Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Western Alliance Bank; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Medical and dental insurance

401(k) matching program

Tuition assistance

Employee volunteer program

Wellness program

Job summary

Western Alliance Bank is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to join Digital Disbursements, where you will drive QA standards and policies in the digital payments space. You will focus on both automated and manual testing while collaborating with IT and business teams to ensure software quality and compliance with best practices.

Ideal candidates have over 7 years of QA experience, with a strong background in JavaScript and TypeScript, automated testing frameworks, and CI/CD integration. You'll also enjoy competitive benefits, including medical insurance, 401(k) matching, and tuition assistance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a QA engineer with expertise in planning, designing, and executing automated and manual testing activities.
• Demonstrated advanced programming skills in TypeScript and JavaScript.
• Detailed knowledge of software application testing standards and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Establish QA standards, policies, and procedures for all programs.
• Perform multiple types of testing (System, Integration, Data Migration, End-to-End, Regression, Exploratory) on various platforms.
• Identify software testing risks, weaknesses, and areas for improvement.

Skills

Quality Assurance Engineering

Automation Testing

JavaScript

TypeScript

CI/CD Pipelines

API Testing (Postman)

SQL

AWS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

Playwright

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

What You’ll Do

As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, you’ll be an integral part of Digital Disbursements, a fintech company led by a team with deep industry experience and a strong track record of value creation. You’ll operate in the digital payments space and help bring Business-to-Consumer payments to the digital age. Digital Disbursements was acquired by Western Alliance Bank (NYSE:WAL) in January 2022 and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of WAL. The Senior QA Engineer reports directly to the Quality Assurance Manager.

• Establish QA standards, policies, and procedures for all programs.
• Meet with IT and business stakeholders to discuss requirements and ensure software meets technical specifications.
• Perform multiple types of testing (System, Integration, Data Migration, End-to-End, Regression, Exploratory) on various platforms (Web Apps, Cloud-Based Apps, Databases, and APIs).
• Identify software testing risks, weaknesses, and target areas of improvement.
• Participate in agile ceremonies including sprint design, planning, grooming, and demo practices.
• Demonstrate advanced programming skills, work in one or many automation harness solutions, create automation frameworks, and implement best practices.
• Design and execute automation scripts and manual test cases.
• Report on quality metrics such as manual test coverage, test completion, automation execution time, automation pass/fail rates, automation coverage, and automation ROI.
• Examine code and execution in various environments.
• Ensure that security requirements and best practices are incorporated into system functional design specifications.
• Assess software systems to ensure compliance with security development best practices, including ethical hacking techniques with proper notification and authorization.
• Ensure that software systems comply with the IT Security Policy in all respects, including user authentication and session expiration requirements.

What You’ll Need

• 7+ years of experience as a QA engineer with expertise in planning, designing, and executing automated and manual testing activities.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of business/systems analysis and development of functional system specifications.
• Detailed knowledge of software application testing standards and best practices.
• Hands‑on experience with automation tools, preferably Playwright.
• Demonstrated advanced programming skills in TypeScript and JavaScript.
• Intermediate to advanced experience creating automation frameworks from scratch and implementing best practices.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools like Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
• Experience designing, creating, and executing API tests using tools like Postman.
• Strong understanding of data integrity standards.
• Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Strong understanding of React.js.
• Strong SQL query experience; MySQL experience is a big plus.
• AWS experience is a big plus.
• Strong experience using Azure DevOps.
• Ability to work in a small, dynamic programming team in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong problem recognition and prioritization skills.
• Superior work ethics and a sense of pride and ownership in completing assigned projects.
• Strong collaboration skills with cross‑functional teams including developers, product owners, and business analysts.
• Excellent analytical skills and strong attention to detail.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits You’ll Love

We offer competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, paid time off, a 401(k) matching program, tuition assistance, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. You will also gain valuable hands‑on experience learning how successful companies operate and manage their finances to grow your career.

About the Company

Digital Disbursements is a subsidiary of Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Serving clients nationwide, Western Alliance Bank includes six legacy bank brands—Alliance Association Bank, Alliance Bank of Arizona, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank and Torrey Pines Bank—that remain part of the company’s heritage.

Equal Employment Opportunity & Disability Accommodations

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation of origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email [e-mail] or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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