative cases, edge cases, and regression risks.
• Experience with SQL.
• Familiarity with Git and working in a collaborative development workflow.
• Ability to investigate existing functionality, understand how it works, and determine what behavior is expected.
• Analytical and troubleshooting skills, especially when working with unclear requirements or complex backend behavior.
• Good communication skills and a team player attitude.
• Comfortable working in a small team where QA is expected to be proactive, take ownership, ask questions, and help improve both the product and the testing process.
• Willingness to work on both manual and automated testing rather than focusing only on one area.

Responsibilities

• Perform manual, exploratory, and automated testing for new and existing product functionality.
• Test REST APIs, request/response structures, UI behavior, business logic, data validation, and error handling.
• Create, maintain, and expand automated regression tests using Python and pytest.
• Investigate customer-reported issues, reproduce problems, analyze expected versus actual behavior, and document findings.
• Work with databases and SQL queries to validate results and investigate issues.
• Review logs and system behavior to help identify root causes of defects and unexpected behavior.
• Collaborate closely with developers, data scientists, QA, and other team members.
• Participate in requirements discussions to help clarify expected behavior before development is completed.
• Ask questions, identify gaps in requirements, and help make sure new features meet business and customer expectations.
• Support release validation, regression planning, and release sign-off activities.
• Continuously improve QA processes, development workflows, test coverage, and automation reliability.

Skills

Manual testing

Test automation

REST APIs

Postman

Python (pytest)

JSON/XML validation

SQL

Git

CI/CD

Selenium

Problem solving

Communication

Team player

Tools

Postman

Git

Selenium

Jenkins

AWS

Job description

Point Predictive is seeking a hands-on Software QA and Test Automation Engineer in San Diego, CA to drive testing across backend services, REST APIs, and data validation. You will create robust automated tests using Python, collaborate with engineers and data scientists, and help improve QA processes while ensuring release readiness.

The role emphasizes end-to-end testing, attention to detail, and ownership in a fast-paced environment.