QA Engineer (Java)

Position: QA Engineer (Java )

Location: Phoenix, AZ

Duration: 4+ Months - Possibility of extension

Responsibilities:

• Contribute as an active member of an agile engineering team by shaping user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and designing risk-based test scenarios that improve release confidence and product quality.
• Build, maintain, and continuously improve automated test suites for web and API layers, with strong integration into continuous integration and delivery pipelines.
• Drive an automation-first quality engineering approach by identifying opportunities to reduce manual effort, improve test reliability, and accelerate feedback throughout the development lifecycle.
• Partner closely with product, frontend, backend, and platform engineers to validate requirements, prevent defects early, and deliver high-quality customer experiences.
• Work alongside developers during feature implementation to enable shift-left testing, rapid iteration, and earlier detection of quality issues.
• Develop and use service virtualization, mocks, and test data strategies to validate functionality efficiently across dependent systems.
• Contribute to estimation, test strategy, and feasibility assessments by identifying quality risks, automation needs, and dependencies early in the planning process.
• Promote consistent engineering and quality best practices across the team, including test maintainability, CI health, observability, and continuous improvement.
• Apply analytical thinking and data-driven problem solving to improve coverage, identify gaps, and strengthen overall engineering quality.
• Knowledge of AI-assisted engineering practices and tools is preferred, including the ability to use AI to improve test design, accelerate analysis, and enhance quality engineering productivity.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor s or master s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline, with 5+ years of experience in a software engineering or quality engineering organization.
• Hands-on experience designing and maintaining automated tests for web applications using tools such as Playwright and Selenium.
• Hands-on experience building automated API tests using frameworks such as Playwright or equivalent API automation tools.
• Working knowledge of Javascript and familiarity with Java-based testing frameworks and modern test automation patterns.
• Exposure to distributed systems, service-oriented architectures, and dependent system integrations in modern engineering environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering, product, and platform teams.
• Comfort working through ambiguity, thinking abstractly, and iterating quickly in a collaborative agile environment.
• Demonstrated interest in automation-first quality engineering practices, including maintainable test design, CI/CD quality gates, and continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of AI-assisted engineering or testing tools is preferred, especially where used to improve test design, accelerate troubleshooting, or enhance engineering productivity.
• Experience in the financial services industry is a plus.