Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer - Performance

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Great America Financial Services is a highly successful entrepreneurial company providing equipment financing to businesses across the United States. Our exemplary customer service, principle-centered business philosophy, and team-based operating approach are key to our success and growth.

Position Summary

Great America operates with cross‑functional product teams, empowering individuals to make well‑informed decisions that support both the company and its customers. We build innovative products and services that support our clients' growth. We are seeking a Senior QA Performance Tester to lead performance engineering initiatives for enterprise‑scale applications. The ideal candidate will design, execute, and optimize performance test strategies, mentor team members, and drive continuous improvement in our QA processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Define, develop, and maintain comprehensive performance test plans and automated scripts to validate system scalability and reliability.
• Lead execution of performance, load, stress, and endurance testing for critical business scenarios, including SaaS platforms, web applications, APIs, microservices, and full application workflows.
• Analyze test results, interpret key metrics, and produce detailed reports with actionable insights for stakeholders.
• Identify and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks across application tiers—frontend, middleware, and database—using advanced diagnostic techniques and monitoring strategies.
• Collaborate closely with development, architecture, and QA teams to resolve defects and optimize system performance for stability and efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with QA governance frameworks and support regression, functional, integration, and user acceptance testing as required.
• Mentor junior testers, provide constructive feedback, and lead knowledge‑sharing sessions to elevate team capabilities.
• Communicate test status, risks, and recommendations clearly and proactively to management and teams.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by evaluating emerging performance testing tools, methodologies, and best practices.
• Partner with product and engineering leadership to define performance benchmarks, SLAs, and capacity‑planning strategies for critical applications.
• Contribute to architectural reviews and provide input on scalability and reliability considerations during design phases.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 5+ years’ relevant experience in software quality assurance, including test case design.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience with performance testing.
• 5+ relevant financial services industry experience.
• 5+ years’ experience in Tricentis Neo Load, APM tools, CI/CD integration.
• 3+ years of experience with scripting languages.
• Strong analytical skills and detailed orientation.
• High level understanding of system architecture.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC, Agile methodologies, and QA lifecycle.

Preferred Computer Skills

• Experience with core software applications (Salesforce, Open Finance Platform, FiServ).
• Expert knowledge of MS Office products and design & development best practices.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Monthly bonuses for eligible employees.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Annual profit sharing.
• Paid time off.

Health, Wellbeing, and Family Planning Benefits

• Paid vacation (80 hours annually for new employees).
• Paid sick days (10 per year with conversion option).
• 10 paid holidays per year.
• Gym reimbursement.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Short‑ and long‑term disability.
• Company‑paid life insurance.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA).
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Parental leave.

Education and Career Planning Benefits

• Tuition assistance.
• Networking opportunities.
• Leadership development opportunities.

Perks

• Paid parking.
• Service awards.
• Hybrid work arrangements.
• Business casual environment.
• Strong organizational culture focused on employees.

If your experience aligns closely, please apply. We value diverse backgrounds and encourage you to apply if you can make a strong impact in this role at

Please note:

applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. We do not sponsor or take over employment visa sponsorship.

Seniority level
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Mid‑Senior level

Employment type
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Full‑time

Job function
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Quality Assurance