QA Automation Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p>Vestwell is the financial technology company powering the new savings economy. The New York City-based fintech platform redefines how people save for the critical aspects of life across retirement, education, and healthcare savings needs. Today, Vestwell enables over 350,000 businesses and nearly 1.5 Million active savers, with over $30 billion in assets saved across all 50 United States.&nbsp;</p> <p>Vestwell offers a range of products, including workplace-delivered retirement plans, employer-offered student loan repayment benefits, and various savings accounts for education, emergencies, and individuals with disabilities.</p> <p>Vestwell's platform serves a diverse clientele, including financial advisers, employers, third-party administrators, financial institutions, payroll providers, government agencies, and individual savers. To learn more, visit&nbsp;<a href="http://vestwell.com/">vestwell.com</a></p></div><p><strong>WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Vestwell is looking to hire a talented QA Automation/Software Development Engineer in Test to join our growing tech team. You are first and foremost a problem solver who focuses on improving the quality of software that we deliver. Coding plays a crucial role in your problem-solving tool box, whether that be writing automated test cases for specific features, or enhancing and expanding our regression testing frameworks.&nbsp;</p> <p>As part of our agile software development team, you will be working closely with our Director of Test Engineering and our Product Managers team to define acceptance criteria and implement new test scenarios. There is plenty of room for growth as you enhance a modern codebase and help with additional QA-centric DevOps responsibilities. Our QA infrastructure is built on Docker and Jenkins so familiarity with these technologies will go a long way.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>REQUIREMENTS&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><em>The Necessities</em></p> <ul> <li>Experience writing automated tests from acceptance criteria</li> <li>Knowledge and experience working with Selenium</li> <li>Experience with testing UIs, APIs, and Databases</li> <li>Coding experience in languages such as Python, Javascript, Java, or Groovy</li> <li>Experience with ticketing and continuous integration, ideally JIRA and Jenkins</li> <li>Enthusiastic about using test automation to drive product quality</li> <li>Must be a problem solver who loves learning new things</li> <li>2+ years of software testing experience in an automated environment</li> </ul> <p><em>The Extras</em></p> <ul> <li>Experience with SQL databases and RESTful APIs</li> <li>Understanding of build automation, application deployment, and continuous integration (e.g Jenkins and Docker)</li> <li>Exposure to large-scale testing frameworks like Nose, Pytest, Junit, and Jasmine</li> </ul> <p>This role will be based in our Austin, TX, New York, NY, or King of Prussia, PA office and will be part of Vestwell's hybrid in-office operation.</p> <p>The expected base salary range for this position is $80K - $90K base. This position is eligible to participate in the Company Bonus Pool and is eligible to receive new hire equity in the Company. Please note that salary bands are based on New York and other similar metro areas and may differ based on where the role is ultimately hired.</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>OUR BENEFITS</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re an innovative, high-growth company, with lots of exciting milestones ahead. We value health and wellness at Vestwell and in addition to a dedicated Employee Wellbeing Committee, we offer competitive health coverage and generous vacation offering. We have adopted a hybrid office policy, but all employees are welcome at our bright, comfortable office with many workspace options in our Midtown Manhattan, Austin, King of Prussia, and Phoenix offices, so everyone has a setting that is the most productive for them. Oh, and naturally we have a great 401(k) plan!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>OUR PROCESS</strong><br><br>It starts the same for every candidate: getting to know the team members through 1-2 conversations about Vestwell, your experience, and your interests. Next steps can vary by role, but the usual next steps are a skill or experience screen (e.g. a coding interview for an Engineer, a portfolio review for a Designer, deeper experience call for other roles) which leads to a virtual or in-person interview panel after that if the screens go well.&nbsp;<em data-stringify-type="italic">Before making an offer, our interview process concludes with a references check stage for your recruiter to meet with a current or former supervisor and peer.</em>&nbsp;We prioritize transparency and lack of surprise throughout the process.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For your awareness you will only receive correspondence from [email protected] any other domain not ending in&nbsp;<a href="http://vestwell.com/">Vestwell.com</a>&nbsp;is not our Recruitment team.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Vestwell’s&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.vestwell.com/privacy-policy"><em>Privacy Policy.</em></a><em>&nbsp;Attention California residents: In the course of conducting our business and complying with federal, state, and local government regulations governing such matters as employment, tax, insurance, etc., we must collect Personal Information from you. Should you accept employment with Vestwell you may view our California Privacy Rights Act here:&nbsp;</em><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lKSzA8qE7YIAJe2ZZahLWzFp9EZP1IuS/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=111643980444675168924&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true"><em>Vestwell’s California Privacy Rights Policy.</em></a></span></p></div>