Staff Quality Assurance Engineer - Full Time Only

Programmers.io; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Programmers.io is seeking a Staff Quality Engineer in Denver, Colorado. The role requires at least 8 years of experience in software testing, focusing on large complex financial trading systems. The ideal candidate should thrive in team settings and possess strong communication skills.

Responsibilities include building test strategies, writing test plans, automating tests, and collaborating with various teams. A Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or 5 years of software engineering experience is required.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of software testing experience.
• Experience in fintech, trading, or financial services industry.
• Physical requirements: operate a computer for at least 8 hours per day.

Responsibilities

• Build comprehensive test strategies for platform services.
• Write tests covering customer use cases including functional and compliance aspects.
• Engage in projects to identify gaps in requirements and design failures.
• Automate high-priority tests and help improve code quality.
• Collaborate with product, design, and security teams to understand domain knowledge.
• Provide technical expertise in diagnosing and resolving issues.

Skills

Software testing

Test strategy formulation

Collaboration

Automated testing

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

We are seeking a Staff Quality Engineer with at least 8 years of experience owning and delivering quality for large complex financial trading systems. This role will work on our trading team. We are looking for a senior, technical and customer focused candidate who will also embody Forge values. The ideal candidate thrives in team settings and is motivated by creating success all around them through strong communication, shipping great product experiences, and making data-driven decisions.

Responsibilities

• Build comprehensive bottoms up Test Strategies for our platform services organization
• Write tests plans covering various customer use cases – functional, compliance & legal aspects
• Engage is projects from the initiation phase to identify gaps in requirement and failure modes in design
• Be a force multiplier to help developers shift testing left
• Automate tests based on what’s most valuable and high priority and help adopt best practices to improve code quality
• Collaborate with Forge’s product, design, information security and business team members to quickly grasp domain knowledge.
• Develop concise, articulate, and detailed documentation
• Participate in scope definition, requirements analysis, functional and technical design, application build, product configuration, unit testing, and production deployment.
• Provide technical expertise and ownership in the diagnosis and resolution of issues, including the determination and provision of workaround solution or escalation to service owners.
• Identify defect trends and partner with development teams to fix the root cause
• Leverage artificial intelligence technologies to improve the impact and efficiency of testing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (or 5 years software engineering experience)
• 8-12 years of software testing experience
• Fintech, Trading or Financial services industry experience
• Experience in leading quality efforts for internet applications
• Physical requirements: operate a computer for at least 8 hours per day; give and receive detailed information through verbal and written communication