Senior QA Engineer

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in web application development or quality assurance
• Knowledge of the following programming languages: Javascript, Java and scripting skills in Shell
• Familiar with RESTful web service principles and using HTTP clients and tools like (Postman, Rest-assured, Playwright, and Wiremock)
• Hands-on experience with Continuous Delivery technology and practices as well as containerization technologies like Docker
• Experience working on a mature software product where availability and performance are key
• Understanding of performance testing concepts and tools
• Experience in code quality metrics and tools as well as building test automation frameworks
• Understanding of software quality principles and agile development practices
• A passion for learning and contributing to the development of others
• Fluency in English, as it is the company’s working language
• Experience in FinTech or the payment industry will be appreciated
• Experience in Student Information Systems or Financial ERP will be appreciated
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross functional teams including product and support
• Bachelor’s in Computer Science or equivalent

What the job involves

• We, at Flywire, are looking for an experienced Sr QA Engineer I ideally with a background in FinTech The Quality Assurance team at Flywire is a group of engineers dedicated to improving the productivity of engineering and quality of services in Flywire
• We focus on adding value to Flywire’s engineering by providing a diverse array of sustainable tools and processes
• Our scope of service to other teams does not just involve writing tests because our focus is on facilitating tools and processes to boost productivity
• Thus, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, design, and building quality products is essential
• Understand requirements and user stories as a whole for risk-based testing
• Provide feedback and add acceptance criteria to the stories if edge cases are not clear
• Detect and solve production issues and bugs within the development environment beyond your current scope
• Dive into scalability and performance considerations in order to detect and solve scalability & performance Issues
• Drive a design for a feature while understanding system-wide and architectural concerns
• Investigate test failures in production, identify design flaws, and suggest potential solutions
• Write clean, high quality, testable, secure, maintainable and extendable code
• Lean into our business domain and needs as well as our company vision, mission and strategy to deliver on our short and long term goals
• Bring fresh ideas to the team and analyze emerging test tools, trends and methodologies and enhance existing systems and processes
• Mentor team members and act as a lead on projects and new initiatives Identify opportunities both in processes and tools to improve the overall productivity of the team
• Become involved in tech communities and add contributions to enhance them
• Drive adoption of best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability
• Identify great talent and excite them to join our team
• Provide good estimations, track progress and manage risk as well as team members' time