Senior Quality Assurance Automation Developer, Upgrade

Home Equity Line of Credit

Salary not provided

+ Stock option plan

SQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Java

Linux

Kibana

Jenkins

Selenium

Grafana

Maven

Gatling

Git

REST API

Playwright

Senior and Expert level

Remote from Canada

Offering responsible credit to mainstream consumers

Be an early applicant

Offering responsible credit to mainstream consumers

1001+ employees

FintechB2CBankingLendingCredit cardsSaaS

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

+ Stock option plan

SQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Java

Linux

Kibana

Jenkins

Selenium

Grafana

Maven

Gatling

Git

REST API

Playwright

Senior and Expert level

Remote from Canada

1001+ employees

FintechB2CBankingLendingCredit cardsSaaS

Company mission

To help our customers move in the right direction with responsible financial products that put more money in their pocket.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Ability to develop test automation in Java using Selenium/Playwright to utilize Integrated Development environments (IDE) such as IntelliJ or Eclipse, with and without Coding assistants
Experience in deploying services in various environments such as Kubernetes, using deployment tools like ArgoCD and Jenkins
Capability to improve efficiency of existing test infrastructure using Docker, Playwright and headless browser executions
Familiarity with log aggregators such as SumoLogic or Kibana, and app monitoring tools such as Honeycomb or Grafana
Passion for automating tests and delivering high quality features in a fast paced environment
Comfortable working in Agile methodology

What the job involves

We are seeking a Senior QA Automation Developer to join our team who has end-to-end ownership to build a new quality product. Through automation and functional testing, they validate a variety of products to offer our customers a seamless banking experience
As a Senior QA Engineer, you will work directly with our product teams and will participate in application specification reviews and architectural design sessions by providing input from a quality standpoint. You will also identify testing strategies for various features and functionalities
Within your first year, you will develop an understanding of how to deliver high performing software at pace of development. You will work in an environment that promotes ownership at all levels including configuring and monitoring apps in production
Develop test automation at the pace of feature development utilizing AI tools and our functional and performance test frameworks
Utilize LLMs to create feature test plans and internal knowledge stores for streamlining AI tools usage for Automation and Deep testing efforts
Define custom AI workflows to enable all developers to test new features using existing automation tests, evaluate test failures, and troubleshoot environment issues
Execute functional/performance tests by spinning up disposable environments on demand to deploy microservices with different versions and configurations, and customize database content
Customize, configure, patch services, and deploy infrastructure and code changes all the way through to production
Analyze log files and troubleshoot production issues by automating and reproducing them in a non-production environment
Collaborate with QA platform to create solutions for feature validations and test automation for your product

Our take

Most credit cards don't encourage the owner to pay down their debt. The longer it takes to pay off the balance, the more money lenders are set to make. Upgrade is an online lender and card issuer doing things differently. The company offers personal loans and credit cards, but with a fixed instalment structure and a set number of equal payments. This ensures the balance reduces every month.

The company believes this model reduces default rates, as borrowers are forced to pay down rather than maintain their debt, and it encourages a greater commitment to repay the balance. Further, by combining the ease of a Visa card with the fixed payments and decreased rates of a personal loan, Upgrade sets itself apart from competitors.

In 2021, Upgrade launched its mobile banking and debit card to onboard new customers and increase loyalty. The fixed-rate nature of the company's cards is expected to be of use to customers in future years in an environment of rising rates. Off the back of impressive growth milestones in 2025, the company raised $165 million in Series G funding, raising its valuation to $7.3 billion, a comfortable position for a future IPO.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Led by a woman

Top investors

18% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.1)

Trustpilot (4.6)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Oct 2025

$165m

SERIES G

Nov 2021

$280m

SERIES F

Total funding: $712m

Company benefits

Stock option plan
100% paid coverage of medical, dental and vision insurance
Flexible PTO
Opportunities for professional growth and development
Paid parental leave
Health & wellness initiatives

Company HQ

Financial District, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Renaud Laplanche

(Co-Founder & CEO)

After an MBA at London Business School, Renaud spent 5 years as an Associate at Clearly Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and co-founded MatchPoint. They then left Oracle after a year to co-found Lending Club in 2006 and co-founded Upgrade in August 2016.

Adelina Grozdanova

(Co-Founder & Head of Investor Group)

Adelina started their career with 6 years at Morgan Stanley after a degree at Princeton. They left banking in 2012 to join Lending Club as VP, and after 3 years co-founded Upgrade, serving as Head of Investor Group since 2016.

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