Senior QA Engineer, Digital Banking

The role

JOB SUMMARY: The Senior QA Engineer is a hands-on tester responsible for writing, executing, and debugging tests across our digital banking ecosystem. This is an individual contributor role; however, it requires working closely with offshore QA Engineer - guiding coverage, reviewing work, and raising the quality bar of the whole team through your own example. This role builds and maintains automated test suites in C#/Selenium, executes manual and exploratory testing, and digs into failures to root cause. The Engineer partners with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Business Units.

What you will do

Personally design, write, and execute manual and automated test cases across web, mobile, and API layers
Designed and executed backend test cases using custom SQL queries to validate complex business logic and ensure data integrity.
Build and maintain UI automation in C# with Selenium WebDriver, Playwright with JavaScript and API tests with tools such as Postman, RestSharp, and Swagger
Run automated suites, analyze results, and troubleshoot and fix failing tests - including flaky-test cleanup
Conduct end-to-end testing to validate business, technical, and functional requirements
Guide and mentor offshore QA analysts – assigning and reviewing coverage, pairing on complex scenarios, and coaching on standards and tooling
Serve as a technical point of reference for QA practices, helping define and continuously improve how the team tests
Write and maintain test data; keep test environments usable and dependable
Contribute test automation into CI/CD pipelines and help keep pipeline test stages green
Partner with QA analysts, Product, Engineering, Operations, and Business Units to ensure requirements are testable and quality expectations are aligned
Identify, document, and communicate defects, risks, and testing gaps clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Influence release readiness decisions with clear, evidence-based quality assessments
Evaluate and apply modern testing and AI tools (e.g., ML-based self-healing automation, prompt-assisted test generation) where they make our testing faster and more reliable
Ensure testing is executed in compliance with all relevant regulations, standards, and policies
Provide regular, transparent status updates and meet testing milestones
Manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
Hands-on first: write test scripts, run suites, triage defects, test releases
Technical leadership without a reporting line:

Posted pay

Pay not posted

Location

Remote

Work type

Remote

Level

Senior

Experience

8+ years

Skills in the job text

Posted

Oct 14, 2026

Last check

4 h ago

Job type

Software engineering

The role

What you will do

Personally design, write, and execute manual and automated test cases across web, mobile, and API layers
Designed and executed backend test cases using custom SQL queries to validate complex business logic and ensure data integrity.
Build and maintain UI automation in C# with Selenium WebDriver, Playwright with JavaScript and API tests with tools such as Postman, RestSharp, and Swagger
Run automated suites, analyze results, and troubleshoot and fix failing tests - including flaky-test cleanup
Conduct end-to-end testing to validate business, technical, and functional requirements
Guide and mentor offshore QA analysts – assigning and reviewing coverage, pairing on complex scenarios, and coaching on standards and tooling
Serve as a technical point of reference for QA practices, helping define and continuously improve how the team tests
Write and maintain test data; keep test environments usable and dependable
Contribute test automation into CI/CD pipelines and help keep pipeline test stages green
Partner with QA analysts, Product, Engineering, Operations, and Business Units to ensure requirements are testable and quality expectations are aligned
Identify, document, and communicate defects, risks, and testing gaps clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Influence release readiness decisions with clear, evidence-based quality assessments
Evaluate and apply modern testing and AI tools (e.g., ML-based self-healing automation, prompt-assisted test generation) where they make our testing faster and more reliable
Ensure testing is executed in compliance with all relevant regulations, standards, and policies
Provide regular, transparent status updates and meet testing milestones
Manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
Hands-on first: write test scripts, run suites, triage defects, test releases
Technical leadership without a reporting line:

What you need

Bachelor's degree required; Computer Science degree preferred
Minimum of 8 years of hands-on QA/testing experience, including 4+ years actively building test automation. Candidates must be currently hands-on in code - this role writes and maintains tests daily
Proficient writing automation in C# with Selenium WebDriver
Strong hands-on API testing experience (Postman, RestSharp, Swagger)
Experience writing complex SQL queries
Experience integrating and maintaining automated tests in CI/CD pipelines
Mobile automation experience for iOS and Android (Appium preferred)
Working knowledge of performance testing tools such as JMeter
Exposure to containerization (e.g., Docker) for test environments
Experience with ML-based self-healing automation tools and/or prompt engineering for test generation is a plus
Demonstrated experience mentoring or technically leading QA team members, including distributed or offshore teams
Ability to lead by influence – earning trust with engineering and product partners and driving quality standards without formal authority
Experience in the financial services industry, preferably in a bank or other financial institution
Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain technical findings to non-technical partners and build lasting stakeholder relationships
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Outstanding problem-solving and time management skills
Self-motivated, self-directed, and results-oriented
Adaptable and able to multitask in a fast-paced environment
Can work independently and within a team; solution-oriented with a collaborative approach

The pay range for this position is below. The specific rate will depend on the successful candidate’s qualifications and prior experience. $125,000 (entry level qualifications) to $150,000 (highly experienced).

Remain in a stationary position
Use hands and fingers
Utilize a computer monitor with visual acuity
Operate technology or other office machinery such as printers, scanners, etc.
Communicate clearly verbally and/or in writing with others

ADDITIONAL DUTIES: For Forbright Bank to remain efficient and nimble as a growing organization, team members are expected to exhibit a high level of flexibility regarding any duties that may be situationally assigned outside of this job description.

Pay and benefits

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
4 weeks PTO
401k + company match
Metro SmartTrip benefits ($50/mo)
Remote or hybrid (4 days per week in-office) work schedules for most positions
Incentives for purchasing solar panels, electric vehicles, biking to work, etc.
Paid subscriptions to Veterans Compost, Capital Bikeshare, Imperfect Foods reimbursement, and more!
The Washington Post Top Workplaces winner for four consecutive years (2023-2026)

Core principles

Excellence: Excellence is not a goal, but a standard, reflected in the precision of our work and the quality of our decisions. Excellence is a discipline that compounds over time and creates lasting value; it must be measured and managed.
People: Our people are our greatest strength. We foster a culture of respect, inclusion, and ambition - where everyone matters. We celebrate collaboration and teamwork and prize loyalty - to one another, the company, our mission, and values.
Innovation: We invest boldly in technology, harnessing innovation not for its own sake but to make banking and lending better, faster, and smarter for our clients, more efficient for our team, and more profitable for our shareholders. By combining human insight with technological excellence, we strengthen our ability to serve, to adapt, and to succeed in a changing world. Innovation is a continuous investment in new ideas.
Sound Practices: Our foundation rests on prudence, care, integrity, and discipline. We manage credit and business risk with rigor and fundamentals-based judgment, act with transparency, and uphold the highest standards of corporate governance and regulatory compliance to ensure sustainable growth and enduring financial strength.
Distinct Value: We focus our energy where we add value. We avoid the commoditized and the ordinary, choosing to compete through insight, specialization, technology and service. By concentrating on areas where expertise matters and relationships endure, we create differentiation that is defensible and lasting.
Clients: We exist to advance our clients’ success and to help them grow. We listen deeply, think creatively, and deliver solutions that solve problems, drive impact and add value. Every client relationship is built on partnership, performance, and purpose.
Shareholders: We are committed to creating exceptional value for our shareholders. We invest for the long term and view our shareholders as partners – not observers - in value creation. We allocate capital wisely, execute with precision, and continuously adapt our business model to pursue the most attractive, risk-adjusted returns. We work to make rational decisions, avoid unnecessary complexity, maintain strong liquidity and capital, and communicate with clarity and honesty. We measure success both by current performance and by the durability and quality of the long-term value we build.
Communities and the Environment: We believe prosperity and responsibility go hand in hand. We invest in inclusive opportunity and environmental stewardship. Our goal is simple - to do our part build a brighter, more sustainable future for the communities we serve and the world we share.

Employment with Forbright Bank is at-will, which means that either you or the Company may terminate the relationship at any time.

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Senior QA Engineer, Digital Banking

The role

What you will do

Senior QA Engineer, Digital Banking

The role

What you will do

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Core principles

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