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Senior QA Engineer, Platform

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Senior QA Engineer, Platform in USA

  • Altruist
  • Full time
  • Email
  • San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end functional testing for platform services across API, event, contract, and database layers.
  • Design and validate service contracts and identify breaking changes before they affect downstream teams.
  • Build and maintain Java test automation using REST Assured and Postman, with Playwright or Selenium where applicable.
  • Write SQL and perform data validation across API behavior, event streams, and persisted state.
  • Test asynchronous and event-driven flows, including retries, idempotency, ordering, and failure recovery.
  • Verify security fixes and authentication and authorization paths.
  • Detect configuration drift and integrate automated test suites into GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
  • Assess change blast radius and define regression scope for shared platform services.
  • Partner with platform engineers to build testability into services from the design stage.
  • Manage test cases and defects in Jira and champion continuous improvement across the testing function.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience as a QA Engineer or Software Test Engineer, ideally in B2B financial services, fintech, or SaaS.
  • Strong hands-on experience testing backend services and APIs, including exploratory and contract-level testing.
  • Experience testing microservices and distributed systems and managing automated regression coverage.
  • Experience building and executing test plans with cross-functional teams in agile environments.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Proficiency with SQL, Java or another object-oriented language, REST Assured, and Postman.
  • Ability to learn and work with backend technologies such as Spring Boot, Postgres, Kubernetes, Kafka, Temporal, and Snowflake.
  • Preferred experience with GitLab pipelines, data encryption for personally identifiable information, Kafka, Debezium, Temporal, OpenTelemetry, performance testing, feature flags, and AI-powered applications.
  • Knowledge of brokerage platforms and financial services, including margin, options, account types, and trade lifecycle, is a bonus.

Benefits

  • Office locations are available in Culver City, San Francisco, and Dallas, with a one-month work-from-anywhere policy subject to country exceptions.
  • Premium HMO and PPO healthcare, dental, and vision insurance plans.
  • 401(k) savings plan with a 4% match and immediate vesting.
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave after one year of employment.
  • Professional growth opportunities, an employee mobility program, and an annual learning and development budget.
  • Company perks and financial guidance programs.

Salary: $185k - $230k/yr

Altruist

Altruist is the platform of choice for RIAs who want better outcomes, responsive service, lower fees, and more time to do the real work of advising clients. We offer intuitive software for account opening, trading, reporting, billing, and over 22 integrations, empowering advisors of all sizes to ...

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