QA Tester

JOB DESCRIPTION

Who we are:

Farm Credit Bank of Texas is a $42.2 billion wholesale bank that has been financing agriculture and rural America for over 100 years. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, we provide funding and services to rural lending associations in five states, and we are active in the nation's capital markets.

While you may not be familiar with our name, Farm Credit Bank of Texas plays a critical role in supporting the businesses that make it possible for America to maintain access to an affordable and safe food supply, an industry which is one of the most innovative and evolving of our time. And while you help us deliver on our mission, we deliver on our commitment to you as a valued employee by providing competitive compensation, generous health and wellness benefits packages and an attractive workplace located along the bluffs of the Colorado River just minutes west of downtown Austin.

We seek out top talent in their fields, whether it be technology, finance, accounting, credit, human resources, legal, or other administrative functions, and welcome you to join us in our mission to feed the world.

Position Description:

The QA Tester is responsible for validating that software applications function as designed and meet business, technical, and user expectations before deployment. This role serves as a key contributor to software quality by performing structured and exploratory testing, identifying defects, verifying fixes, and ensuring a positive user experience across enterprise applications.

Working as part of an Agile development team, the QA Tester collaborates closely with software developers, business analysts, product owners, scrum teams, and business stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle. The role combines analytical thinking, attention to detail, and a customer-focused mindset to ensure applications meet functional requirements and quality standards.

The position focuses on manual testing execution, defect management, integration testing, acceptance testing, and quality validation activities across multiple enterprise platforms. The QA Tester plays an important role in helping teams deliver reliable, stable, and user-friendly software while promoting quality throughout the development process.

Operating with a high degree of accountability and ownership, the QA Tester serves as a quality advocate, helping identify risks early, improve testing processes, and support the successful delivery of business-critical technology solutions.

Day-to-Day Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, requirements reviews, design discussions, and product demonstrations to provide quality-focused input.
• Analyze business requirements, user stories, and use cases to develop comprehensive test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and supporting test data.
• Perform manual testing activities, including smoke testing, regression testing, exploratory testing, usability testing, integration testing, end-to-end testing, and cross-platform validation.
• Execute test cases and document testing results, outcomes, and observations in accordance with established quality assurance processes.
• Identify, reproduce, document, and track software defects while providing clear evidence, detailed reproduction steps, and impact assessments.
• Verify defect resolutions and perform retesting activities to confirm successful implementation of fixes.
• Communicate testing progress, quality metrics, risks, and release readiness to scrum teams and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with other product and technology teams to support system integration testing and ensure end-to-end functionality across platforms.
• Perform issue triage activities, analyze application behavior, and support rapid identification and resolution of production and pre-production issues.
• Coordinate and execute regression testing efforts associated with quarterly application releases and major system enhancements.
• Develop and maintain testing dashboards, reports, and coverage metrics to support project visibility and quality tracking.
• Partner with test automation resources to identify manual test scenarios appropriate for automation and support expansion of automated regression testing coverage.
• Review automated testing results and assist with analysis of failures, defects, and testing trends.
• Coordinate production verification activities and support deployment validation efforts.
• Work closely with business and technology stakeholders to support testing signoffs and successful software releases.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on testing methodol