Software Test Engineer

Strike

Software Test Engineer enhancing quality assurance processes for Strike's financial applications. Collaborating on testing strategies and driving automated testing innovations in a remote environment.

Posted 5/11/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $110,000 - $125,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidCloudCypressDistributed SystemsDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformiOSJestKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manual Testing Ownership: Immediately take ownership of critical manual testing responsibilities, ensuring the timely and high-quality release of our iOS, Android, and Web applications.
End-to-End API Testing: Take part in our E2E API testing, ensuring every backend service release is timely and high-quality.
Strategic Automation Drive: Dedicate significant time to researching, designing, developing, and implementing robust, scalable automated test frameworks and suites for UI, API, and integration layers.
Test Plan & Strategy Development: Develop and evolve comprehensive test strategies and plans for major features and critical product initiatives.
Shift-Left Quality Advocate: Embed quality practices earlier in the development lifecycle by collaborating closely with Product, Design, and Engineering teams from inception through deployment.
Performance & Reliability Contribution: Contribute to implementing and monitoring performance, scalability, and reliability testing.
Data-Driven Insights: Utilize telemetry, analytics, and crash reporting tools to gather insights into user behavior and identify areas for quality improvement.
Collaboration: Work closely with other team members, providing technical guidance and contributing to a culture of knowledge sharing and technical excellence within the engineering organization.
Customer-Centric Focus: Act as a strong advocate for the end-user, ensuring a seamless, intuitive, and consistent experience across all platforms.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum 3+ years of experience in Quality Assurance or Software Development Engineering in Test (SDET) roles
Experience in both manual and automated testing methodologies, with the ability to quickly master new features and build comprehensive test cases.
Strong expertise in test automation framework design and implementation for complex distributed systems.
Experience with Type Script
Experience with test automation tools and frameworks, such as Playwright, Cypress, Appium, XCUITest, Espresso, Jest, Pytest, K6, Maestro
Strong understanding of API testing principles and tools, such as Postman, OpenAPI/Swagger, gRPCurl
Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, such as GCP, and containerization technologies, such as Docker, Kubernetes
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into the development workflow
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen eye for detail and the ability to diagnose complex technical issues.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, comfortable working asynchronously in a remote-first, cross-functional team environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity in a high-growth startup
Health, dental, and vision insurance premium contributions; short & long-term disability insurance and basic life insurance
Cell phone and internet reimbursement
Flexible PTO, sick leave & parental leave
Access to a company 401k plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

manual testingautomated testingtest automation framework designAPI testingTypeScriptPlaywrightCypressAppiumXCUITestJest

Soft Skills

analytical skillsproblem-solving skillsattention to detailcommunication skillscollaboration skills