Senior QA Engineer (Tax Prep Cluster)

About the role:

The Tax Prep Cluster is part of TaxDome’s core platform — the back-office hub for accounting firms. We manage the end-to-end tax preparation process, from collecting client data to delivering finalized tax returns. Our goal is to make the tax preparation experience seamless, automated, and AI-driven.

We are looking for a Senior Fullstack QA Engineer who combines a product mindset with a strong automation expertise - someone who understands the business and can analyze requirements, write test documentation, perform manual and automated testing and help others do the same.

You’ll work on:

• Intake Flow — smart document & data collection (questionnaires, checklists, automation)

• Tax Preparation Flow — validation and secure transfer to external tax systems

• Delivery Flow — finalized returns, e-signatures, and payments

Each flow uses AI-based document handling and LLM assistants to reduce manual work and improve accuracy.

Project stack: Ruby on Rails (6+), PostgreSQL, React, Typescript on the frontend, Docker, AWS infrastructure, implementing k8s; configured CI/CD on GitLab.

Automation stack: Ruby, RSpec, Capybara, SitePrism, Playwright

Your Responsibilities:

• Take part in all team meetings (daily standups, sprint planning, refinement, and retrospectives) to advocate for quality early in the process

• Analyze requirements before development - participate in Three Amigos sessions, clarify requirements, and help define acceptance criteria and test scenarios that cover all business acceptance criteria

• Perform manual testing, design test cases, document bugs, and decide what should be automated and at what level (Unit vs. API vs. UI)

• Analyze logs and monitoring data (AWS, S3, application logs) to diagnose issues and validate system behavior

• Design and maintain automated tests (API/UI/E2E) based on real business scenarios

• Integrate suites into CI/CD (GitLab), track flaky tests and automation debt

• Act as a "Quality Coach" for your team on QA best practices and a clean test architecture principles

Our expectations:

• 5+ years of experience in QA, with a balanced background in both Manual and Automation (Ruby or TypeScript preferred) Testing strategies

• Ability to read and understand Front-end and Back-end code to design effective test scenarios and spot logic errors

• Hands-on experience working with requirements, acceptance criteria, test design in a TMS and bug management

• Solid understanding of automation patterns, the Testing Pyramid, and best practices.

• Familiarity with CI/CD (GitLab) and containerized environments (Docker, K8s).

• Strong ownership, clear communication, and a proactive approach to product quality

Preferred:

• Experience specifically with RSpec/Capybara/SitePrism or Playwright

• Experience setting up or significantly improving QA processes in a team

• Basic understanding of non-functional testing (performance, security)

• Interest in AI-assisted testing tools

Why join us:

• Direct influence on the quality of one of TaxDome’s core products, used daily by thousands of accounting firms

• Use a practical automation stack: RSpec/Capybara (Ruby), Playwright (TypeScript), GitLab CI, Docker, K8s

• Be part of a product-driven process - from requirements to release

• Professional growth opportunities toward QA leadership or technical direction

• Remote-friendly culture, flexible schedule, and supportive engineering environment

Join us in shaping the future of document intelligence in fintech — your automation will power faster, safer releases for thousands of professionals.