Senior QA Automation Developer, Upgrade
Offering responsible credit to mainstream consumers
Open for applications
Offering responsible credit to mainstream consumers
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help our customers move in the right direction with responsible financial products that put more money in their pocket.
Role
Who you are
- Ability to develop test automation in Java using Selenium to utilize Integrated Development environments (IDE) such as IntelliJ or Eclipse
- 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, Selenium and headless browser executions
- Familiarity with log aggregators such as SumoLogic, Kibana, or Splunk, and app monitoring tools such as Honeycomb, or Grafana
- Experience writing SQL queries
- Passion for automating tests and delivering high quality features in a fast paced environment
- Comfortable working in Agile methodology
What the job involves
- Our QA Automation team has end-to-end ownership to build a 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 Automation Developer, 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
- Execute functional/performance tests by spinning up disposable environments on demand to deploy microservices with different versions and configurations, and customize database content
- Develop test automation at the pace of feature development utilizing our functional and performance test frameworks
- 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
- Plan, create, and implement strategies/solutions for feature validations and test automation
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 as a strategy 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. Upgrade also plans to expand beyond the U.S. in the future, which will represent new challenges for the business as it adapts to alternative regulations.
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Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Nov 2021
$280m
SERIES F
Aug 2021
$105m
SERIES E
Total funding: $547m
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 values
- Help: We help each other. We trust and care about each other. We welcome all team members and value the diversity of our team
- Improve: We are always learning. We are curious and ask why. We are open-minded and consider new ideas. We continually look to improve the way we operate
- Fast: We move fast. We launch products and process early, then test and iterate. We think ahead so that we are not rushing into things we are not prepared for. We work together to fix anything that breaks
- Own It: We act as owners. We enlist the help we need and follow through to the end. We acknowledge our mistakes and learn from them. We hold ourselves accountable as a team to reach our goals
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
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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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