Acorns · 12 hours ago
QA Engineer II
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
$155K/yr - $165K/yr
4+ years expAcorns is a financial wellness app that helps everyday people and families save and invest money for the long term. They are seeking a highly skilled Quality Assurance Engineer II to own the quality strategy for their Banking products, driving automated testing and continuous improvement within an Agile environment.
FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechWealth Management
Responsibilities
Own the Quality Strategy: You will maintain existing test cases in the automation suite to ensure they are stable, available, and consistently run in alignment with organizational metrics
Drive Automation: Work to meet the goal of increasing strategic automation coverage to 50% across all test types (unit, snapshot, integration, e2e) within your first six months, highly encouraged to use agentic and generative AI technology to achieve efficiency and scale
AI-First Acceleration: Proactively explore, prototype, and implement AI and automation tools (e.g., test case generation, anomaly detection) to maximize testing efficiency, quality, and velocity
Share Knowledge: Document and evangelize AI/ML-driven wins and best practices across the entire QA team and wider Engineering organization to accelerate overall productivity and maintain our AI-first culture
Reduce Risk: Confidently identify problems and propose solutions, taking on projects that identify and mitigate risk while measuring software quality. Your success will be measured, in part, by an improvement in escape rate / reducing incidents
Technical Delivery: Design and deliver test plans for a significant component, set of features, or service within the Banking domain. This includes creating and executing test plans for complex test scenarios
Integrate CI/CD: You will contribute to the team's goal of fully adopting Acorns' Continuous Delivery (CD) strategy in the next six months
Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner heavily with Product Marketing and Data Analytics/Engineering teams to ensure comprehensive product testing and data integrity
Mentorship: After six months, you will be expected to formally mentor a QAE through an internal process or present banking domain knowledge to the wider QA team
Lead Emerging Tech: Collaborate on developing and assuring emerging technology in the banking space, helping to solve complex technical challenges for the team
Qualification
Required
4–6+ years of software testing experience
2+ years of dedicated experience in the Banking or Fintech domain
Proficiency in backend/API testing as a primary focus, utilizing TypeScript and GraphQL
Proficiency in Mobile testing (secondary focus), utilizing Kotlin/Espresso and Swift/XCUI
Automated testing experience across various types (unit, integration, e2e)
Experience with at least one CI/CD platform: Harness, Spinnaker, GitHub Actions, or buildkite
Have worked in a Scrum-based Agile Development Model
Proficiency partnering with Engineering and Product teams
Hunger to deliver game-changing products
Exceptional drive and precision in delivery
A belief that your work is tied to your life's mission
Optimistic about the potential of societal change
Preferred
ISTQB or other certification is a plus
Web testing experience with Cypress
Experience with PNPM, TestRails, Docker/containerization, or Crypto/blockchain
Benefits
Competitive salary and stock options
A comprehensive benefits package for you and your family
Flexible work location, hours, and paid time off
401(k) matching
Monthly Acorns account contribution & GoHenry account for your family
Mindfulness and Financial Wellness resources, Headspace and Addition Wealth
Acorns Career Development Program (Ongoing training sessions, development plans, development check-ins, Cornerstone’s online training platform)
Roots Leadership Program for Emerging Leaders
Community week onsite gatherings and various virtual events
Company
Acorns
Acorns is a financial technology and services company that specializes in automated investments and robo-advice.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Acorns has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (6)
2024 (13)
2023 (17)
2022 (14)
2021 (11)
2020 (4)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$510.01MKey Investors
TPGThe Rise FundJacobs Asset Management
2022-03-09Series F· $300M
2019-08-19Series Unknown
2019-01-28Series E· $105M
Leadership Team
Noah Kerner
CEO & Chairman
B
Beau Sullivan
VP of Securities
Recent News
headline.com
2026-01-14
baincapitalventures.com
2025-12-29
Company data provided by crunchbase