Quality Engineer

Our client is currently seeking a Quality Engineer

Role: Quality Engineer


Location: Plano, TX, Hybrid


Job Type: Contract (12+ Months)


About the Role


Our client is seeking a detail-oriented Quality Engineer to join a fast-paced team supporting financial and regulated systems. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in test automation, backend validation, API testing, SQL-based data verification, and compliance-focused quality assurance. This role requires close collaboration with engineering, accounting, controls, and audit stakeholders to ensure the delivery of high-quality, compliant software solutions.


Key Responsibilities

• Design and execute functional, regression, integration, end-to-end, and non-functional test plans across complex financial workflows.
• Validate financial calculations, data integrity, and reconciliation between transactional and reporting systems using SQL.
• Translate business, technical, compliance, and SOX requirements into comprehensive test cases.
• Test role-based access controls, maker-checker workflows, segregation-of-duties controls, and negative user scenarios.
• Perform API testing to validate integrations, workflow processing, and system behavior.
• Validate event-driven architectures, including message delivery, processing order, idempotency, and error handling.
• Ensure audit events are accurately generated, captured, and stored for controlled state changes across UI, APIs, and batch processes.
• Test inbound and outbound integrations with third-party systems, ensuring schema compliance, completeness, and reconciliation.
• Create audit-ready documentation, including test plans, test results, defect reports, and evidence packages.
• Track and manage defects throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance automated test suites integrated with CI/CD pipelines.
• Generate and manage test data required for validation activities.
• Analyze logs, query databases, and troubleshoot issues across application, integration, and data layers.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, release readiness reviews, and production support activities.
• Contribute to QA process improvements, best practices, and testing standards.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Software Testing, or Test Engineering.
• Experience supporting financial, fintech, banking, accounting, or other highly regulated systems.
• Strong programming skills in Python with hands-on experience using pytest for automation testing.
• Strong experience in test automation and CI/CD integration.
• Advanced SQL skills for data validation, reconciliation, and backend testing.
• Experience testing REST APIs using tools such as Postman , REST-assured, or similar technologies.
• Experience with SOX compliance , internal controls testing, segregation-of-duties controls, and maker-checker workflows.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to produce clear, comprehensive, and audit-ready documentation.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical, business, and audit teams.

Medical, dental, and vision insurance are available to qualified candidates who meet eligibility requirements.