QA Engineer Opportunity at Stanford Federal Credit Union!
We’re on a mission to improve financial lives! If you’re a high-energy, compassionate, and collaborative individual with a desire to make a difference, we encourage you to consider joining our SFCU team! Members really do come first at Stanford FCU because we’re non-profit and owned by our members. Our members work for Stanford University or some of the most innovative companies in Silicon Valley—and we provide them with the most generous financial benefits in our industry.
Stanford FCU is a $4.5 billion company with a global reach of over 95,000 members in 90 countries and growing! Come grow with us and see what it’s like to work for a Bay Area Top Workplace. As our CEO says, “we work hard, and we play hard”, and we need your help to improve even more financial lives!
As a QA Engineer at Stanford Federal Credit Union, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the experience of our members. In addition to performing hands-on work, you’ll support the team by creating and executing test plans, writing automated scripts, and ensuring every release meets a high standard of reliability and customer value. You’ll test a broad set of features from digital web applications to backend batch jobs.
This role requires someone who’s passionate about quality, detail-oriented testing, and building automation that accelerates release velocity. We are looking for someone who thrives in a collaborative, mission-driven environment where our members come first.
Who YOU are:
- 3–5 years in QA with a focus on automation for web, APIs, and batch workflows.
- Experience creating and executing test cases for web applications, APIs, and backend processes (including batch jobs).
- Familiarity with testing JSON/XML, web services, and data validations.
- Strong understanding of SDLC, QA methodologies, and agile delivery.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent professional experience.
- Experience with automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, JUnit, Postman, or similar.
- Basic programming or scripting ability (JavaScript, or equivalent), knowledge of SQL.
- Demonstrated experience building or enhancing automation frameworks (UI and/or API), including reporting and CI integration.
- Experience contributing to automation framework design or optimization.
- Exposure to CI/CD tools and DevOps concepts.
- Experience validating mobile, responsive, or cross-browser behavior.
- Plus: Prior experience in banking or in financial services
What YOU’LL do:
- Create, maintain, and execute test plans, test cases, and regression suites across web features and backend/batch workflows.
- Build, extend, and maintain automated UI and API tests using modern frameworks; contribute to continuous integration of test execution.
- Test functionality, integration, system, regression, and UAT scenarios across both user-facing digital flows and non-UI batch processes.
- Prepare and manage test data used across projects to support accurate and repeatable test runs.
- Document, triage, and troubleshoot defects; collaborate with engineers to validate fixes and support root-cause analysis.
- Documents traceability from user stories/requirements → tests → defects; helps shape acceptance criteria with product/design/engineering.
- Work closely within a cross-functional team, contributing to quality strategy and participating in release readiness activities.
- Support continuous improvement of QA processes, automation frameworks, and testing standards.
Some of our benefits for YOU:
- 100% paid employee medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D and short-term disability insurance for the employee; 50% paid for dependents
- Quarterly incentives up to 10% of your salary (based on position)
- Employer 401(k) matching up to 5% plus additional annual discretionary contributions
- Education reimbursement up to $5,200/year
- Employee recognition program with cash incentives
- Commuter Toll reimbursement $100-$200/month (based on position)
- Wellness Benefits up to $1,200 per year
- Paid Sick Time accrues at two weeks per year
- Paid Vacation Time accrues at three weeks per year
- Paid Federal banking holidays (approximately 11 per year)
- Ongoing training and education, seminars, and conferences
- Loan rate discounts on some products (vehicle, mortgage and HELOC loans)
- Waived fees and deposit bonuses on Stanford FCU accounts
- Flex health/transit plan availability
- Employee Assistance Program with free benefits like counseling, help finding legal assistance and day care resources
If you are ready for this awesome opportunity (or know somebody who is) please contact us today!
Stanford Federal Credit Union provides competitive pay ranges based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities, qualifications needed for the position and external market pay for comparable positions.
Please Note: SFCU does not provide work visa sponsorship or accept visa transfers for any positions.
Stanford Federal Credit Union is an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.