Software Tester (Legal/Accounting/Banking Administrative backgrounds welcome!)

The software that runs insurance has to work. That's your job.

Behind every policy quoted, every claim paid, and every bill generated is a system that has to get it right — every time, for every scenario, for every client. When it doesn't, someone notices. We'd rather that someone be you.

As a Software Tester at Marias Technology, you own the quality of what we ship. You'll validate insurance technology platforms against business requirements, hunt down defects before they reach production, and give developers the clear, reproducible detail they need to fix things fast.

This is a full-time career role with real benefits, real mentorship, and a real path forward. You don't need years of QA experience — you need sharp attention to detail, clear writing, and the persistence to keep digging when something feels off. We'll teach you the rest.

Coming from legal, accounting, or banking? Keep reading.

Some of the strongest software testers we've seen didn't start in software. They started as paralegals, legal assistants, staff accountants, AP/AR specialists, loan processors, and bank operations staff.

Here's why that works. If you've spent your career reviewing contracts against a checklist, reconciling accounts that have to balance to the penny, or processing loan files where one wrong field triggers a compliance problem, you've already built the two skills this job depends on most:

• You compare what's there against what should be there — and you catch the discrepancy
• You document it precisely enough that someone else can act on it

That's software testing. The subject matter changes from contracts and ledgers to policies and claims. The discipline is identical. Add in the fact that insurance technology is built on rating math, regulatory rules, and billing logic — territory that already feels familiar to anyone from a legal, financial, or banking environment — and the transition is shorter than you'd think.

If you've been looking for a way into technology and assumed you needed a CS degree to get there, this is the door.

What you'll do

• Test against system specifications to validate that software performs to customer expectations
• Execute manual functional, integration, regression, and system testing for new implementations, upgrades, defects, and changes
• Read specifications, manuals, and business requirements, then build test plans that cover every area in scope
• Test across the full breadth of an insurance platform — workflow, rating, print, rules and validations, billing, claims, and third-party raters
• Distinguish genuine defects from specifications that need updating, and escalate each appropriately
• Log clear, concise, reproducible defects and test results in DevStride
• Re-test resolved defects to confirm issues are fully closed
• Work independently on assigned test cycles while collaborating with developers, analysts, and senior testers
• Identify workarounds that keep clients moving while permanent fixes are developed
• Deliver testing assignments on schedule and communicate risks early

What you need

Required

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Some combination of coursework, certificate, degree, or hands-on experience in IT, Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS, Business, Insurance/Risk Management, or a closely related field — or demonstrated aptitude from a detail-intensive role
• Basic computer proficiency: navigating applications, managing files, working in browser-based tools
• Microsoft Teams, Excel, Word, and Outlook experience
• Ability to read and follow documented test scripts and step-by-step procedures
• Willingness to learn DevStride
• Ability to work full-time, in-office in Covington, OH

Preferred

• Administrative or operations experience in a legal, accounting, or banking environment — paralegal, legal assistant, staff accountant, bookkeeper, AP/AR, loan processor, teller operations, or similar
• Other detail-intensive backgrounds (data entry, customer service, billing, claims processing, medical records, quality control, audit support)
• Associate or bachelor's degree in a related field
• Prior QA, software testing, or technology internship or work experience
• Enrollment in or completion of an ISTQB Foundation Level course
• Familiarity with defect tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps)
• Prior insurance knowledge, or willingness to learn insurance terminology and workflows on the job
• Comfort following business process documentation and business requirements to understand what's being tested

Who thrives here

• You notice. The misaligned field, the premium off by a penny, the record that saved when it shouldn't have
• You write clearly. A defect nobody can reproduce is a defect nobody fixes
• You're accountable. Assignments land on time, and you flag problems before they become surprises
• You think through problems. Three approaches before "it doesn't work"
• You're coachable. Feedback lands, and it shows up in your next test cycle
• You have integrity. You do the right thing when it's inconvenient, and you own your mistakes

What we offer

Pay: $20–$23/hour, paid semi-monthly (15th and end of month) via direct deposit

Health coverage — effective the 1st of the month following your hire date

• Medical (Anthem HSA Plan): Marias pays 60% of the monthly premium
• Health Savings Account: company contributes quarterly — $750/year for single coverage up to $1,500/year for family coverage
• Dental (Superior Dental Care): Marias pays 50% of the monthly premium
• Vision (VSP): available at low employee cost

Employer-paid protection at no cost to you

• Basic Life Insurance and AD&D — annual salary, up to $50,000
• Long-Term Disability — 60% of monthly salary, up to $6,000
• Short-Term Disability — 66.67% of weekly earnings, up to $1,000

Retirement

• 401(k) with company match of 50% of your contributions up to 8% of salary, after a 90-day waiting period, with full vesting at year 6

Time off

• 15 days PTO per year after a 90-day waiting period (pro-rated by hire date)
• 10 paid holidays

Extras that make a difference

• $1,500 annual family vacation reimbursement bonus (after 90 days, one trip per year)
• The Institutes Professional Development Program — Marias pays for books, study guides, and exam costs, plus $100 per passing exam and $150 upon designation completion
• $50 apparel allowance (after 90 days)
• Employee store discounts: Glacier View Coffee (10%), Pacific Coast Surf Shop (25%), Elias & Oliver Boutique (25%)