Manual QA Engineer

Pontera is a FinTech SaaS company on a mission to help millions of Americans retire better by enabling financial advisors to manage, rebalance, and report on 401(k) and other retirement plan accounts. Pontera customers range from Fortune 100 financial services firms and large independent broker dealers to small independent RIA's and advisory firms.

At Pontera, we are proud of our people-first mentality and culture. You will have the unique and exciting opportunity to be part of a team whose mission is to scale Pontera into one of the largest FinTech companies in the world. We have significant funding from some of the most notable venture capital investors, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and are in a period of hyper-growth. The next critical step in our trajectory is adding to our world-class team, and that's where you come in.

We are looking for a QA Engineer to join our R&D team.
You will be a part of an end-to-end quality assurance process, testing new features, investigating technical issues in the production environment, working in close collaboration with our product, R&D and customer success teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Analyze requirements and write test plans for new features
Perform manual tests to ensure the product's functionality, performance and security (UI, API, Integration, Regression)
Design test cases for QA Automation
Participate in technical design meetings of new features
Provide support to internal teams that manage customer relationships - Investigate, diagnose, and communicate technical issues
Take an active part in our version release process and work closely with the R&D developers and the Product team

REQUIREMENTS

2-3 years of experience in testing web-based applications
Relevant academic degree or a professional QA course
Experience with logging and reporting tools (Tableau/ Kibana/ Sumo Logic/ Splunk)
Advanced SQL skills - Great advantage
Strong attention to details
Independent, responsible worker, able to plan and execute
Proficient written and spoken English
Team player with good communication and interpersonal skill
WHAT WE OFFER

Opportunity: Have a major impact at a fast-growing startup that is revolutionizing the FinTech industry
Team Culture: A collegial, collaborative, fun work environment with frequent team events
Equity: All new hires are eligible for equity grant participation
Professional Development: Sponsored learning & development programs
Work Flexibility: A hybrid office work model (In-Office Mon/Tues/Weds and WFH Sun//Thurs)