Junior QA Tester (App Development)

FSSI - Financial Statement Services Inc.|Santa Ana, CA|Full-time|Entry level

Opening its doors over 45 years ago, FSSI is a leading document outsourcing company servicing Fortune 500 companies in the financial, banking, insurance and billing industries across the U.S.

We are currently looking for a Junior Software Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer to join our Software Development team in Santa Ana, CA. This position is responsible for working with IT and Management to define, implement and enforce QA and security best practices for Application Development. This position will continuously review and enhance setups and workflows for production applications while ensuring all development changes are properly tested prior to release.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

  • Identify inefficiencies with applications quality setups or workflows and implement efficient and effective solutions
  • Establish and enforce standard QA practices for the IT Team, ensuring that applications are tested for quality and security before release
  • Design and execute test plans and peer review checklists for code deployments
  • Perform all types of software testing including UI, UX, security, unit, integration and performance testing, utilizing software testing tools as needed
  • Build and maintain reliable CI/CD pipelines that automate quality and security testing, including Static Application Security Testing (SAST), unit tests, integration tests and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
  • Assist with updating security and QA related software to the latest stable release
  • Maintain software documentation to ensure technical accuracy, compliance, or completeness
  • Provide support, guidance, and education to FSSI employees regarding software QA
  • Lead projects related to Application Development QA enhancements

Requirements

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology or related field preferred. 2-5 years as a Software Development QA Engineer or related role
  • Experience working in Software Development or DevOps groups
  • Experience using DevOps and QA software, including CI/CD, centralized logging and automation tools
  • Proficient in Git best practices
  • Experience with computer programming principles, including programming languages, software development methods, and platforms
  • Ability to understand, explain, and optimize the software development lifecycle
  • Proven ability to improve the quality processes within a Software Development environment
  • Fundamental knowledge and experience with SQL databases, python, JavaScript libraries and .NET frameworks.
  • Experience testing and running source code and applications using software testing tools
  • Experience in Automation frameworks

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands and/or fingers to grasp, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision required by this job include close, distant, and peripheral vision, and focus adjustments.

Benefits

Why Join Us?

  • Employee Ownership through our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP): When you join our team, you're not just an employee—you become an employee-owner, sharing in the success of our company and shaping its future
  • Culture of CARE for our Employees: We go beyond traditional health and wellness programs, offering in person and virtual Care Partners whose only mission is the health and happiness of our employees and their families

Benefits include:

  • 401(k) & Roth + Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance
  • Vacation, sick leave and paid holidays - including your birthday!
  • Employee Assistance & Care Programs
  • Additional perks & employee award programs

Ready to grow with us? Apply today!

Hiring Pay Range (hourly paid): $24.04 - 31.25 ($50k - $65k annually)

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex or gender, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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Key challenge: This Santa Ana-based entry level QA role seeks candidates who can handle QA and security testing within CI/CD-enabled workflows. The local talent pool for junior QA with automation and security testing experience is competitive in Southern California, making outreach and screening more time-consuming and important.

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Key Skills
QA TestingAutomation FrameworksCI/CDSAST/DASTPythonSQL
Location Radius
Prioritize candidates within roughly 25-50 miles of Santa Ana (Orange County, LA Basin, Inland Empire); consider local candidates with willingness to commute and remote options as a secondary path.
Experience Level
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