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Senior QA Engineer, Platform

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Senior QA Engineer, Platform in USA

  • Altruist
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end functional testing for Platform services across API, event, 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 APIs, event streams, and persisted state.
  • Test asynchronous and event-driven workflows, including retries, idempotency, ordering, and failure recovery.
  • Verify security fixes and authentication and authorization paths.
  • Detect configuration drift and assess the blast radius and regression scope of Platform changes.
  • Integrate automated test suites into GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
  • Partner with Platform engineers to build testability into services from the design stage.
  • Manage test cases and defects in Jira and support efficient agile workflows.
  • Use Claude and Cursor to accelerate test development, test-data generation, defect triage, and reporting.
  • 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 across service boundaries.
  • Experience building, maintaining, and executing test plans with cross-functional teams.
  • Experience working in agile environments with regular release cadences and maintaining automated regression coverage.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Proficiency with SQL and direct database validation, plus proficiency with Java or another object-oriented language.
  • Hands-on experience building API automation with REST Assured and Postman.
  • Ability to learn and work with backend technologies such as Spring Boot, Postgres, Kubernetes, Kafka, Temporal, and Snowflake.
  • Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, with GitLab experience preferred.
  • Familiarity with PII-focused data encryption methodologies, Kafka, Debezium, Temporal, and OpenTelemetry.
  • Performance or load testing experience, feature-flag testing experience, or experience testing AI-powered applications is a plus.
  • Knowledge of brokerage platforms and financial services, including margin, options, account types, and trade lifecycle, is a plus.
  • Strong ownership, communication, judgment, resilience, and creative problem-solving skills.

Benefits

  • Premium HMO and PPO healthcare, dental, and vision insurance plans.
  • 401(k) savings plan with a 4% match and immediate vesting.
  • Sixteen 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 program with discounts on pet insurance, fitness, cell phone plans, travel, and more.
  • Financial guidance program covering debt, personal spending, saving, planning goals, and home-purchasing preparedness.
  • One month of work-from-anywhere eligibility, except in certain countries.
  • Amenity-filled offices are available in Culver City, California; San Francisco, California; and Dallas, Texas.

Salary: $170k - $215k/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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