Job Title:
Quality Assurance Manager
Location:
CA Santa Monica
What youll do:
Digital Disbursements (DD) is a fintech company led by a team with deep industry experience and a strong track record of value creation. We operate in the digital payments space and have a proven productmarket fit. We specialize in helping bring B2C payments to the digital age and are poised for significant growth in the months ahead. Digital Disbursements was acquired by Western Alliance Bank (NYSE:WAL) in January 2022 and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of WAL. The Quality Assurance Manager will be reporting to and working directly with the Chief Technology Officer.
As a Quality Assurance Manager youll be responsible for implementing and maintaining product quality at all levels while leading and managing a team of Quality Assurance engineers. In this role youll play a critical part in supporting Digital Disbursements business initiatives by ensuring superior software quality through rigorous testing methodologies.
Youll be a key leader in the development lifecycle overseeing multiple phases including business analysis test case design and documentation. Youll set priorities define testing strategies and ensure quality objectives align with business goals. In this role youll work closely with developers business analysts and product managers to ensure optimal results for new development the successful resolution of defects and overall software reliability.
Leadership & Team Management
- Lead mentor and manage a team of QA engineers providing direction performance feedback and career development guidance.
- Establish team priorities assign tasks and ensure deadlines are met while maintaining highquality standards.
- Define and implement QA best practices fostering a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including Development Product Management and Operations to align QA objectives with business goals.
- Manage resources and timelines for multiple concurrent projects ensuring efficient test .
Quality Assurance & Testing
- Develop and enforce QA standards policies and procedures across all programs.
- Design execute and maintain comprehensive test plans including manual and automated testing strategies.
- Identify document and track software defects to resolution ensuring optimal system performance.
- Validate that software meets business and technical requirements through detailed testing processes.
- Oversee security testing to ensure compliance with IT security policies.
- Monitor and improve test coverage reducing risks associated with software releases.
- Ensure compliance with SOC2 certification requirements and other industry best practices.
Collaboration & Process Improvement
- Work with business stakeholders to ensure software meets technical specifications.
- Participate in application planning meetings and provide QA insights to improve software design and functionality.
- Conduct code reviews walkthroughs and inspections in coordination with development teams.
- Promote the use of automated testing tools and frameworks to streamline testing efforts.
What youll need:
- 7 years of experience in the development life cycle of complex business applications.
- Strong knowledge of and experience with business/systems analysis and development of functional system specifications.
- Strong problem recognition and prioritization skills.
- Superior work ethics and sense of pride and ownership in completing assigned projects. thoroughly and in compliance with the requirements.
- 5 years of experience writing test plans on computer applications.
- Strong understanding of data integrity standards.
- Experienced in using automated testing tools and services.
- Strong understanding of HTML CSS and JavaScript.
- Strong understanding of React.js.
- Strong SQL Query experience.
- MySQL experience a big plus.
- Amazon Web Services experience a big plus.
- Strong experience using Azure DevOps.
- Ability to work in a small dynamic programming team.
- Able to work in a fastpaced environment.
Benefits youll love:
We offer all the important things youd want like competitive salaries an ownership stake in the company medical and dental insurance time off a great 401k matching program tuition assistance program an employee volunteer program and a wellness program. In addition youll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances giving you invaluable handson experience to help grow your career!
About the company:
Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona Alliance Association Bank Bank of Nevada Bridge Bank First Independent Bank and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.
Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race sex color religion age nation origin marital status disability protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying please email or call. When contacting us please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.
Western Alliance Bancorporation
Required Experience:
Manager