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QA Engineer at Lower

QA Engineer

Lower · Austin, TX, US

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QA Engineer

Lower · Austin, TX, US

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About the Role

We are seeking a QA Engineer focused on test automation to help scale quality across Lower’s products and engineering teams. You will work closely with our QA & SDET team and software engineers to turn product requirements and testing strategies into reliable automated test coverage. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys understanding how products work, identifying where they can break, and translating those scenarios into repeatable automated tests. You’ll work across modern web applications and APIs, using automation as the primary approach while also applying exploratory and manual testing where appropriate. You’ll partner closely with QA & SDET, Engineering, Product, and Design throughout the development lifecycle to help us ship software quickly without sacrificing quality.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain automated end-to-end tests using Playwright and TypeScript.
  • Build automated test cases using established frameworks, patterns, and quality engineering standards.
  • Translate product requirements, acceptance criteria, and user workflows into effective automated test coverage.
  • Expand and maintain regression, smoke, integration, and release-validation test suites.
  • Build and maintain automated API tests using Postman and code-based testing approaches.
  • Execute automated test suites, investigate failures, and distinguish product defects from test or environment issues.
  • Help ensure automated tests remain reliable, maintainable, and useful as our applications evolve.
  • Partner with QA, SDET, software engineers, Product, and Design to understand new features, requirements, and expected application behavior.
  • Participate in feature planning and identify testing scenarios, edge cases, and potential risks before development is complete.
  • Develop and document test plans for new features and releases.
  • Perform exploratory and manual testing when automation is not the appropriate solution.
  • Validate fixes and ensure defects are appropriately covered by regression testing.
  • Help integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and development workflows.
  • Identify gaps in automated test coverage and help prioritize opportunities for additional automation.
  • Monitor automated test results and troubleshoot flaky or unreliable tests.
  • Reproduce and document defects with clear steps and technical context for engineering teams.
  • Support investigation of production issues and help create test coverage to prevent regressions.
  • Identify application areas with recurring defects or higher quality risk.
  • Become an expert in the expected behavior of Lower’s mortgage applications and customer workflows.
  • Work with business and product stakeholders to validate critical financial calculations and mortgage workflows where accuracy is essential.
  • Collaborate with QA, SDET, and engineering teams to improve automation patterns, testing practices, and overall test effectiveness.
  • Provide feedback on automation frameworks and tooling based on day-to-day usage.
  • Look for opportunities to replace repetitive manual testing with reliable automation.
  • Explore AI-assisted testing tools and workflows that can improve test creation, maintenance, and coverage.
  • Contribute to a culture where quality is a shared responsibility across engineering teams.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience in QA Engineering, QA Automation, Software Testing, or a similar role.
  • Hands-on experience writing and maintaining automated tests for modern web applications.
  • Hands-on experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or a similar browser automation framework.
  • Experience using JavaScript or TypeScript to write and maintain automated tests.
  • Experience testing REST APIs using Postman or similar tools.
  • Strong understanding of testing fundamentals, including functional, regression, integration, smoke, and exploratory testing.
  • Ability to translate product requirements and user workflows into clear test scenarios and automated test cases.
  • Experience investigating failed automated tests and troubleshooting application, test, data, or environment issues.
  • Comfortable working closely with software engineers and understanding application behavior across frontend, backend, and API layers.
  • Experience working in an Agile software development environment.
  • Strong attention to detail with the ability to think through edge cases and unexpected user behavior.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly when documenting defects and collaborating with technical teams.
  • Hands-on experience specifically with Playwright and TypeScript.
  • Experience integrating or executing automated tests through CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with database validation and SQL.
  • Experience with performance or load testing.
  • Experience with accessibility testing.
  • Experience testing complex financial calculations or transactional workflows.
  • Experience with mortgage, fintech, financial services, or another regulated industry.
  • Experience using AI-assisted development or testing tools.

Skills

  • Playwright
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Postman
  • API testing
  • Automated testing
  • Regression testing
  • Smoke testing
  • Integration testing
  • Exploratory testing
  • Manual testing
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Database validation
  • SQL
  • Performance testing
  • Load testing
  • Accessibility testing
  • Agile methodologies

Location

  • Hybrid in Columbus, OH
  • Hybrid in Austin, TX

Work Type

  • Full-time
  • W2 employment

Experience Level

  • 2+ years of experience

Benefits

  • Extended benefit offerings including medical/dental/vision
  • Parental leave
  • Life insurance
  • Short- and long-term disability
  • Paid holidays
  • Paid time off
  • 401K with company match
  • Discount on home mortgage refinances or purchase

About the Company

  • We believe homeownership is one of the most powerful ways people can build long-term wealth.
  • Our mission at Lower is to make that path simpler, more accessible, and more connected.
  • We’re building a one-stop shop homeownership platform that brings together real estate, mortgage lending, technology, and local expertise.
  • Through Lower’s direct-to-consumer lending business, our nationwide retail branches, and our real estate platform Movoto, we meet people wherever they are in the homeownership journey.
  • We innovate through technology, but human expertise is what sets us apart.
  • Our approach combines a seamless online experience with experienced people.
  • Whether someone wants to handle most of the process online or work directly with a local loan officer or real estate agent, we’re building a platform that gives them the tools, expertise, and support to move forward with confidence.

Equal Opportunity

  • Lower provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
  • This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.