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Quality Automation Engineer at Yoh, A Day &… · Hybrid…
Mid LevelHybridContractHybrid work in Plano, TX$58–$58/hr
Job Description
Quality Automation Engineer (Python, SQL & API) is a Contract Opportunity for Fortune 500 Manufacturing Company
Hands-on Quality Assurance, Automation Engineer or SDET who enjoys testing complex backend systems, working with financial data, and building reliable automation solutions in a regulated enterprise environment.
Location: Plano, TX
Pay Rate: $58/hour W2
Work Arrangement: Hybrid – Wednesdays mandatory
Employment Type: 6-Month Contract with Potential Extension
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM CST
Position Overview We are seeking an experienced Quality Automation Engineer to support the development and testing of enterprise financial applications and backend services. This position requires a hands-on QA professional with expertise in Python automation, pytest, SQL, REST API testing, and financial data validation. The ideal candidate has experience testing complex transaction-processing systems, developing automated testing frameworks, and ensuring applications meet security, compliance, and internal control requirements. This role involves close collaboration with software engineers, business stakeholders, and compliance teams to deliver reliable, accurate, and audit-ready solutions.
Required Qualifications
Estimated Max Rate: $58.00
What’s In It for You?
We welcome you to be a part of the largest and legendary global staffing companies to meet your career aspirations. Yoh’s network of client companies has been employing professionals like you for over 65 years in the U.S., UK and Canada. Join Yoh’s extensive talent community that will provide you with access to Yoh’s vast network of opportunities and gain access to this exclusive opportunity available to you. Benefit eligibility is in accordance with applicable laws and client requirements. Benefits include:
Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Visit https://www.yoh.com/applicants-with-disabilities to contact us if you are an individual with a disability and require accommodation in the application process.
For California applicants, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. All of the material job duties described in this posting are job duties for which a criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
By applying and submitting your resume, you authorize Yoh to review and reformat your resume to meet Yoh’s hiring clients’ preferences. To learn more about Yoh’s privacy practices, please see our Candidate Privacy Notice: https://www.yoh.com/privacy-notice
Stay Safe During Your Job Search
Fraudulent recruiting communications have become increasingly common. Emails from Yoh recruiters will only come from an @yoh.com email address. Yoh will never ask candidates to pay fees, purchase equipment, send gift cards, or transfer funds as part of the recruiting or hiring process. If you receive a communication that appears suspicious or requests payment, contact Yoh directly before responding or sharing personal information.
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Hands-on Quality Assurance, Automation Engineer or SDET who enjoys testing complex backend systems, working with financial data, and building reliable automation solutions in a regulated enterprise environment.
Location: Plano, TX
Pay Rate: $58/hour W2
Work Arrangement: Hybrid – Wednesdays mandatory
Employment Type: 6-Month Contract with Potential Extension
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM CST
Position Overview We are seeking an experienced Quality Automation Engineer to support the development and testing of enterprise financial applications and backend services. This position requires a hands-on QA professional with expertise in Python automation, pytest, SQL, REST API testing, and financial data validation. The ideal candidate has experience testing complex transaction-processing systems, developing automated testing frameworks, and ensuring applications meet security, compliance, and internal control requirements. This role involves close collaboration with software engineers, business stakeholders, and compliance teams to deliver reliable, accurate, and audit-ready solutions.
Required Qualifications
- 3 years minimum hands-on software quality assurance, test automation, or software development engineering in test (SDET).
- Solid in developing automated tests using Python and Pytest / Py test/ Py-test
- Familiarity with FastAPI and Python-based backend services.
- Advanced SQL, including complex joins, subqueries, aggregations, and backend data validation.
- Experience testing financial applications, banking platforms, payment systems, fintech solutions, or other regulated transaction-processing environments.
- Hands-on experience testing REST APIs and backend integrations.
- Experience with SOX compliance, internal controls, access controls, or audit-related testing.
- Understanding of financial reconciliations, transaction processing, and data accuracy requirements.
- Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of functional, regression, integration, negative, and end-to-end testing methodologies.
- Design, develop, and execute automated test scripts using Python and pytest to validate backend applications, APIs, and financial workflows.
- Develop comprehensive test plans and execute functional, regression, integration, end-to-end, and nonfunctional testing.
- Write complex SQL queries to validate financial calculations, transaction records, account balances, and reconciliation processes.
- Perform REST API testing using Postman, REST Assured, or comparable automation tools.
- Validate financial transaction lifecycles, including transaction processing, approvals, exceptions, and status changes.
- Test internal controls, including segregation of duties, role-based access, approval workflows, and unauthorized transaction scenarios.
- Support SOX compliance testing by maintaining detailed test documentation, traceability, and audit-ready evidence.
- Validate event-driven architectures, asynchronous messaging, message sequencing, error handling, and transaction processing reliability.
- Test integrations between financial platforms, microservices, databases, and third-party systems.
- Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing and application releases.
- Investigate application defects using SQL queries, API responses, system logs, and test execution results.
- Collaborate with developers, business analysts, accounting teams, and compliance stakeholders to resolve defects and improve testing coverage.
- Maintain test scripts, test data, execution reports, defect records, and supporting documentation.
- Experience testing Java-based microservices or distributed applications.
- Familiarity with Playwright or other modern automation frameworks.
- Experience with PostgreSQL, AWS, or cloud-based financial applications.
- Knowledge of Kafka, asynchronous messaging, or event-driven architectures.
- Experience validating financial valuations, pricing calculations, or accounting-related transactions.
- Experience testing immutable audit logs, approval controls, and transaction traceability.
- Understanding of Agile/Scrum development methodologies.
Estimated Max Rate: $58.00
What’s In It for You?
We welcome you to be a part of the largest and legendary global staffing companies to meet your career aspirations. Yoh’s network of client companies has been employing professionals like you for over 65 years in the U.S., UK and Canada. Join Yoh’s extensive talent community that will provide you with access to Yoh’s vast network of opportunities and gain access to this exclusive opportunity available to you. Benefit eligibility is in accordance with applicable laws and client requirements. Benefits include:
- Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Benefits (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
- Health Savings Account (HSA) (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
- Life & Disability Insurance (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
- MetLife Voluntary Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 401K Retirement Savings Plan
- Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll
- Referral Bonus Programs
- Certification and training opportunities
Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Visit https://www.yoh.com/applicants-with-disabilities to contact us if you are an individual with a disability and require accommodation in the application process.
For California applicants, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. All of the material job duties described in this posting are job duties for which a criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
By applying and submitting your resume, you authorize Yoh to review and reformat your resume to meet Yoh’s hiring clients’ preferences. To learn more about Yoh’s privacy practices, please see our Candidate Privacy Notice: https://www.yoh.com/privacy-notice
Stay Safe During Your Job Search
Fraudulent recruiting communications have become increasingly common. Emails from Yoh recruiters will only come from an @yoh.com email address. Yoh will never ask candidates to pay fees, purchase equipment, send gift cards, or transfer funds as part of the recruiting or hiring process. If you receive a communication that appears suspicious or requests payment, contact Yoh directly before responding or sharing personal information.
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