Software Testing Engineer

valU; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

valU is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to design and implement robust test automation for fintech products. You will develop automation scripts, run API and UI tests, and ensure software quality across releases.

You will collaborate with business analysts and developers to refine requirements, maintain the system test plan, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines. Strong Java knowledge and fintech testing experience are valued.

Qualifications

• Proven QA/testing experience in fintech or payments is preferred.
• 1–3 years in a similar QC role.
• Strong knowledge of Java and API/UI automation.
• Experience with API testing tools and UI automation frameworks.
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines and testing within Agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop test automation scripts.
• Follow test automation guidelines and best practices.
• Research issues in software through testing and document findings.
• Collaborate with BA and software developers to implement solutions.
• Maintain the system test plan and related documentation.
• Create comprehensive acceptance criteria for requirements/user stories.
• Design, implement, and assess automation and API tests to ensure product quality.
• Keep up-to-date with industry developments and new testing tools.

Skills

Test case design

QA methodologies

Agile methodologies

Manual testing

Requirements analysis

Fintech domain knowledge

Mobile testing

Team collaboration

Education

ISTQB Software Testing Foundation certification

Tools

Postman

RestAssured

Selenium WebDriver

Cypress

Appium

Jenkins

Maven

JMeter

k6

Artillery

SQL

Job description

Job Description

• Designing and developing test automation scripts.
• Using test automation guidelines.
• Researching issues in software through testing.
• Collaborating with BA and Software Developers to develop solutions.
• Keeping updated with the latest industry developments.
• Research new tools, technologies, and testing processes.
• Create full test case suits , Discover bugs within the software.
• Write comprehensive acceptance criteria for requirements/user stories.
• Design, implement, execute, and assess software quality through Automation and API tests cases to ensure product quality.
• Maintain the system test plan and other related documentation.

Job requirements

• Design test cases-based user stories.
• Review requirements, specifications to assure the quality of the products.
• Development of test automation suites, systems, and scripts.
• Work with other teams, as needed, to ensure proper implementation and automation of unit tests, regression tests, smoke tests, and acceptance tests.
• Execution of manual test cases.
• ISTQB Software Testing Foundation certification is preferred.
• 1-3 years of proven experience in a similar QC role.
• At least 1 year of experience in fintech or payment industry.
• Advanced knowledge of Java.
• Experience with API testing using Postman and RestAssured.
• Hands-on experience with performance testing using at least one of the following: JMeter, k6, or Artillery.
• Experience with SQL database testing.
• Familiar with Selenium WebDriver and Cypress for UI automation testing.
• Familiar with Appium for mobile automation testing.
• Familiar with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and Maven.
• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies and best practices.
• Strong experience with agile methodologies.
• Mobile applications testing experience.

Originally posted on Himalayas