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Software Resources has an immediate, direct hire job opportunity for a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer with a major corporation. Can be located in Columbus, OH or Portland, OR. 4 days per week on-site, Fridays Remote.
What you''ll do:
As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, you''ll be an integral part of our a fintech division, led by a team with deep industry experience and a strong track record of value creation. You''ll operate in the digital payments space and have a proven product market fit. You''ll specialize in helping bring Business to Consumer payments to the digital age. Our division was acquired in January 2022 and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary. The Senior QA Engineer will be reporting to and working directly with the Quality Assurance Manager.
We are seeking a passionate, results-driven Senior QA Engineer to deliver innovative, industry leading manual and automated testing solutions for our applications. We want a creative, highly motivated QA engineer who can take initiative, has a good sense of urgency and is comfortable working in a fast-paced, agile environment. As part of this goal, you''ll play a key role in multiple phases of the development lifecycle including business analysis, test case design and documentation, manual and automated test execution, results documentation and display excellent communication and collaboration with all stakeholders. Additionally, you will coordinate efforts with developers and business analysts to ensure optimal results for new development and successful resolution of defects and provide frontline support and documentation.

• Establish QA standards, policies, and procedures for all programs.
• Meeting with the IT / Business stakeholders to discuss requirements and ensure software meets technical specifications.
• You will be performing multiple types of testing (System, Integration, Data Migration, End to End, Regression, Exploratory) on various platforms (Web Apps, Cloud-Based Apps, Databases and APIs).
• Identifying software testing risks, weaknesses, and target areas of improvement.
• Participation in agile ceremonies including sprint design, planning, grooming and demo practices.
• Demonstrate advanced programming skills, working in one or many automation harness solutions, creating automation frameworks and implementing best practices.
• Designing and executing automation scripts and manual test cases.
• Report on quality metrics such as manual test coverage, test completion, automation execution time, automation pass/ fail rates, automation coverage, and automation ROI.
• Examine code and execution of code in various environments.
• Ensure that security requirements and best practices have been incorporated into system functional design specifications.
• Assess software systems to ensure that security development best practices have been followed, including ethical hacking techniques with proper notification and authorization.
• Ensure that software systems comply with the IT Security Policy in all respects, including user authentication and session expiration requirements.

What you''ll need:

• 7+ years'' experience as a QA engineer with expertise in planning, designing and execution of automated and manual testing activities.
• Bachelor''s degree in related field required.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of and experience with business/systems analysis and development of functional system specifications.
• Detailed knowledge of software application testing standards and best practices.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools is required—preferably with Playwright.
• Demonstrated advanced programming skills in Typescript and JavaScript.
• Intermediate to advanced experience creating automation frameworks from scratch and implementing best practices.
• Experienced in integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools like Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
• Experienced in designing, creating, and executing API tests using tools like Postman.
• Strong understanding of data integrity standards.
• Strong understanding of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Strong understanding of React.js.
• Strong SQL Query experience.
• MySQL experience a big plus.
• Amazon Web Services experience a big plus.
• Strong experience using Azure DevOps.
• Ability to work in a small, dynamic programming team in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong problem recognition and prioritization skills.
• Superior work ethics and sense of pride and ownership in completing assigned projects thoroughly and in compliance with the requirements.
• Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams including developers, product owners, and business analysts.
• Excellent analytical skills and strong attention to detail.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

About Software Resources
Software Resources, founded more than 3 decades ago, is a trusted staffing partner specializing in Technology (IT, Creative, & Marketing), Finance, & Accounting placements. We work with companies nationwide that need skilled professionals and connect them with candidates like you looking for the right opportunity.
We are always looking for professionals at all experience levels and in various specialties to meet our clients'' hiring needs. As a member of our team, you will have access to benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) with company match, short-term disability, life insurance with AD&D.
If this position fits interests you, we encourage you to apply.