Senior Software QA Engineer

What you will do as a Senior Software QA Engineer:

• Lead test strategy, planning, and execution across new features, enhancements, and platform releases
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable automated test frameworks to improve reliability, coverage, and release velocity
• Partner cross-functionally with developers, product managers, designers, and infrastructure teams to ensure quality is embedded throughout the development lifecycle
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies, providing QA insights during sprint planning, stand-ups, and reviews
• Own regression testing strategy and release validation across environments and deployments
• Validate backward compatibility and ensure consistent functionality across versions and production configurations
• Ensure browser and device compatibility across supported environments
• Evaluate system integrations and complex customer workflows across interacting product features
• Perform performance, scale, load, and security testing to identify risks and bottlenecks
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid, reliable releases
• Triage defects, manage bug tracking, and partner with engineering to drive timely resolution
• Define and monitor quality metrics, providing visibility into product health and release readiness
• Provide mentorship, establish testing best practices, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement

What we're looking for:

• Strong expertise in software quality engineering, including test strategy, automation, and release validation
• Deep experience designing and maintaining automated testing frameworks using modern tools
• Experience validating complex distributed systems, integrations, and customer workflows
• Demonstrated ability to drive quality initiatives across the full software development lifecycle
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automated testing integration
• Ability to work autonomously in complex problem spaces while partnering effectively across teams
• Proven experience identifying systemic quality risks and driving scalable solutions
• Strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills
• Ownership mindset with accountability for product quality from design through release and ongoing iteration
• Passion for continuous improvement, experimentation, and raising engineering quality standards

Our tech:

• Testing Frameworks & Automation
• WebdriverIO, Playwright, Appium, Jasmine, TypeScript, Node.js
• Infrastructure & Cloud
• AWS (including S3 and ADX), Azure Kusto, Kubernetes, Jenkins
• Testing & Observability Tools
• BrowserStack, Metabase, Sentry, LaunchDarkly
• Data & APIs
• GraphQL and REST

Our Proof Pillars:

• Proof has a strong focus on mentorship, with regular 1:1s, reviews, and check-ins to ensure that you are learning & growing as an engineer. Your manager will help you set personal goals, support your learning, and track your progress against those goals, to encourage you in the growth of your career, wherever it may take you. 
• You'll be part of a small, cross-functional team with a highly collaborative process that values thoughtful communication, not just with other engineers but with all parts of the organization. 
• We’re a startup with big plans, and there’s so much to do. Whether it’s an antiquated legal process, an edge-case user interaction, a quirky piece of code, or unnecessary friction in the CI/CD process, we show up every day with the goal of digging in and leaving something better than we found it.

Our engineering culture:

• Pave the Way: When obstacles arise, we break through barriers with passion and perseverance. We lead with creativity and forward-thinking. We aim to set new standards and shape the future in a repeatable, scalable way so the path to success is easier for our team to follow.
• Own It: We embrace the responsibility that comes with supporting life's most important transactions. When a problem arises we relentlessly pursue the solution with a 'Yes before no' attitude. Because every problem and every transaction is treated like it's our own.
• Act with Integrity: We are in the business of building trust and it is at the core of everything we do. We are honest and transparent with our customers, each other and ourselves. If we make a mistake, we own up to it right away and do what it takes to make it right. Our dedication to security and compliance is key to earning trust, fighting fraud and ultimately, our success.
• Play to Win: We believe excellence is about always striving to be better so when we get it wrong, we iterate, we learn and we grow. We know we can only go so far alone, we're better together and collectively, we win!

Some of our great benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Life insurance, long and short-term disability coverage
• 401k Plan with a 4% match, beginning on your hire date
• Unlimited Sick and Vacation time
• 14 paid company holidays
• 2 company Chillax weeks (Summer & Winter)
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• 4 week sabbatical after 5 years of continuous full time employment
• Health Reimbursement Arrangements for fertility and gender affirmation
• Lunch on Proof through Grubhub credit
• Monthly work from home stipend
• Professional development credit
• Monthly reimbursement for Wellness
• And more!