QA Staff Engineer

Position Overview

• Location Type: 100% Remote
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Salary: $120,000 - $170,000

Swish Analytics is a sports analytics, betting and fantasy startup building the next generation of predictive sports analytics data products. We believe that oddsmaking is a challenge rooted in engineering, mathematics, and sports betting expertise; not intuition. We're looking for team-oriented individuals with an authentic passion for accurate and predictive real-time data who can execute in a fast-paced, creative, and continually-evolving environment without sacrificing technical excellence. Our challenges are unique, so we hope you are comfortable in uncharted territory and passionate about building systems to support products across a variety of industries and consumer/enterprise clients.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Strong experience with API testing tools such as Postman, RestAssured, or SoapUI.
• Proficiency in test automation frameworks like Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
• Solid knowledge of programming languages such as Go, Rust, JavaScript, or Python for test automation.
• Hands-on experience with performance testing tools like K6, JMeter or Gatling.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and working in a CI/CD environment.
• Experience with test management and defect tracking tools like Jira, TestRail, or similar.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Strong leadership abilities with a proactive and detail-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead the QA team in designing, implementing, and executing test strategies for APIs and web applications.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts for API and UI testing.
• Establish and enforce best practices for software testing, including test planning, execution, and defect tracking.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure comprehensive test coverage and early detection of defects.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and performance testing.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines to integrate automated testing into the development workflow.
• Mentor and coach QA team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Analyze test results, identify trends, and provide recommendations to improve product quality.
• Stay updated on the latest testing tools, trends, and methodologies to enhance QA processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with security testing and best practices.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Understanding of microservices architecture and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with contract testing using tools like Pact.

Company Information

Swish Analytics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All candidates who meet the qualifications will be considered without regard to race, color, religion,