Candescent is the leading cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for financial institutions. We are transforming digital banking with intelligent, cloud-powered solutions that connect account opening, digital banking, and branch experiences for financial institutions. Our advanced technology and developer tools enable seamless, differentiated customer journeys that elevate trust, service, and innovation. Success here requires flexibility in a fast-paced environment, a client-first mindset, and a commitment to delivering consistent, reliable results as part of a performance-driven, values-led team. With team members around the world, Candescent is an equal opportunity employer.
Position Summary
We are seeking talented a Quality Engineer who is passionate about delivering high-quality software and championing a culture of quality throughout the product development lifecycle. These individuals work closely with Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers to plan, build, and execute testing strategies that ensure technical solutions are effective, user-centric, and aligned with business goals. From large-scale features to the smallest details, Quality Engineers play a vital role in validating functionality and driving continuous improvement across teams.
Ideal candidates thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments and bring a balanced mindset of precision and progress. They take ownership of the entire product experience—from concept to operation—by simplifying complexity, upholding engineering excellence, and shipping meaningful improvements frequently. With a commitment to mentorship, peer collaboration, and process refinement, they continuously seek out new ideas and opportunities to raise the bar for quality and innovation.
Product Mission
Our mission is to deliver a leading, end-to-end consumer banking experience through a mobile-first, intuitive, and secure digital platform that enables financial institutions to personalize and scale services to meet their customers' evolving needs
Product Vision
Our vision is to design and evolve a leading digital banking experience that simplifies financial tasks, empowers users with insights and control, and gives financial institutions the flexibility to launch, manage, and grow. With personalized experiences, a best-in-class feature set, and continuous innovation, we future-proof users through emerging technologies and ecosystem advancements.
Key Areas of Responsibility
Develop testing plans, frameworks, test cases, and test scripts
Execute unit, automated, and manual tests and code reviews
Document and track defects with clear reporting on severity and resolution status
Product Strategy, Vision, and Planning
Participate in agile planning events by offering quality-focused insights during PI planning, sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives
Work with Product Owners, Engineers, and Designers to define quality objectives, identify risks, and promote early testing practices
Help define acceptance criteria and develop comprehensive test strategies including scope, environments, metrics, and reporting
Product Design and Development
Collaborate with Engineers to ensure applications are testable and include effective logging, monitoring, and observability
Create and execute test cases for smoke, integration, regression, and UAT testing
Conduct manual and automated tests to validate functionality and identify edge cases and error handling issues
Log, prioritize, and track bugs while working with Engineers on debugging and resolution
Develop and maintain automated tests as part of CI/CD pipelines with DevOps support
Apply best practices, engineering tools, and emerging technologies to enhance quality and delivery
Contribute to process improvement and team testing workflows
Performance Measurement and Optimization
Monitor quality metrics such as defect and change failure rates to identify improvement opportunities in testing and delivery processes
Qualifications
5+ years of experience in QA using automated testing for APIs and systems
Expertise in smoke, integration, regression, and UAT testing, and test automation tools such as Java, JavaScript, Postman, Newman, Cucumber, JMeter, Selenium
Skilled in building test strategies for UI, APIs, and service layers in highly transactional systems
Experience with Agile methodologies and troubleshooting complex issues quickly and effectively
Proficiency in BDD, ATDD, TDD, and related practices
Strong understanding of test frameworks, test planning, and execution for both manual and automated testing
Excellent collaboration and communication skills for working with cross-functional teams
Strong analytical skills for reviewing technical specs, log files, and identifying high-risk areas
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, including MS SQL Server and Oracle
Familiarity with cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure, and AWS
Experience using SCM tools like Git and SVN
Demonstrated leadership, high standards, and a results-driven mindset with a passion for innovation
Preferred Product Specific Qualifications / Skillsets
Automate end-to-end flows for fintech user journeys (onboarding, KYC, account opening, payments, transfers, statements, card management, etc.).
Validate handling of sensitive data (masking, secure input, tokenization) and compliance-related UI (disclosures, consent, terms) in automated checks.
Experience testing embedded web views or hybrid apps in a fintech or white-label context.
Design, implement, and maintain automated test suites for native and/or cross-platform mobile apps (e.g., Appium, Espresso, XCUITest, Detox, or similar).
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for mobile test execution (device farms, emulators/simulators, parallel execution, reporting).
Automate regression, smoke, and critical-path flows with clear assertions, waits, and failure reporting.
Statement to Third Party Agencies
To ALL recruitment agencies: Candescent only accepts resumes from agencies on the preferred supplier list. Please do not forward resumes to our applicant tracking system, Candescent employees, or any Candescent facility. Candescent is not responsible for any fees or charges associated with unsolicited resumes.
