Sr Quality Assurance Engineer

Powering the world’s payments ecosystem

ACI powers the payments ecosystem – globally, and you power ACI.You’ll innovate, collaborate, and grow – in an energetic technology culture with decades of proven success.ACIers – in all roles and levels – are truly your colleagues and many are your friends. Our size and reach allow you to see the global impact of your work. You are visible, your talents are valued, and you are empowered to shape the future of payments.

As a Sr Quality Assurance Engineer in Timisoara, Romania you will join a diverse, passionate team, dedicated to powering the world’s payments ecosystem!

The purpose of the Sr Quality Assurance Engineer is:

Assist in requirement design and validation. Validate software products through the use of systematic tests to develop, apply and maintain quality standards for company products. Develops and executes software test plans. Analyzes and writes test standards and procedures. Maintains documentation of test results to assist in validation and modification of software. Analyzes test results to ensure existing functionality and recommends corrective action. Ability to lead automation efforts and ability to make automation framework decisions. Executes and provides feedback to engineers, architects, and product management on performance, load and stress tests that determine platform and application capabilities of the end-to-end system. Interacts with Vendors, Customers, and internal Sales and Support organizations.

A typical day at ACI for a Sr Quality Assurance Engineer is:

• Involved in the design of product and project requirements. Identify test approaches, coverage, requirement gaps and risks. Ensures quality measures are included in the initial project design.

• Writes detailed test strategies and plans, making full use of different test estimation techniques in assessing best balance of coverage and efficiency for a project. Contributes directly to project estimation efforts.

• Writes detailed test scripts to test the functionality of the proposed system. Performs risk analysis on the various components of the system to determine how to use testing resources most effectively.

• Ensures requirements traceability in the team and identifies areas for improvement.

• Preparation and management of complex test environments and test data conditions.

• Focuses on solution oriented approach and identifies complete end to end testing needs involving multiple parts of a product and system.

• Manages the validation test phase including executing scripts, monitoring testers, logging and tracking problems found, and regression testing any changes made to the system.

• Able to design and manage automated test approach for projects and ensure that manual tests are automated using suitable tools and framework for the product.

• Reviews and approves the Integration Test Plan and Procedures produced by the product Quality Solution Expert/QE Lead. Validates the completion of Integrated Testing. Consults with development engineers in resolution of problems and suggest functional solutions.

• Develops technical training for ACI staff and customers.

• Develops, executes and analyzes the output from scripts that capture application and platform quality metrics.

• Provides Performance and Architecture support and guidance to product teams.

• Provides the Sales organization sizing support for potential customers requesting ACI products on ACI supported hardware platforms.

• Troubleshoots errors found in the test environment with minimal help from Development teams.

• Configures complex software solutions by following user guides and manuals instead of waiting to get helped by experts.

• Analyzes defects functionally and technically before assigning them to Development teams

• Supports project managers and other stakeholders to complete projects within schedule, without compromising quality.

• Raises quality issues to right levels of management using established channels of escalation.

• Perform other duties as assigned

• Understand and adhere to all corporate policies to include but not limited to the ACI Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience needed to succeed in this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience in software testing.

• 5+ years Quality Assurance and/or systems testing experience is required.

• Experience in working with Test Management and Defect Management Tools.

• 3+ years Test automation experience.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience needed for this role:

• Understanding and experience with platform and operating system architecture.
• Relevant software quality certification preferred.

Core Capabilities:

We seek colleagues who embody our core capabilities — these shape our culture and enable us to make a meaningful impact together:

• Ensure Accountability: holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.

• Drives Results: consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.

• Customer Focus: building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

• Cultivate Innovation: creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.

• Collaborates: building partnerships and working collaboratively with others.

• Courage: stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Romania on a full-time basis. This position does not offer sponsorship for employment visa status or work permit now or in the future.

In return for your expertise, we offer opportunities for growth, career development, and a competitive compensation and benefits package—all within an innovative and collaborative work environment.

Are you ready to help us transform the payments ecosystem? To learn more about ACI Worldwide, visit our web site at

ACI Worldwide is an AA/EEO employer in the United States, which includes providing equal opportunity for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities, and an EEO employer globally.

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