Role overview:
We're looking for a Mid/Senior Level QA Engineer to join our team and help ensure the quality and reliability of our products through thorough testing and process improvement. You'll work closely with developers and product managers to catch issues early and build confidence in every release.
About Idea Financial
Idea Financial provides lines of credit and term loans to small businesses, sold directly and through a broker network. Everything after the application runs on RYNO, our in-house lending and servicing platform. RYNO covers the full loan lifecycle: applications and offers, draws and approvals, payment schedules, nightly loan maintenance, renewals, and the daily ACH files that move money. Underwriting, servicing, finance and collections use its Backoffice every day. Merchants use the customer portal and mobile app, and brokers use the broker portal and API.
Responsibilities:
- Design, write, and execute manual and automated test cases for web and mobile applications.
- Perform functional, regression, integration, and exploratory testing across features and releases.
- Identify, document, and track bugs using tools like Jira, working with engineers to verify fixes.
- Review requirements and user stories to spot edge cases and gaps before development begins.
- Participate in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives as part of an agile team.
- Help build and maintain automated test scripts (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright) as skills develop.
- Support API testing using tools like Postman.
- Maintain clear, organized test documentation and test plans.
Requirements:
- 1-3 years of experience in software QA or a related field (new grads with strong internship experience considered for junior level).
- Solid understanding of QA methodologies, SDLC.
- Experience writing clear bug reports and test cases.
- Familiarity with version control (Git) and issue tracking tools (Jira).
- Basic SQL skills for data validation.
- Strong attention to detail and analytical problem-solving skills.
- Good written and verbal communication.
Nice to have:
- Exposure to test automation frameworks (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright).
- Experience with API testing tools (Postman, REST Assured).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
- Basic scripting knowledge (Python or JavaScript).
- Experience testing financial or fintech products.
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Vision insurance
- Unlimited PTO
Job type: Full-time, on-site in Miami, FL or Richmond, VA
Idea Financial is an equal opportunity employer. At Idea Financial, we make all employment decisions without regard to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, religion, age, national origin, pregnancy, citizenship, disability, service in the uniform services, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.
