Quality Engineer

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** As passionate about our people as we are about our mission.
** Q2 is a leading provider of digital banking and lending solutions to banks, credit unions, alternative finance companies, and fintechs in the U.S. and internationally. Our mission is simple: build strong and diverse communities through innovative financial technology—and we do that by empowering our people to help create success for our customers.

Being as passionate about our people as we are about our mission. We celebrate our employees in many ways, including our “Circle of Awesomeness” award ceremony and day of employee celebration among others! We invest in the growth and development of our team members through ongoing learning opportunities, mentorship programs, internal mobility, and meaningful leadership relationships. We also know that nothing builds trust and collaboration like having fun.

We hold an annual Dodgeball for Charity event at our Q2 Stadium in Austin, inviting other local companies to play, and community organizations we support to raise money and awareness together.

Q2 is seeking an innovative and passionate
** Quality Engineer
** to help build an industry changing fintech platform. Founded in Austin, TX, we are a growing company committed to building stronger communities by strengthening their financial institutions. As a team member, you will be on the ground floor of a new product that is growing quickly after a successful proof of concept and beta.

This position is ideal for an experienced test engineer who is passionate about testing complex products requiring high scalability and reliability. You will provide leadership and bring a strong quality-focused background to the team, working to develop and improve test effectiveness and efficiency.
** RESPONSIBILITIES:
*** Work with Engineering team to define test strategy and approach for automated and manual testing of APIs, Database and UI (web and mobile-web) applications.
* Design and build test automation that is resilient and robust
* Create, manage, execute, and maintain automation test scripts
* Share knowledge, mentor and educate software engineers on test best practices and approach
* Create comprehensive test plans alongside development which provide outstanding code coverage and that can be traced to use cases/stories
* Create test cases for features/functions; with detailed steps to perform and expected results
* Execute test cases, provide results, and create resulting defects with diagnostic information for proper triage
* Participate in and contribute test effort estimates in Sprint/Release planning sessions
* Be passionate about driving quality throughout the product lifecycle
* Responsible for ensuring that all security, availability, confidentiality, and privacy policies and controls are adhered as per the process.
** EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE:
*** Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in (relevant degree) and a minimum of 5 years of related experience; or an advanced degree with 3+ years of experience; or equivalent related work experience.
* 3+ years of specialized experience in automated testing of UI (web and mobile), API and Database, Batch Jobs
* Test best practices, automation, test plans, and testing methodology
* Test case management skills
* Experience with one or more general-purpose programming or scripting languages
* Strong SQL knowledge and experience
* Strong understanding of complex, enterprise architecture
* Experience in working in various layers of a complex application stack:
* Debugging complex applications issues through code review and log review
* Strong test plan organization and test execution planning skills in a CI and Agile environment
* Excellent technical communication skills, problem solving aptitude, and out-of-the box thinking
* Experience working in small, highly efficient teams with a high degree of collaboration prowess
* Passionate about the work, proactive work ethic, and highly motivated attitude to provide excellence in software quality
* Experience with version control systems such as Git and associated branching strategies
* Hands-on experience using Python, PyTest and Selenium is a must
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