Sr. QA Automation Engineer

Wealth.com is the industry’s leading estate planning platform, empowering financial advisors to offer modern, comprehensive estate planning solutions to their clients. By combining cutting-edge technology, AI, and unmatched human expertise, we deliver a seamless experience that sets us apart. Beyond having one of the most coveted domain names in FinTech, wealth.com is a dynamic, revenue-generating startup experiencing rapid yet sustainable growth.

A key reason behind our position as the #1 estate planning platform is our team. Our people thrive in a collaborative, supportive culture that fosters innovation and makes wealth.com a place where everyone truly enjoys working. Wealth.com is certified as a Great Place to Work for 2024 and named a 2024 finalist for Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators!

As a Senior QA Automation Engineer, you'll design and lead our test automation strategy to ensure the quality and reliability of our cloud-native SaaS platform. You will develop comprehensive test frameworks to validate our serverless and containerized services built on modern cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, and Vercel. You will be instrumental in implementing advanced, AI-driven testing practices to ensure we can deliver top-quality software quickly and reliably in our multi-cloud environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and Maintain Frameworks: Architect and maintain robust, scalable test automation frameworks for our platform, covering UI (Cypress, Playwright), API (Postman, REST Assured), and performance testing.

• Test Cloud-Native Services: Develop and execute comprehensive automated test suites for our serverless applications (AWS Lambda, AppSync) and containerized services (GKE, Cloud Run).

• Drive Modernized Testing Strategies: Champion and implement advanced testing methodologies including contract testing for microservices, visual regression testing for UIs, component testing, and chaos engineering principles to ensure system robustness.

• Innovate with AI in Testing: Research, pilot, and implement AI-powered tools and techniques to enhance testing efficiency and effectiveness. This includes exploring solutions for auto-generated tests, intelligent test case selection, and anomaly detection in test results.

• Integrate Testing in CI/CD: Design and implement automated testing strategies within CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline) to ensure efficient and reliable quality gates.

• Improve Code Coverage: Collaborate with development teams to analyze and increase test coverage, utilizing tools and reports to identify gaps and ensure critical application paths are validated.

• Analyze and Report: Implement and manage test reporting solutions, leveraging logs (CloudWatch, Logz.io) and monitoring data (Datadog) to ensure clear visibility into product quality and rapid issue resolution.

• Collaborate and "Shift-Left": Work closely with developers and QA to integrate "shift-left" testing practices, promoting a culture of quality ownership throughout the development lifecycle.

• Validate Resiliency and Compliance: Validate application behavior across multi-region configurations to ensure high availability and fault tolerance while meeting compliance requirements (e.g., SOC 2, PCI DSS).

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 5+ years in QA Automation or SDET roles, ideally in a SaaS or fintech environment.

• Expertise in testing cloud-native applications and services, specifically with AWS Lambda, AppSync, and container orchestration platforms like GKE and Cloud

• Proficiency with modern test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Cypress, Playwright, Postman, Selenium).

• Strong experience with integrating tests into CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline).

• Hands-on experience with modern testing approaches like contract testing and visual regression testing (e.g., Percy, Applitools).

• Hands-on experience testing APIs including a solid understanding of both REST and GraphQL

• Deep understanding of testing strategies for distributed, multi-region systems to validate scalability, resiliency, and performance.

• Strong scripting/programming skills (TypeScript/JavaScript, Python) for developing automation frameworks and tools.

• Strong QA foundation with a solid understanding of quality assurance methodologies, principles, and best practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• SaaS experience with knowledge of regulatory standards (SOC 2, PCI DSS).

• Expertise in performance and load testing principles and tools (JMeter, k6).

• Experience with or strong interest in leveraging AI for software testing (e.g., AI-powered test generation, visual validation, or anomaly detection).

• Active GitHub profile or open-source contributions.

Why You'll Love Working with Us:

• Competitive Salary.

• Hybrid, flexible work environment. We do however meet together in person several times a year.

• Full medical and dental benefits. 

• Unlimited PTO in an environment where taking time off to relax or recharge is supported and encouraged.

• Paid Parental Leave.

• Company equity managed through Carta.

• 401k with Match and 100% vesting upon hire.

• Free estate planning!

Wealth is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people from all backgrounds to apply. Should you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.