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Staff Engineer – Quality Automation and Engineering Enablement
| Company | Geico |
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| Location | Bethesda, MD, USA |
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| Salary | $115000 – $230000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 10+ years of software testing experience, with at least 3 years focused on payment systems or financial technologies.
- Proven hands-on experience building an e2e automation frameworks from scratch.
- Proven experience implementing shift-left testing methodologies in large-scale applications.
- Experience testing payment applications and integrations.
- Track record of leadership in establishing testing practices that reduce defect leakage.
- Expertise in API testing and microservices architecture testing and tools (e.g. Postman or REST Assured)
Responsibilities
- Design and implement a comprehensive shift-left testing strategy that integrates quality practices early in the development lifecycle
- Build and execute e2e automation frameworks to proactively catch defects
- Implement defect leakage tracking and metrics to hold engineering teams accountable
- Lead quality initiatives and establish testing standards from the ground up
- Partner with engineering teams to integrate testing into their development workflow
- Create and maintain testing infrastructure, test suites and make tooling decisions
- Prioritize critical test coverage and ensure smooth migration from legacy systems
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with PCI DSS compliance and security testing
- Experience testing payment gateway integrations (Stripe, Paypal, Adyen, JPM, PaymentTech etc)
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Experience with chaos engineering and resilience testing
- Proficiency in GoLang testing ecosystem to get code coverage, mocking services (such as stretchr)
