Quality Engineer

**Job Description:** At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! **Job Description:** This job is responsible for testing and delivering complex software requirements to accomplish business outcomes, ensuring the testing strategy and processes are well-defined and continuously improved. Key responsibilities include establishing a test and automation strategy, creating common test frameworks, defining and managing test processes including test data generation, defect management and reporting. Job expectations include understanding and implementing internal/external mandate, ensuring compliance requirements are met on all levels of test environments, and manages traceability. The QA Engineer will ensure the delivery of high-quality software through comprehensive testing, automation, and quality best practices. The ideal candidate will have experience in manual and automated testing, defect management, and Agile delivery environments.   **Responsibilities:** * Creates and optimizes test processes including defect management and reporting * Creates and optimizes test automation frameworks and use of test automation tools * Leads test planning for complex features that span across the platform or multiple teams * Creates a test automation strategy across the application stack (UI, API, and Backend, etc.) * Ensures alignment and sign off for test cases from business and other stakeholders * Manages test execution and resolves, communicates or escalates any issues that may result in test plan variance * Designs test data and ensure data compliance requirements are met on all levels of test environments * Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and test strategies for application enhancements and new features. * Design, maintain, and enhance automated test frameworks and regression suites. * Perform functional, integration, API, database, and end-to-end testing. * Identify, track, and validate defect resolution throughout the SDLC. * Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Developers to ensure complete test coverage and quality outcomes. * Support test data management, environment readiness, and release validation activities. * Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, automation, and testing standards.  **Required Qualifications:** * 5+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance. * Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies and SDLC processes. * Experience with test automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or similar. * Experience testing APIs, databases, and enterprise applications. * Proficiency in SQL and data validation techniques. * Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. **Desired Qualifications:** * Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices. * Programming/scripting experience in Java, Python, or JavaScript. * ISTQB or equivalent QA certification. * Financial services or enterprise data platform experience is a plus. **Skills:** * Analytical Thinking * Business Acumen * Influence * Technical Strategy Development * Test Engineering * Automation * Collaboration * Solution Delivery Process * Solution Design * Stakeholder Management * Agile Practices * Application Development * Architecture * DevOps Practices * User Experience Design **Minimum Education Requirement:** Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience. **Shift:** 1st shift (United States of America) **Hours Per Week:**  40