Senior Software Engineer in Test

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Join Zip's Engineering team and put your name to solving fascinating quality challenges at scale in an agile, AI-forward development environment. If you bring a strong quality mindset, deep technical expertise, and a relentless curiosity to uncover edge cases and hidden defects, you'll be a great fit with the squads responsible for building cloud-native software applications that serve millions of customers and process billions of dollars in payments.

In this role, you will partner closely with engineers, design, product managers, and stakeholders to ensure quality is built in, not tested in. Your ability to design comprehensive test strategies, drive root cause analysis, and bring disciplined verification and validation to every release will be critical as Zip's verification & validation organization continues to take shape.

Interesting problems you'll get to solve

• Apply verification (confirming a system is built right; correct against spec, architecture, and code quality) and validation (confirming it's the right system, that it actually solves the business problem) to everything you test.
• Design and execute comprehensive test strategies with a strong focus on edge cases, failure modes, and real-world scenarios.
• Build and maintain robust, scalable automation frameworks across backend (API, integration testing) and frontend (UI, end-to-end testing).
• Identify gaps in test coverage and system behavior
• Drive root cause analysis and contribute to prevention strategies for defects and incidents.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools throughout the testing lifecycle to accelerate test design, strengthen debugging, and speed up technical problem-solving.
• Apply the same verification and validation rigor to AI- and agent-produced work as to human-written code, as engineering workflows continue to evolve
• Explore practical applications of emerging AI capabilities that improve quality engineering workflows, automate repetitive testing work, and strengthen release confidence.
• Continuously improve test efficiency, reliability, and execution speed.
• Mentor team members and elevate overall quality standards across the team.

What you'll bring to the team

• 8+ years of experience in quality engineering, QA automation, or SDET roles, with a proven track record of owning quality for complex, production systems.
• Strong ability to think critically and identify edge cases, failure scenarios, and subtle bugs.
• Deep understanding of testing strategies (unit, integration, E2E, contract, regression).
• Proven experience owning quality for complex production systems.
• Strong programming skills (preferably TypeScript, JavaScript, or similar).
• Experience building automation frameworks for backend/API testing and frontend/UI testing (e.g., BrowserStack, Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Appium).
• Experience with CI/CD integration and test pipelines.
• Familiarity with mocking, stubbing, and test data management.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand system architecture and identify risk areas.
• A proactive mindset with a focus on prevention over detection.
• Proven experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools across testing, debugging, and technical problem-solving to improve software quality, team productivity, and delivery speed.
• Ability to evaluate and apply emerging AI capabilities to engineering workflows, using sound judgment to ensure quality, security, and maintainability.
• Strong drive to learn, adapt, and grow in a fast-paced environment, with the comfort to operate in ambiguity as the Verification & Release model continues to take shape.
• Takes ownership and accountability for outcomes, and is comfortable challenging assumptions and advocating for quality.
• Experience mentoring other engineers and raising quality standards across a team.
• Experience with performance testing, BDD frameworks, or microservices architectures is a plus.
• Experience working in high-scale or fintech environments is a plus.
• Our values in your DNA: Customer First, Own It, Stronger Together and Change the Game.

What you’ll get in return

Zip is a place where you’ll get out what you put in. The newness of our sector means we need to move at pace and embrace change, and our promise to you when you join the team is that you’ll feel empowered and trusted to make big things happen quickly.

We want you to feel welcome and as though you have the support to be yourself, and care for yourself at work. Because it’s important to us that you make the most of the opportunities you’ll get to grow your skills and your career, and be surrounded by smart, friendly people and leaders that have your back.

We think these are just some of the best things about being a Zipster. We will also offer you:

• Flexible working culture
• Incentive programs
• Unlimited PTO
• Generous paid parental leave
• Leading family support policies
• Company-sponsored 401k match
• Learning and wellness subscription stipend
• Beautiful Union Square office with a casual dress code
• Industry-leading, employer-sponsored insurance for you and your dependents, with several 100% Zip-covered choices available

Zip is committed to a straightforward and transparent pay structure. The actual base salary will be determined by various individualized factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, experience, location, internal equity, as well as other objective business considerations.

The annual base Pay Range for this position is $146,000 - $157,000. This range reflects our US national compensation band (USN). Additional premium percentages may apply based on our tiered premium strategy.

Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or commission awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.

*Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

If hired, employees will be in an 'at-will position' and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Be a part of a team that reflects the diversity of our customers

We pride ourselves on being a workplace that provides equal opportunities to people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender identities, abilities, veteran status, and everything else that makes you unique.

Equally, we’re committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive. Please let us know If there are any adjustments that need to be made to ensure you have a fair and equitable experience.

And finally…get to know us

Zip Co Limited (ASX: ZIP) is a digital financial services company, offering innovative, people-centered products.

Operating in two core markets - Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) and the US, Zip offers access to point-of-sale credit and digital payment services, connecting millions of customers with its global network of tens of thousands of merchants. We’re proud to be a values-led business and our values - Customer First, Own it, Stronger Together and Change the Game - guide us in everything we do.

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