Senior QA Automation Developer (HELOC)

Upgrade helps customers move in the right direction with affordable and responsible financial products. Since 2017, we’ve helped over 7.5 million customers access over $42 billion in consumer credit. With a relentless focus on improving our customers' financial well-being, we build products that put more money in their pocket and support their journey toward a better financial future. We’re backed by some of the most prominent technology investors and were most recently valued at $7.3B.

We’re consistently recognized for our collaborative and inclusive culture. Most recently, we were named one of the World’s Top Fintech Companies by CNBC, Best Places to Work by Built In, Best Places to Work by the San Francisco Business Times, America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek, Best Startup Employer by Forbes, and Healthiest Employers by Phoenix Business Journal.

We’re looking for new team members who get excited about designing and delivering new and better products. Come join us and help build a better financial future for millions of people.

About the Role: We are seeking a Senior QA Automation Developer to join our team who has end-to-end ownership to build a new quality product. Through automation and functional testing, they validate a variety of products to offer our customers a seamless banking experience. As a Senior QA Engineer, you will work directly with our product teams and will participate in application specification reviews and architectural design sessions by providing input from a quality standpoint. You will also identify testing strategies for various features and functionalities. Within your first year, you will develop an understanding of how to deliver high performing software at pace of development. You will work in an environment that promotes ownership at all levels including configuring and monitoring apps in production. This is a fully remote position to candidates who are based in Canada. Our Core Technologies Include: Java, Selenium Webdriver, Playwright, Claude Code, TestNG, Maven, Git, Jenkins, ArgoCD, SQL, REST Assured, OkHttp, SumoLogic, Docker, Kubernetes, Gatling, Linux etc What You’ll Do:

Develop test automation at the pace of feature development utilizing AI tools and our functional and performance test frameworks

Utilize LLMs to create feature test plans and internal knowledge stores for streamlining AI tools usage for Automation and Deep testing efforts

Define custom AI workflows to enable all developers to test new features using existing automation tests, evaluate test failures, and troubleshoot environment issues

Execute functional/performance tests by spinning up disposable environments on demand to deploy microservices with different versions and configurations, and customize database content

Customize, configure, patch services, and deploy infrastructure and code changes all the way through to production

Analyze log files and troubleshoot production issues by automating and reproducing them in a non-production environment

Collaborate with QA platform to create solutions for feature validations and test automation for your product

What We Look For:

Ability to develop test automation in Java using Selenium/Playwright to utilize Integrated Development environments (IDE) such as IntelliJ or Eclipse, with and without Coding assistants

Experience in deploying services in various environments such as Kubernetes, using deployment tools like ArgoCD and Jenkins

Capability to improve efficiency of existing test infrastructure using Docker, Playwright and headless browser executions

Familiarity with log aggregators such as SumoLogic or Kibana, and app monitoring tools such as Honeycomb or Grafana

Passion for automating tests and delivering high quality features in a fast paced environment

Comfortable working in Agile methodology

What We Offer You:

Competitive salary and stock option plan

Paid coverage of medical, dental and vision insurance

Flexible PTO

Opportunities for professional growth and development

Paid parental leave