QA Engineer

PTMA Financial Solutions provides treasury management, liquidity management, and other financial products and services to the public sector. We serve over 12,000 local governments, school districts, and public entities, and partner with more than 1,000 financial institutions to strengthen communities nationwide. Our family of financial services companies offers local government investment pool administration, investment advisory services, term investments, cashflow analysis, bond proceeds management, public finance services, and stable deposit funding solutions. Our expertise, comprehensive products, and advanced technology help clients achieve more today for a better tomorrow. Primary operational hubs are located in Denver, Colorado, and Naperville, Illinois, with additional offices throughout the United States.

About the role

The QA Automation Engineer will partner with developers and system architects to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of PMA's internal and external web applications. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining automated test suites across UI, API, and database layers, writing scripts, validating data integrity, and identifying defects before they reach production. The position requires experience with test automation frameworks, scripting (Python and/or TypeScript/JavaScript), intermediate SQL Server/PostgreSQL skills, and knowledge of API and performance testing.

Responsibilities

• Work with colleagues to develop and maintain automated test suites for PMA's web applications (UI, API, and data layers).
• Design and write automated test scripts using tools such as Playwright or similar frameworks, including data-driven test cases.
• Solicit input from end-users and developers to define test plans, acceptance criteria, and regression coverage for new features.
• Build reusable test utilities, page objects, and libraries to reduce duplication and improve test maintainability.
• Validate API responses (REST/GraphQL) for correctness, performance, and error handling, and write scripts to support load/performance testing (e.g., k6).
• Write and execute SQL queries against SQL Server and PostgreSQL databases to validate data integrity and support root cause analysis.
• Analyze test results and reports (HTML, Allure, JUnit) to identify trends, flaky tests, and areas of risk.
• Optimize the speed, reliability, and scalability of automated test suites.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.

Requirements

• Strong customer service skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, including identifying patterns and trends across test failures and production defects.
• Ability to multi-task, display good judgment, and work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment.
• Knowledge of quality assurance terminology, methods (including version control and defect management), and tools.
• Strong practical computer competence, including familiarity with relational databases and SQL (SQL Server and/or PostgreSQL).
• Experience writing automated test scripts using a modern UI testing framework (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Selenium).
• Ability to write Python code and scripts for data validation, reconciliation, or auxiliary tooling.
• Working knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript for building and maintaining test automation frameworks.
• Understanding of API testing concepts (REST and/or GraphQL), including request/response validation, authentication, and status/error handling.
• Familiarity with test reporting and CI-integrated tooling (e.g., Allure, JUnit, HTML reporters) and interpreting results to triage failures.
• Experience with, or willingness to learn, performance/load testing tools (e.g., k6).
• Comfort with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaborative branching/PR workflows.
• Automated testing experience with complex workflows on a UI and data layer is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems/Management, Operations Management/Research, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Systems Analysis, or a related field (or commensurate professional experience).
• 2-3 years of professional work experience.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to work at a computer for long periods of time.
• Ability to lift up to 15 lbs.

Pay

85,000 - 95,000 USD per year (Colorado and Illinois locations).