Senior Software Engineer in Test

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer in Test who brings a builder’s mindset to quality engineering. You’ll be a hands-on senior engineer and mentor who helps shape our test automation strategy alongside our Principal Software Engineer in Test, raises the bar for engineering quality across the products you support, and partners closely with engineering and product to embed quality from the start. You’ll write code, build and extend test infrastructure, and influence how a team of 3-5 engineers thinks about reliability and correctness at scale. If you’re energized by hard technical problems, care deeply about craft, and want to help shape how quality scales at a growing fintech, this is the role for you., * Shift Left on Quality: Partner with engineers and product managers early in the development cycle to define testability requirements, acceptance criteria, and risk-based test strategies before a line of code is written.

• Build and Maintain Test Automation: Build, extend, and help maintain the frameworks, tooling, and CI integration the team’s testing runs on - taking ownership of key areas and evolving them within the technical direction set with our Principal SET.
• Test Across the Spectrum: Design and execute functional, integration, regression, and load/performance test automation, using k6 or Gatling for performance and Cypress/Postman for functional and API coverage, so we catch issues at the right layer.
• Innovate on Process: Identify and eliminate bottlenecks in the testing lifecycle. Champion adaptive QA practices that scale with rapid iteration without slowing down delivery.
• Elevate the Team: Be a senior technical voice and mentor for QA engineers. Share your expertise generously, raise the quality of the work around you, and contribute to a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
• Drive Metrics That Matter: Partner with the engineering lead to define and track meaningful quality signals - automation coverage, test reliability, bug escape rates, and feedback loop speed - and use data to continuously improve.

• Align with Business Goals: Build testing practices that support compliance, security, and reliability standards while staying tightly aligned with Akoya’s product and engineering objectives.

• Automation reliability and coverage - high pass rates, meaningful coverage, less reliance on manual regression
• Faster feedback loops - test results that unblock engineers, not delay them
• Quality influence - bugs caught earlier, fewer escapes, and engineering teams that proactively think about testability
• Team elevation - QA engineers who are more capable and confident because of your mentorship and example

• 7+ years in software testing or quality engineering, with at least 2+ years in a technical lead or senior IC capacity
• Deep proficiency with Cypress, Node.js, Docker, Bitbucket Pipelines, Postman, WireMock, K8s, and AWS
• Experience with load/performance testing - k6, Gatling, or similar
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, cloud environments, and shift-left testing principles
• Experience designing and scaling test infrastructure in agile, high-growth SaaS environments
• Ability to communicate clearly across engineering, product, and senior leadership - translating quality risk into business impact
• Ownership-driven, collaborative, and biased toward action

The expected base salary for this role is $xxx,xxx to $xxx,xxx. The actual base salary offered takes into account the candidate’s work location, relevant education, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other factors. Base salary is one component of the total compensation package, which includes employer-subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage, company-sponsored life insurance, 401(k) matching, flexible PTO, and paid parental leave. Some roles may be eligible for a performance-based bonus.

Candidates who receive offers must complete successful criminal background, drug, and credit screenings.

Akoya is a financial data access network, backed by major financial institutions, that connects banks with the apps and services consumers use to manage their money. Our platform uses standardized APIs and consumer permissioning, so people can share their financial data safely without handing over their usernames and passwords. We’re a collaborative, fast-paced team with deep expertise across banking, securities, fintech, and data aggregation, and we’re working to make financial data sharing safer and more transparent for everyone.