Software Developer in Test - Assistant Vice President

iCapital is looking to hire a Software Developer in Test to work on the iCapital platform. This individual will bring practical knowledge of agile development methodologies and engineering best practices. This role will work closely with the Development and Testing team. The ideal candidate is a combination of a hands-on test engineer who has some managerial experience, and who can understand existing automation test frameworks and has an ability to enhance and implement the same and should also be able to work with other engineers and product managers to support feature-based testing.

Responsibilities

Build and implement robust automated test suites for API and backend services.; Integrate automated test suites into existing GitLab CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.; Maintain and improve automation frameworks to accommodate evolving system architecture, including blockchain based components.; Collaborate with developers, product managers, and DevOps engineers to ensure testability and quality across distributed systems.; Create and manage defect workflows integrated with tools such as JIRA, ensuring clear communication and traceability.; Define, track, and publish meaningful QA metrics to support automated test development, execution, and overall quality reporting.; Build and maintain performance and load testing suites for critical backend services and smart contract interactions where applicable.; Perform all types of testing as needed like Functional, API, Automation, Performance, and Integration testing.; Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, tooling, and best practices within an Agile environment.

Requirements

7+ years of experience with QA engineering delivery experience with strong focus on backend or API testing; 5+ years of delivery within Agile SDLC teams ideally with CI/CD; Strong experience testing REST APIs, backend microservices, and distributed systems; Solid understanding of CI/CD tooling and pipelines, especially GitLab CI/CD; Experience with Java, Playwright, Behave, Postman/REST Tools, JMeter or similar performance tools; Experience with Gitlab, Git, Jenkins, and Docker

Nice to have

Experience working with blockchain technologies (i.e. smart contracts, distributed ledgers, blockchain node interaction) is preferred; AI Integration experience is preferred; Exposure to banking or finance environments is preferred; some managerial experience

Benefits

Equity; Annual performance bonus; Employer matched retirement plan; Generously subsidized healthcare with 100% employer paid dental, vision, telemedicine, and virtual mental health counseling; Parental leave; Unlimited paid time off (PTO)