About this role
The team is seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to establish and lead their quality assurance function. This is a critical role responsible for building comprehensive test automation frameworks, defining quality processes, and ensuring the reliability and security of their AI-native financial platform.
In this role, you will be the first dedicated QA professional, responsible for creating the testing strategy from the ground up, building a high-performing QA team, and establishing quality standards across frontend, backend, API, and AI/ML components. This position requires both deep technical expertise in test automation and leadership skills to build and scale a world-class QA organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define QA strategy, frameworks, and processes from day one
- Design and implement comprehensive test automation frameworks
- Build API test automation (REST, GraphQL)
- Implement frontend E2E testing using tools like Playwright and Cypress
- Create backend/integration test suites and establish CI/CD integration for automated testing
- Develop testing strategies for LLM-powered features and test AI decision-making workflows
- Build and lead a QA team, defining QA processes, standards, and best practices
- Conduct performance reviews and mentor QA engineers on automation and testing practices
- Implement security testing (SAST, DAST) and validate data encryption and privacy controls
- Define release testing procedures and validate staging and production deployments
- Report quality metrics to leadership and document testing processes and runbooks.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- 10+ years of QA/test automation experience with 3+ years in a leadership role
- Expert-level test automation skills (API, UI, backend)
- Strong programming skills in Python and JavaScript/TypeScript
- Proven experience building test automation frameworks from scratch
- Deep knowledge of testing methodologies (functional, integration, E2E, performance)
- CI/CD integration expertise with automated test pipelines
- Experience testing LLM applications or AI/ML systems is preferred
- Strong mentorship and coaching skills with excellent communication abilities
- Experience with cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced environment, preferably in a startup or SaaS platform testing context.
What we offer:
The team provides a dynamic work environment where innovation is encouraged, along with opportunities for professional growth and development. You will have the chance to shape the quality assurance landscape while working with cutting-edge technologies in the financial services domain.