IT Quality Assurance Engineer

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We're looking for an IT Quality Assurance Engineer who enjoys preventing issues before they affect customers. In this role, you'll work alongside Product, Engineering, and DevOps teams to improve software quality, increase automation coverage, and help deliver reliable technology solutions across the business. If you enjoy troubleshooting complex systems, challenging assumptions, and building smarter testing processes, you'll have a direct impact on how Maverik scales its technology for the future.

Why this role matters:

We're looking for someone who can help us move beyond manual testing and build a more scalable quality assurance practice. Your work will directly improve release quality, reduce production issues, and support the technology that powers hundreds of Maverik locations.

Location/Schedule:

This role is based at our Salt Lake City Headquarters with a 4-day hybrid in-office schedule and 1 work-from-home day per week.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Defines test strategies, test plans, and quality gates for new features, releases, and business-critical workflows.
• Leverages AI-assisted tools, where appropriate, to improve test design efficiency, regression prioritization, and defect analysis while maintaining strong engineering judgment and test quality.
• Designs, builds, and maintains scalable automated test frameworks and reusable test assets across UI, API, integration, and backend layers using modern tools and engineering best practices.
• Develops and executes a balanced testing approach that includes functional, integration, regression, exploratory, and performance validation to support reliable, high-quality releases.
• Partners with product, engineering, and DevOps teams early in the delivery lifecycle to clarify requirements, improve testability, and embed quality into solution design.
• Integrates automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and supports continuous testing practices that provide rapid feedback, reduce regression risk, and improve release confidence.
• Creates and maintains test data, test environments, and release validation documentation, including test evidence, defect summaries, and known issue reporting.
• Analyzes test results, defect trends, and quality metrics to identify systemic risks, perform root-cause analysis, and drive continuous improvement in testing effectiveness.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to reproduce, troubleshoot, prioritize, and resolve defects, ensuring issues are clearly documented and tracked to closure.
• Stays current with industry trends, tools, and best practices in software quality engineering and contributes to the ongoing improvement of QA processes, standards, and methodologies.

Qualifications: Education

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience preferred

Qualifications: Experience

• 3+ years of experience in software quality assurance and testing.
• Experience designing and executing manual and automated tests across functional, regression, integration, and exploratory testing areas.
• Hands-on experience with automation frameworks and tools for UI, API, and backend validation.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and supporting continuous testing practices.
• Working knowledge of Agile delivery methodologies, defect management processes, and test lifecycle best practices.
• Proficiency in SQL and experience validating data integrity across integrated systems.
• Experience with test management and defect tracking tools such as Jira or similar platforms.
• Knowledge of automation tools e.g. Eggplant, Selenium, Appium, APIdog, Playwright or similar tools.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and root-cause analysis skills.
• Exposure to AI-assisted testing, cloud-based applications, or performance testing is preferred.

Qualifications: Team Member Leadership Skills

• Communicates clearly and respectfully with peers and leaders. Adjusts messaging based on audience and listens actively to ensure shared understanding.
• Takes initiative to meet individual goals and deadlines. Stays focused on priorities and follows through to completion with minimal prompting.
• Demonstrates self-awareness and responds thoughtfully in interactions. Approaches others with empathy and contributes to a respectful, supportive team environment.
• Identifies issues and solves routine problems using logical thinking and available resources. Knows when to escalate and seeks input when needed.
• Delivers high-quality work and responds promptly to customer needs. Builds trust through reliability, attention to detail, and a positive attitude.
• This is not an all-encompassing list of Leadership Skills, but rather those identified as most essential for success in this position.

Duties and responsibilities, as required by business necessity may be added, deleted, or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing. Scheduling and shift assignments and work location may be changed at any time, as required by business necessity.

Compensation & Benefits

Pay Range: $80,000-$90,000/year + DOE and Bonus Opportunities

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Maverik considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers, such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills, and current market conditions.

Benefits Include:

• Full Health, Dental, and Vision Package with company contribution to cost
• In-Store and Fuel Discounts
• Retirement plan with company match (401K)
• Eligible for the annual incentive bonus program
• Profit Sharing: When Maverik succeeds, so do you. Team Members are eligible for annual profit sharing-our way of recognizing the important role you play in our success
• Comprehensive Paid Time-Off Policy, along with additional perks and benefits