Role: QA Engineer Location: Hybrid / Remote / Flexible Reports To: QA Manager Job Type: Full-Time The QA Engineer works closely with business stakeholders, product specialists, QA leadership, and software engineers to understand requirements, develop test plans, execute functional and regression tests, and identify defects before release. In this role, you will also have the opportunity to design and implement a test automation framework that will be used by other QA engineers as the QA team grows. What You’ll Be Doing

• Work with business stakeholders, product specialists, and software engineers to understand business processes and software functionality.
• Analyze requirements and user stories to identify comprehensive test scenarios.
• Create test plans based on requirements, user stories, and existing application functionality.
• Write functional, system, integration, and regression tests using a test management platform.
• Create, organize, and execute test sets in the test management system to ensure full coverage based on release parameters.
• Identify, document, and track software defects using a defect tracking system, and work with software engineers to ensure timely resolution.
• Develop and maintain an automated test framework and test scripts to increase test coverage and release confidence.
• Identify ways to incorporate AI into the QA process to enhance efficiency, test coverage, and defect detection.
• Collaborate with the QA manager and other stakeholders to implement and improve QA processes.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

What You Bring

• 3+ years of manual QA and test automation experience.
• Experience with test management systems such as Quality Center, Tuskr, SpiraTest, or similar platforms.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated ability to investigate possible causes of a defect before submitting it.
• Strong test automation skills using tools such as Playwright, Selenium, or similar frameworks.
• Strong technical testing skills, including API testing, SQL query authoring, error log analysis, and the ability to hold technical conversations with software engineers.
• Google Cloud and Django experience is a plus.

Why 401GO? At 401GO, we’re not just changing retirement—we’re reinventing it. As a fast-growing fintech start-up, we’ve built the world’s most advanced, fully automated retirement platform to help hard-working Americans take control of their future. Here, innovation moves fast, ideas matter, and your work makes a real impact. You’ll enjoy a collaborative and supportive environment where great people do their best work together, backed by competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and plenty of opportunities for professional growth. If you’re ready to challenge the status quo and be part of something big, 401GO is the place to grow your career.

What We Offer

• A standout 401(k) plan (naturally!).
• Generous stock options—share in our growth and success.
• Flexible work environment—choose where you’re most productive.
• Excellent benefits, including medical, dental, and vision.
• Flexible hours—because great work doesn’t always happen 9–5.
• Plenty of PTO—we value work-life balance.
• A fully stocked kitchen when you’re in the office.

At 401GO, we invest in our people just as much as we invest in helping Americans secure their financial future. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We support a working environment that provides qualified employees and applicants with equal employment opportunity on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to race, color, creed, age, religion, gender (including pregnancy, gender identification and/or gender nonconformity) sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, genetic information, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. E04JI800lnui4097f0j