Senior Platform Quality Engineer

The Senior Platform Quality Engineer position will report to the Head of Quality Engineering.

As the Senior Platform Quality Engineer, you will:

• Ensure service compatibility and consumer-driven development using your deep understanding of contract testing principles (e.g., Pact, Spring Cloud Contract).
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure that effective testing methodologies and automated testing tools are seamlessly integrated into the development process.
• Champion test-driven development practices across development teams to prevent and detect errors, and ensure faster feedback.
• Tackle intricate technical challenges associated with infrastructure, testing and quality engineering.
• Set up and maintain testing infrastructure (e.g., cloud environments, container orchestration) to support scalable test execution.
• Proactively work with development teams to identify potential production issues and help devise strategies to mitigate risk.
• Help build a culture of shift-left and collective ownership of quality at Earnest.

Your Impact:

• Design, develop and promote tools and frameworks that enable developers to validate functionality of web applications, services and APIs.
• Drive the adoption of efficient quality engineering processes and identify gaps in test tooling.

About You:

• Bachelor’s in CS, Engineering or equivalent experience of 5+ years of quality engineering experience.
• Experience with server-side concepts, e.g. microservices, database, caching, performance, monitoring and scalability.
• Familiarity with modern JavaScript libraries and frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js, Node.js.
• Test automation technologies: Mocha, Cypress, Playwright, RestAssured, k6, Pact.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools.
• Willingness to travel to the Oakland office monthly to collaborate with other Earnies.

Even Better:

• Performance Testing: Familiarity with performance testing tools to evaluate API and service performance under load.
• Security Testing Knowledge: Basic understanding of security testing concepts and tools to advocate for secure development practices.
• API Design: Knowledge of API design principles and tools for creating robust and scalable APIs can be advantageous, particularly in architect roles.
• Experience working in Fintech, Banking, or related Consumer Financial Services companies.

Where:

• This role will be based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• While you’ll enjoy the flexibility of remote work, we also love to see our Earnies face-to-face! We ask you to join us at our Oakland office for 3 consecutive days a month for team collaboration and some fun. It's a chance to connect, share ideas, and maybe even grab some coffee together!

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