about 4 hours ago
Base Salary
$185k - $230k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end functional testing across UI, API, and database layers.
- Partner with Engineering and Product to define test cases, clarify requirements, and support high-quality feature delivery.
- Build and maintain Java test automation frameworks using Playwright and Selenium for UI coverage and REST Assured and Postman for API coverage.
- Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines so failures surface early and reliably.
- Design and execute test plans for AI-powered features.
- Use Jira to manage test cases, track defects, and support testing workflows.
- Use Claude and Cursor AI coding assistants to accelerate test script development, generate test data, and improve defect triage and reporting.
- Identify quality gaps and champion continuous improvement across the testing function.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a QA Engineer or Software Test Engineer, ideally in B2B financial services, fintech, or SaaS.
- Strong manual testing experience across UI and API layers, including exploratory testing and meaningful defect discovery.
- Experience creating, maintaining, and executing test plans with cross-functional teams.
- Experience testing browser applications, APIs, and backend systems across the full stack.
- Hands-on experience designing and maintaining automated regression coverage.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Proficiency with SQL and database validation, plus Java or another object-oriented language.
- Hands-on automation experience with Selenium or Playwright, REST Assured, and Postman.
- Experience working in agile environments with a regular release cadence.
- Strong ownership, communication, judgment, resilience, and creative problem-solving skills.
- Bonus: experience testing AI-powered applications such as chatbots, assistants, or LLM- or ML-based systems.
- Bonus: familiarity with brokerage or investment concepts including margin, options, account types, and trade lifecycle.
Benefits
- Competitive pay and equity for eligible positions.
- 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, including an employee mobility program and annual learning and development budget.
- Company perks program with discounts on pet insurance, fitness, cell phone plans, and travel.
- Financial guidance program covering debt navigation, personal spending, saving and planning goals, and home-purchasing preparedness.
- One month work-from-anywhere policy, with some country exceptions.
- Office spaces are available in Culver City, San Francisco, and Dallas.
About 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 grow and scale client-centric practices. Since launch in 2018, we’ve grown to the third-largest custodian by advisors served, with nearly 5,000 advisors trusting us to safeguard client assets.