Senior QA Engineer I

Senior QA Engineer I

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Passion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a FlyMate. At Flywire, we're on a mission to deliver the world's most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage – the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software, to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease – no matter where they are in the world.

What more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you!

Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company, founded more than a decade ago to solve high-stakes, high-value payments in higher education. We've since scaled into new regions and industry verticals and expanded our product offerings to deliver meaningful value to our clients around the world.

Today we support more than 4,800 clients across the global education, healthcare, travel & B2B industries, with diverse payment methods across 240 countries & territories and more than 140 currencies.

With over 1,200 global FlyMates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 12 offices world-wide, we're looking for FlyMates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow.

Job Description

The Opportunity: We, at Flywire, are looking for an experienced Sr. QA Engineer I ideally with a background in FinTech. The Quality Assurance team at Flywire is a group of engineers dedicated to improving the productivity of engineering and quality of services in Flywire. We focus on adding value to Flywire's engineering by providing a diverse array of sustainable tools and processes. Our scope of service to other teams does not just involve writing tests because our focus is on facilitating tools and processes to boost productivity. Thus, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, design, and building quality products is essential.

• Understand requirements and user stories as a whole for risk-based testing
• Provide feedback and add acceptance criteria to the stories if edge cases are not clear.
• Detect and solve production issues and bugs within the development environment beyond your current scope
• Dive into scalability and performance considerations in order to detect and solve scalability & performance Issues
• Drive a design for a feature while understanding system-wide and architectural concerns
• Investigate test failures in production, identify design flaws, and suggest potential solutions
• Write clean, high quality, testable, secure, maintainable and extendable code
• Lean into our business domain and needs as well as our company vision, mission and strategy to deliver on our short and long term goals
• Bring fresh ideas to the team and analyze emerging test tools, trends and methodologies and enhance existing systems and processes
• Mentor team members and act as a lead on projects and new initiatives Identify opportunities both in processes and tools to improve the overall productivity of the team
• Become involved in tech communities and add contributions to enhance them
• Drive adoption of best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability
• Identify great talent and excite them to join our team
• Provide good estimations, track progress and manage risk as well as team members' time

Qualifications

Here's what we're looking for

• 4+ years of experience in web application development or quality assurance
• Knowledge of the following programming languages: Javascript, Java and scripting skills in Shell
• Familiar with RESTful web service principles and using clients and tools like (Postman, Rest-assured, Playwright, and Wiremock)
• Hands-on experience with Continuous Delivery technology and practices as well as containerization technologies like Docker
• Experience working on a mature software product where availability and performance are key
• Understanding of performance testing concepts and tools
• Experience in code quality metrics and tools as well as building test automation frameworks
• Understanding of software quality principles and agile development practices
• A passion for learning and contributing to the development of others
• Fluency in English, as it is the company's working language
• Experience in FinTech or the payment industry will be appreciated
• Experience in Student Information Systems or Financial ERP will be appreciated
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross functional teams including product and support
• Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent
• Must be based within Eastern Time Zone

Additional Information

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation, including Restricted Stock Units
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Flying Start – Our immersive Global Induction Program (Meet our Execs & Global Teams)
• Work with brilliant people that will keep you on your toes, learn more about their journeys by checking out #InsideFlywire on social media
• Dynamic & Global Team (we have been collaborating virtually for years!)
• Wellbeing Programs (Mental Health, Wellness, Yoga/Pilates/HIIT Classes) with Global FlyMates
• Competitive time off including FlyBetter Days to volunteer in your community and Digital Disconnect Days!
• Great Talent & Development Programs (Managers Taking Flight – for new or aspiring managers!)

Submit today and get started! We are excited to get to know you! Throughout our process you can expect to meet different FlyMates including the Hiring Manager, other Flymates, the department VP, and participate in a skills assessment. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will walk you through the steps and be your "go-to" person for questions.

Flywire is an equal opportunity employer. With over 40 nationalities across 12 different offices, and diversity and inclusion at the core of our people agenda, we believe our FlyMates are our greatest asset, and we're excited to watch our unique culture evolve with each new hire.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $100,000 – 135,000 plus restricted stock units and benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, position level, and location. The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and several other factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education and training.