Product Testing Engineer

Prophecy Technologies

$95K — $115K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in test engineering, quality engineering, SDET, or a hybrid product/technical role delivering complex technology solutions.
  • Demonstrated ability to identify edge cases, negative scenarios, and requirement gaps early.
  • Hands-on experience authoring BDDs, acceptance criteria, and test cases with engineering teams.
  • Strong knowledge of Agile product delivery, including backlog refinement and Definition of Ready / Done practices.
  • Experience in financial services, payments, or transaction processing preferred.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills, capable of influencing and framing risk for decision-makers.
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguity, balancing proactive gap-hunting with reactive support.

Responsibilities

  • Review features and user stories to identify edge cases and requirement gaps.
  • Strengthen acceptance criteria and ensure clarity in business scenarios.
  • Partner with Engineering and QA to define behavior-driven scenarios and test cases.
  • Support validation activities throughout delivery and go-live phases.
  • Triage defects, reproducing issues, and providing risk assessments.
  • Consult with Product Owners to enhance feature and user-story quality.
  • Document edge cases and business logic into reusable artifacts for team knowledge.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements with options for remote work.
  • Professional development opportunities, including certifications and training.
  • Collaborative and inclusive company culture that values team input.
  • Health and wellness programs to support employee well-being.
  • Performance bonuses and recognition programs to reward contributions.
Full Job Description
Role Overview:

The Product Testing Engineer will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and readiness of product features by proactively identifying edge cases, negative scenarios, and requirement gaps. This position involves strengthening acceptance criteria, defining testable scenarios, and supporting validation activities throughout the entire delivery and go-live lifecycle. The engineer will partner closely with Engineering and QA teams, triage defects, and act as a consultant to Product Owners to enhance requirement quality.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Review features and user stories to identify edge cases, negative scenarios, and requirement gaps before development.
  • Strengthen acceptance criteria and readiness quality, ensuring business scenarios and logic are explicit and testable.
  • Partner with Engineering and QA to define behavior-driven scenarios (BDDs) and test cases, including combination coverage.
  • Support validation and readiness activities through delivery and go-live, confirming scenario coverage and environment readiness.
  • Triage defects as they arise, reproducing and characterizing issues and providing clear risk framing to support timely decisions.
  • Act as a consultant to Product Owners on feature and user-story authoring, improving requirement quality across the team.
  • Document edge cases, test scenarios, and business logic into reusable artifacts that strengthen team knowledge over time.

Required Skills:
  • 5+ years in test engineering, quality engineering, SDET, or a hybrid product/technical role delivering complex, highly integrated technology solutions.
  • Demonstrated ability to identify edge cases, negative scenarios, and requirement gaps early in the delivery lifecycle.
  • Hands-on experience authoring BDDs, acceptance criteria, and test cases in partnership with engineering teams.
  • Strong grounding in Agile product delivery, including backlog refinement and Definition of Ready / Definition of Done practices.
  • Experience in financial services, payments, authorization, or network/transaction processing preferred.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence without authority and frame risk clearly for decision-makers.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity and balancing proactive gap-hunting with reactive triage support.

Qualifications:
  • 6-7 years of experience in a relevant field.

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