Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Chicago Extruded Metals (CXM) is a fully remote company focused on financial products. The Full-Stack QA Engineer will own and continuously improve product quality by testing new features, identifying defects, creating automated tests, and collaborating with teams to resolve quality issues.
Responsibilities
- Develop strong product and feature knowledge to independently test assigned product areas
- Deliver reliable, consistent, and clearly documented testing outcomes
- Take end-to-end ownership of quality across assigned product areas throughout the development and release lifecycle
- Support and expand automated test coverage across agreed product areas
- Perform thorough functional, integration, API, regression, and exploratory testing of assigned features and product areas
- Review requirements and acceptance criteria to identify quality risks, gaps, and unclear behavior
- Document defects clearly, including reproduction steps, expected results, actual results, and supporting evidence
- Develop and maintain automated test scripts for assigned product features and regression scenarios
- Investigate failed or unstable automated tests and improve test-suite reliability
- Continuously build product and technical knowledge by reviewing relevant documentation and project updates
- Ask timely and relevant questions to clarify requirements, risks, and expected product behavior
- Collaborate with developers, product managers, and the QA Lead to investigate and resolve quality issues
- Participate in release validation and clearly communicate quality risks before deployment
- Use approved AI tools to improve productivity, accelerate testing activities, and streamline day-to-day QA work
- Demonstrate active engagement and ownership of product quality throughout the development and release lifecycle
Skills
- Strong ownership of and accountability for product quality
- Meticulous attention to detail and a strong quality assurance mindset
- Genuine interest in the product and motivation to understand how its features and underlying systems work
- Ability to consider the broader product context rather than focusing only on individual test steps
- Commitment to improving the product and continuously developing as a QA specialist
- Practical experience in web application testing
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and switch effectively between different tasks
- Experience developing and maintaining automated tests
- Ability to use approved AI tools effectively to improve testing quality and productivity
- Experience developing and maintaining automated tests (E2E: TypeScript/JavaScript with Playwright; API integration testing: Python)
Benefits
- Competitive base salary with eligibility for performance-based bonuses.
- Take meaningful ownership of product quality while working on complex financial products and engaging features in a fully remote company.
- Develop automation and AI capabilities through practical day-to-day application, with direct opportunities to improve testing processes and product outcomes.
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