The opportunity

Altruist is in the midst of an exceptional growth phase and we're excited to hire a Senior QA Engineer to join our growing Engineering team.

In this role, you will own quality across our user-facing platform and the internal systems behind it, spanning the browser experience, API behavior, and data layer. You will lead exploratory manual testing and automation efforts to help ensure a fast, reliable, and scalable product experience. This is a hands-on opportunity for someone who can uncover meaningful defects through thoughtful testing and build durable automation that keeps regression coverage strong as the product evolves. Working closely with Engineering, Product, and cross-functional partners, you will develop testing strategies for both core platform capabilities and AI-powered features to support high-quality feature delivery at scale.

Your impact

• Own end-to-end functional testing across UI, API, and database layers
• Partner with Engineering and Product teams to define test cases, clarify requirements, and ensure high-quality feature delivery
• Build and maintain test automation frameworks in Java using Playwright and Selenium for UI coverage, and REST Assured and Postman for API coverage
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines so failures surface early and reliably
• Design and execute test plans for AI-powered features
• Use Jira to manage test cases, track defects, and support efficient agile workflows
• Leverage AI coding assistants such as Claude and Cursor to accelerate test script development, generate test data, and improve defect triage and reporting
• Identify quality gaps in processes and systems and champion continuous improvement across the testing function

What you bring

• Experience - 5+ years of experience as a QA Engineer or Software Test Engineer, ideally within a B2B financial services, fintech, or SaaS organization
• Strong hands-on manual testing experience across UI and API, with a demonstrated ability to uncover meaningful defects through exploratory testing
• Experience building, maintaining, and executing test plans in partnership with cross-functional teams
• Experience working in agile environments with a regular release cadence
• Experience testing across the full stack, including browser-based applications, APIs, and backend systems
• Hands-on experience designing and maintaining automated regression coverage
• Education - B.A. / B.S. in Computer Science or a related field
• Technical aptitude - Proficiency with SQL and comfort validating data directly in the database; proficiency with Java or another object-oriented language; hands-on experience building automation with Selenium or Playwright, plus REST Assured and Postman
• Ownership - Takes accountability for product quality end to end and proactively drives testing strategy, execution, and follow-through
• Superb communication - Communicates clearly with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to clarify requirements, surface risks, and drive alignment
• Resilience - Thrives in a fast-paced environment, adapts to changing priorities, and maintains a high bar for quality under pressure
• Assurance - Brings sound judgment and confidence to testing decisions, defect triage, and release readiness recommendations
• Creative problem solving - Finds practical, scalable solutions to quality challenges and uses both exploratory thinking and automation to improve outcomes

Bonus points if you bring

• Experience testing AI-powered applications, including chatbots, assistants, or other LLM- or ML-based systems
• Familiarity with brokerage or investment domain concepts such as margin, options, account types, and trade lifecycle

Los Angeles, CA salary range

$170,000-$215,000 USD

What we bring

Attracting and retaining top-tier talent is a priority. We are proud of the culture we've built and are cognizant of the ever-changing professional landscape. Our dynamic offering of perks and benefits are tailored for you to feel your best while doing your best.

• Stunning, amenity-filled office spaces in Culver City, CA, San Francisco, CA, and Dallas, TX. Our offices are intentionally designed for comfort, collaboration, and productivity.
• Competitive pay and equity for eligible positions.
• Premium healthcare, dental, and vision insurance plans (HMO and PPO).
• 401k savings plan with a 4% match and immediate vesting.
• 16 week paid parental leave after one year of employment.
• Professional growth and development opportunities including an employee mobility program and an annual L&D budget allocation for each employee.
• Company perks program (includes discounts on pet insurance, fitness, cell phone plans, and travel, etc.).
• Financial guidance program (includes counseling on navigating debt, tracking personal spend, saving and planning goals, home-purchasing preparedness, etc.).
• One month work from anywhere policy (with the exception of a few countries).

Total compensation includes a competitive benefits package, along with equity in the form of Stock Options (ISOs) for eligible roles. For salaried positions, a salary offer will be determined by a number of factors including experience, skill level, internal pay equity, geographic location, and other relevant business considerations. We review all employee pay and compensation programs regularly to ensure fair, equitable, and competitive pay. At Altruist, we are committed to providing fair, equitable, and competitive compensation by leveraging market data to inform our pay bands. Base salaries will be reviewed at regular intervals throughout the year, typically in conjunction with performance review cycles. By evaluating compensation on a regular basis, we are able to reward high performance and ensure all employees have opportunities for growth.

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Altruist we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role, but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.