Senior QA Engineer
Polly
Quality Assurance
San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted on Apr 12, 2025
Who You Are:
You're an experienced QA professional with deep knowledge of the mortgage industry, particularly in loan origination. You know the ins and outs of platforms like LOS, pricing engines, or lock desk systems, and you’re confident in manually testing complex, business-critical workflows. You thrive in fast-paced environments and are eager to work alongside a team that values collaboration, precision, and continuous improvement. Your attention to detail ensures the delivery of high-quality, reliable software that supports the mortgage ecosystem.
If this sounds like you, we’d love to connect.
What You’ll Do:
- Own the quality assurance process for mortgage-focused features, with a strong emphasis on manual testing of Loan Origination Systems (LOS) and related platforms.
- Translate business requirements into clear and detailed test plans and test cases.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to understand workflows across loan origination, pricing, and lock desk operations.
- Execute manual test cases and document outcomes thoroughly.
- Identify, log, and track bugs to resolution using approved tools and processes.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including daily standups, sprint planning, and requirements walkthroughs.
- Act as a champion for quality across the development lifecycle, especially where mortgage specific logic is involved.
What You Have:
- 5+ years of experience testing web-based or SaaS applications, with a focus on manual testing.
- Direct experience with mortgage platforms such as Loan Origination Systems (LOS), pricing engines, or lock desk tools.
- Strong knowledge of mortgage workflows and business logic.
- Ability to design, document, and execute detailed test cases aligned to industry-specific requirements.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working in Agile product teams.
Extras You Bring:
- Experience at a SaaS fintech startup.
- Exposure to or interest in contributing to test automation initiatives.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Math, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field.
Why Join Polly?
- We are attacking a trillion-dollar market with gross inefficiencies and seeking to transform the way an entire industry operates
- You will have an impact on the design, architecture and implementation of markets that are often called the engine of US economy
- We value drive for excellence, independent thinking, teamwork and curiosity
- You will work with both government backed and industry leading companies to create a digital pipeline that facilitates real time trading of loans
- We have an experienced leadership team that previously built large and impactful platforms
- Outstanding opportunity for professional growth and upward mobility
- Direct engagement with the decision makers and senior business leaders
- Competitive salaries
- 100% paid medical/vision/dental/disability/life insurance
- Unlimited PTO
Let's get to know each other.
Polly has pioneered the next generation of mortgage capital markets technology with its cutting-edge, data-driven platform. Its enterprise-grade solutions, including the industry's only cloud-native, commercially scalable product, pricing, and eligibility (PPE) engine and first-of-its-kind Polly/™ AI platform, empower the nation's top banks, credit unions, and mortgage lenders to increase profitability, automate workflows, and revolutionize the loan officer and broker experiences. As a mortgage technology trailblazer, Polly is committed to driving meaningful value and ROI through best-in-class innovation that enables unlimited configurability, flexibility, granularity, and scalability. Polly was founded by a seasoned team of mortgage capital markets and technology experts and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Recognized as a pioneer in mortgage capital markets, as well as in culture and career development, Polly was named to Forbes' America's Best Startup Employers in 2025. This evaluation was based on three key criteria: Employer Reputation, Employee Satisfaction, and Company Growth.
To learn more, follow Polly on LinkedIn or visit www.polly.io. Polly is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy status, disability status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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