Software QA Engineer for a well known personal finance company in Menlo Park, CA

We’re looking for a Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join our team! The ideal candidate will have experience with web and/or mobile testing for consumer-facing products.
Find out if this opportunity is a good fit by reading all of the information that follows below.
Responsibilities:
Collaborate with colleagues to gain a thorough understanding of the product's functionality and overarching purpose. Utilize these insights to develop comprehensive test documentation and strategy.
Use documentation and networking tools to determine whether bugs are caused by the server or client.
Identify and document clear steps to reproduce bugs and work with the team to prioritize test cases.
Collaborate closely with Developers, Product Managers, and QA team to clarify inconsistencies between specifications, test cases, and product behavior.
Make recommendations to improve product reliability, performance, and quality assurance best practices and processes.
Expand and improve automation scripts created in Maestro and Cypress frameworks.
Investigate, troubleshoot, and enter reproducible application issues into Jira.
Investigate and evaluate new testing technologies and products for web and mobile applications.
Qualifications:
3+ years professional experience of web and/or mobile testing for a consumer-facing product.
API expertise (REST) on how the client communicates to/from servers.
Experience maintaining and updating test plans/test suites in a very fast paced feature changing environment.
Ability to think outside of the box and beyond the obvious to uncover behind-the-scenes type bugs.
Experience with at least 2 of the following: JavaScript, Selenium, Cypress, Appium, Java, and Jenkins.
Act as a strong advocate for quality in the product development process.
Experience with defect tracking software (Jira).
Ability to triage problems, prioritize accordingly, and propose a resolution.
BS/MS in computer science or equivalent work experience.
Compensation: $45-55/hr. W2
Location: Menlo Park, CA (onsite 2 days/week)
Type: Contract (6 months with possibility of extension)