Sr. QA Engineer

Job Summary:

• 5 to 10 years' experience as a QA Engineer
• Test strategy and test mgmt.: experience across SIT, UAT, regression testing and ADO for test case and defect tracking
• Manual testing
• Batch and file-based processing: specifically, ACH files (looking for banking exp)
• API & Backend automation
• Automation: Java based automation frameworks, maven, GIT, ADO CI/CD

Preferred

• UI automation: selenium or similar tools

Quality Engineer with strong experience across both manual and automation testing, supporting enterprise scale payments systems. The role will focus on ACH Modernization testing, including SaaS platforms, APIs, and batch/file based processing, with execution integrated into Azure DevOps pipelines.

Required Skills & Experience

Quality Engineering / Manual Testing / Automation Testing

• Experience owning test strategy, test plans, and test execution across SIT, UAT, and regression.
• Hands on experience creating and managing test plans, test cases, and defects in Azure DevOps (ADO).
• Strong manual testing experience for SaaS applications and complex, multi system workflows.
• Experience testing batch and file-based processing (financial or transactional systems preferred).
• Strong experience with backend / API automation testing (UI automation is secondary).
• Hands on experience with Java based automation frameworks.
• Experience using Maven, Git, and integrating automated tests into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to automate API flows, batch/file workflows, and regression scenarios.
• Selenium/UI automation experience is a plus, but not a primary requirement.
• Experience testing API driven integrations and validating end to end data flows.
• Experience in payments, banking, or financial services strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with ACH or batch oriented financial processing is a plus.

Benefits/Other Compensation

This position is a contract/temporary role where Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical benefits, dental benefits, vision benefits, 401K and Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit).