Quality Assurance Engineer II ; Chicago

Position Summary

As a QA Engineer II, you will grow and evolve our automated test pipeline, collaborating with Product Engineering teams to foster a culture of continuous testing. You will participate in design and planning stages to identify potential issues early, develop and maintain automated test scripts for quick, reliable feedback on code changes, and contribute to scalable, reliable test automation systems.

• Title:
  
  QA Engineer II
• Salary range: $99,000 - $124,000 USD
• Full‑Time
• Hybrid – 2 days in the office
• Reports to:
  
  Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer
• Locations:
  Boulder/Denver, CO or Chicago, IL
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship.

• Participate in developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining scalable, reliable test automation systems across the full stack.
• Write test automation scripts using tools such as Jest, Enzyme, Cypress, Playwright, JUnit, Cucumber, REST Assured, Postman, and utPL/SQL.
• Contribute to a culture of excellence and continuous learning.
• Provide architectural guidance and vision for our test automation suite, ensuring alignment with the company’s strategy.
• Collaborate closely with Development, Product, and other teams to promote software quality standards.
• Follow an iterative software development methodology, contributing to all phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Embrace Agile development methodologies and practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in test automation.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in UI Software Quality Assurance.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in database testing.
• Proficiency in back‑end languages – especially C#, Java, and Python.
• Extensive experience testing REST APIs.
• Familiarity with data integration and ETL tools.
• Working knowledge of relational databases (MySQL, Oracle) and No
  
  SQL databases (Elastic Search, Mongo
  
  DB, Redis).
• Experience with Dev Ops and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills; passion for sharing knowledge and building shared tooling.
• Ability to design, build, and manage a comprehensive testing suite for full‑stack applications.

• Proven expertise in leading large‑scale projects and driving innovative solutions.
• Experience with performance and/or security testing.
• Experience with Oracle PL/SQL.
• Desire to learn the energy industry or experience in equities/commodities trading.

We offer highly competitive salaries and real bonuses, a 401(k) plan with matching, comprehensive medical insurance, flexible vacation, and flexible work schedules. Yes Energy encourages and funds both formal and informal professional development.

Yes Energy provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In accordance with Colorado law, the range provided is Yes Energy’s reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role.