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Location: Philadelphia, PA 1 day onsite per week to start; moving to 2 days onsite long term
Employment Type: Permanent / Direct Hire / Full-time
Salary: up to $90K (depending on experience)
Work Authorization: Only candidates who do not require sponsorship now or in the future will be considered
Benefits:
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, vision, life, and supplemental insurances)
- Short- and Long-Term Disability (STD/LTD)
- HSA & FSA options
The Role:
We are seeking a QA Analyst to join our Philadelphia-based technology team. This is a hands-on role where you will own testing responsibilities end-to-end across multiple projects. You will be the primary QA on most initiatives, independently leading test planning, execution, and reporting for client-facing and internal applications, as well as integrations with third-party systems.
This position is ideal for a detail-oriented professional who thrives in smaller teams, takes ownership of QA processes, and brings strong technical depth across both backend and middleware testing.
What You ll Do:
- Independently plan, coordinate, and execute manual and automated test initiatives across 3 4 concurrent projects.
- Validate client-facing applications, internal IT systems, and integrations with external applications.
- Review requirements for testability, create test plans, design test cases, and develop regression suites.
- Execute backend and middleware testing with SQL, XML, JSON, and APIs.
- Lead defect review sessions, log/facilitate issue resolution, and coordinate with developers and project managers to ensure quality delivery.
- Produce clear test metrics, reports, and sign-off documentation.
- Ensure adherence to QA methodology covering functional, regression, integration, performance, and user acceptance testing.
Required Experience:
- Bachelor s degree or equivalent experience.
- At least 4 years of software testing experience, including significant independent QA ownership.
- Strong SQL skills with hands-on experience verifying and validating backend data.
- Proficiency in testing APIs and interpreting/manipulating XML and JSON files.
- Solid understanding of web architecture, protocols, and data exchanges.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work across multiple projects independently with minimal supervision.
Preferred Experience:
- Experience testing financial applications or working in financial services environments.
- Familiarity with Agile methodology.
- Experience testing mobile applications.
- Hands-on experience with test automation tools.
- Exposure to Azure DevOps, LSEG T1, financial planning tools, or wealth management platforms.