Test Engineer
Kestra Financial · Austin, TX · 5 days ago
EngineeringFull-time
What you’ll Do
- Design, implement, and maintain automated test cases for web applications using Playwright and TypeScript
- Develop and maintain SQL scripts for test data setup and validation
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, continuous feedback on every code change
- Collaborate with developers, QA team members, and product owners to understand requirements and shape test strategies that catch issues early
- Analyze test results, identify defects, and communicate findings clearly to the team
- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback related to testability and quality
- Contribute to the ongoing improvement of test frameworks, tools, and processes to raise the bar for quality across the platform
- Document automation approaches and test coverage to support team knowledge sharing and onboarding
- Support manual and exploratory testing efforts as needed
- Maintain test suite health - track pass rates, flakiness trends, and execution times - and flag regressions to the team before they compound
- Share testing knowledge with teammates through pairing, documentation, and onboarding support to strengthen the team's overall test engineering capability
- Stay current with emerging test tools, frameworks, and industry practices; apply new techniques to improve automation quality and coverage
What You Bring
- Typically 3-7 years experience developing automated tests for web applications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Hands-on experience with Playwright or similar browser automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Cypress)
- Hands-on experience with TypeScript or JavaScript for test development
- Experience writing SQL queries for test data validation
- Experience with Git-based version control
- Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and Agile methodologies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines (desired)
- Familiarity with Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar tools (desired)
- Experience working in the financial services industry (desired)
Internal Application Policy
Internal applicants must be in good standing and have a minimum of 1 year of service with Kestra. Internal applicants must also have a minimum of 1 year service in current role unless approved by EVP.
Benefits to support you
- Competitive pay and benefits with a large employer (over 1600 employees nationwide)
- 401(k), health insurance, and a competitive benefits package
- Opportunities for training, development, and long-term growth within the firm
- Tuition reimbursement for qualified expenses
Kestra Values
- Our Mission is Powering Financial Independence, enabling the growth and success of investing clients and the advisors who serve them.
- We live our values: Serve, Make it Happen, and One team.
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