Sr. QA Engineer (Bangalore, India)

About this role

At Edelman Financial Engines (EFE), our purpose is to guide people with the financial advice they need to thrive.

We believe that every dollar saved represents a lifetime of hard work and aspirations, and every dollar invested has a job to do for our clients. That’s why we are committed to managing our clients’ investments by truly understanding them as people first and then delivering advice, strategies and solutions to help them feel confident about the plans they are making, whether for today, tomorrow, or in the great unknown future. Our goal is to build long-term relationships based on respect, integrity, and a belief that our responsibility is to help people make smart investments decisions in every stage of their lives.

Our culture is grounded in our CORE values: Client First, One Team, Respectful Candor, and Endless Curiosity. These values guide everything we do, for our clients and each other. We are committed to moving forward together. If you are inspired by purpose-driven work and a collaborative, values-led culture, we invite you to explore a career with us.

As a Senior QA Engineer on the financial profile team, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, reliable, and scalable products, services, and applications.

In addition to an earnest desire to help people, we are looking for the ideal candidate to complement the team’s existing talents. For this Senior QA Engineer role, we are seeking a candidate with proven hands‑on, technically strong QA professional with enterprise‑level experience who can advance our quality practices, automation strategy, and adoption of AI‑assisted testing capabilities. If you are a problem solver with strong technical judgment and a passion for quality, this may be an opportunity for you!

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the test strategy, test design, and validation of key components and features across services, APIs, and applications built using Java (Spring), cloud‑native architectures, and AWS technologies.

• Own end‑to‑end quality for assigned systems, including functional, integration, data, and non‑functional testing.

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites (API, service, and UI) as an integral part of the development process.

• Analyze existing architectures and solutions to identify quality risks, gaps, and opportunities for improvement, including performance, reliability, and data integrity concerns.

• Leverage AI‑assisted development and tools (e.g., Copilot, LLM-based test generation) to accelerate test case analysis, exploratory testing, and defect analysis, while applying sound engineering judgment to validate AI‑generated outputs.

• Partner with developers during design and code reviews to ensure testability, automation coverage, and maintainable solutions.

• Validate data flows and integrations using SQL and other techniques to ensure accuracy and consistency across systems.

• Monitor production quality signals and contribute to root‑cause analysis and continuous improvement efforts.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in QA, SDET, or Quality Engineering roles in enterprise environments.

• Strong experience testing RESTful APIs and backend services built with Java and Spring.

• Hands‑on experience building and maintaining automated test frameworks.

• Proficiency with SQL and relational databases such as SQL Server; experience validating data in NoSQL systems such as DynamoDB is a plus.

• Experience testing distributed systems, microservices, and cloud‑based applications.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into build and deployment workflows (e.g., Jenkins or similar tools).

• Experience using or adopting AI‑assisted development or testing tools (e.g., copilots) to improve productivity, while maintaining accountability for quality.

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to assess risk and prioritize testing efforts.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical…