Senior QA Engineer I

The Opportunity

Flywire is looking for an experienced Sr. QA Engineer I ideally with a background in FinTech. The Quality Assurance team is a group of engineers dedicated to improving the productivity of engineering and quality of services. We focus on adding value by providing sustainable tools and processes, not just writing tests, with a commitment to collaborative problem solving, design, and building quality products.

Responsibilities

• Understand requirements and user stories as a whole for risk-based testing
• Provide feedback and add acceptance criteria to 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 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 short and long term goals
• Bring fresh ideas 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 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

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in web application development or quality assurance
• Knowledge of 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
• Must be based within a commutable distance of our Chicago office

Pay

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $100,000 - 135,000 plus restricted stock units and benefits. Individual pay is determined by work location and several other factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education and training.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including Restricted Stock Units
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Flying Start - Our immersive Global Induction Program (Meet our Execs & Global Teams)
• Work with brilliant people that will keep you on your toes
• Dynamic & Global Team (we have been collaborating virtually for years!)
• Wellbeing Programs (Mental Health, Wellness, Yoga/Pilates/HIIT Classes) with Global FlyMates
• Competitive time off including FlyBetter Days to volunteer in your community and Digital Disconnect Days!
• Great Talent & Development Programs (Managers Taking Flight – for new or aspiring managers!)