Quality Engineer

SSi People; Saint Paul (MN); Remote; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider is seeking a Quality Engineer (QE) to support a large-scale Capital Transformation initiative. This remote-role demands hands-on quality engineering with a strong financial domain background and an automation-first mindset. Responsibilities include acting as the Quality Engineering representative, executing QA processes, and contributing to continuous improvement within a product team. Ideal candidates should possess expertise in Loan Origination and automation tools like Selenium or Playwright, ensuring quality across UI and backend systems.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in Loan Origination or Loan Servicing.
• Prior exposure to financial or capital transformation initiatives.
• Strong Quality Engineering background with functional and automation testing.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Quality Engineering representative within an assigned product team.
• Own and execute end-to-end QA processes.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and collaborate closely with business users.

Skills

Quality Engineering

Automation

Financial Domain Expertise

UI Testing

API Testing

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

MS SQL

Snowflake

Job description

Quality Engineer (QE) – Capital Transformation

Engagement Type: Contract (Long-term)

Work Model: Remote (Preference for local / regional candidates)

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Quality Engineer (QE) to support a large-scale Capital Transformation initiative within a product-based delivery model. This role is embedded directly within a product team and requires close collaboration with product owners, engineers, and business stakeholders.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on Quality Engineer with strong financial domain expertise, an automation-first mindset, and the ability to ensure quality across UI, backend, data, and vendor-integrated systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the Quality Engineering representative within an assigned product team
• Product team ceremonies
• Sprint planning and execution
• Go-Live and release activities
• Own and execute end-to-end QA processes
• Perform testing across:
• Internal enterprise platforms
• External and vendor-integrated systems
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and collaborate closely with business users
• Contribute to continuous improvement of QE practices within the team

Mandatory Skills & Experience

Candidates must meet all of the following requirements:

Financial Domain Expertise (Non-Negotiable)

• Hands-on experience in Loan Origination or Loan Servicing
• Prior exposure to financial or capital transformation initiatives
• Ability to quickly ramp up in complex, domain-heavy environments

Quality Engineering & Automation

• Strong Quality Engineering background (not purely functional/manual QA)
• Experience across both functional and automation testing
• Mandatory automation experience with one or more of the following:
• Selenium
• Playwright

⚠️ Candidates with only manual/functional QA experience will not be considered

Technical Skills

• Backend testing experience
• MS SQL
• Full-stack testing mindset covering:
• UI
• APIs

Nice to Have

• Experience with Snowflake
• Exposure to modern data platforms or analytics-heavy systems

The team actively encourages AI-assisted engineering practices. Preferred candidates will demonstrate:

• Prior experience using AI tools in testing or engineering workflows OR
• A strong willingness to adopt AI tools in day-to-day work

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• ChatGPT
• IDE-based or QE-focused AI tools

Interview Process

• Two interview rounds
• Round 1: Technical / QE-focused discussion
• Round 2: Product team interaction and deeper domain alignment

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Experienced Quality Engineer with an automation-first approach
• Comfortable working within product-aligned agile teams
• Confident in stakeholder-facing environments
• Engineering-led mindset with openness to AI-enabled QE practices

Additional Notes

• This is a long-term contract engagement
• Domain expertise and automation skills are mandatory
• The role requires hands-on ownership across functional and technical testing