Senior Software Development Engineer in Test, SDET

PactFi

SDET to help scale end-to-end test automation for fintech platform. Responsible for transforming automation with AI and ensuring test quality across financial workflows.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $130,000 - $139,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsJavaScriptTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Help scale end-to-end test automation for a modern fintech platform
Transform test automation into an AI-augmented quality system
Design and evolve automation testing framework (primarily Playwright)
Establish best practices for E2E, integration, and regression testing
Drive test coverage across critical financial workflows
Mentor engineers and QA contributors; set test quality standards
Build and maintain robust Playwright test suites
Develop reusable testing utilities, fixtures, and CI/CD integrations
Implement parallelization, test isolation, and flakiness mitigation strategies
Translate complex financial workflows into deterministic test cases
Validate data integrity across systems
Monitor and improve test signal vs. noise
Implement and scale AI-assisted test case generation from product requirements

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years in QA automation, SDET, or software engineering roles
Deep expertise with Playwright (2+ years required) in production environments
Strong proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript
Experience designing scalable test frameworks from scratch
Solid understanding of CI/CD systems and modern DevOps practices
Experience testing API-driven architecture and distributed systems
Previous experience in fintech, capital markets, or lending platforms.
Familiarity with loan lifecycle and servicing
Familiarity with private credit structures
Familiarity with cash flow modeling and waterfall structures
Familiarity with financial reporting and reconciliations

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation + equity
Healthcare coverage
401k

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Hard Skills & Tools

test automationAI-augmented quality systemautomation testing frameworkPlaywrightE2E testingintegration testingregression testingTypeScriptJavaScriptCI/CD

Soft Skills

mentoringsetting quality standardscommunication