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FloQast · 4 days ago

Staff Quality Engineer

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$144K/yr - $216K/yr

8+ years exp

FloQast is the leading Accounting Transformation Platform in accounting workflow automation. The Staff Quality Engineer will define and drive quality strategies across the engineering organization, collaborating closely with developers and product managers to ensure reliable and high-standard releases.

AccountingB2BEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Define and own quality strategies, standards, and practices for complex product and platform initiatives

Drive test architecture and tooling — from automated frameworks to CI/CD quality gates

Lead cross-functional quality initiatives that span multiple engineering teams

Act as a technical mentor to other QEs and developers around quality best practices

Collaborate closely with Dev, PM, and UX to shift quality left and catch issues early

Design and implement robust automation for UI, API, and backend systems

Design and implement performance, load, stress, soak, and scalability tests for backend services built on Node.js and MongoDB

Define and automate Non-Functional Requirements (NFR) validation in CI/CD pipelines

Build and extend performance testing frameworks using tools like k6, Artillery, Gatling, JMeter, or custom Node.js scripts

Conduct system profiling and analyze results using tools such as Coralogix, Prometheus, Grafana, etc

Establish performance SLAs and ensure services meet them in production-like environments

Contribute to overall test strategy, especially where performance and resilience intersect with functional quality

Analyze production issues and work with stakeholders to improve monitoring, observability, and incident prevention

Qualification

Software Quality EngineeringTest Automation FrameworksPerformance TestingCI/CD IntegrationJavaScript/TypeScriptJavaMongoDB Performance TuningHTTPRESTSystem Resource UtilizationStakeholder CollaborationCollaboration with DevPMLeadership in QualityCloud-native ArchitecturesContainerized ApplicationsCommunicationTechnical Mentorship

Required

8+ years in Software Quality Engineering, including experience leading quality for major products or platforms

Strong coding skills in JavaScript/TypeScript or Java — with a deep understanding of modern test automation frameworks (e.g., Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, REST-assured)

Deep knowledge of software testing methodologies, performance/load testing, and systems-level thinking

Track record of influencing engineering culture and product quality through leadership and collaboration

Comfortable working in a hybrid setup with the ability to meet onsite with engineering leadership in the Bay Area

Hands on experience with tools like Artillery, JMeter, Gatling

Hands-on experience with MongoDB performance tuning and profiling

Deep knowledge of HTTP, REST, microservices architecture, and event-driven systems

Solid understanding of system resource utilization (CPU, memory, disk, network) under load

Experience integrating performance tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Harness)

Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration