QA Automation Engineer (4-5 years)

About Stack: Stack Wealth is a Y Combinator-backed fintech startup on a mission to reimagine wealth management for India’s emerging affluent. We believe the private wealth experience shouldn’t be limited to a select few, and we’re building a wealth-tech platform to make sophisticated investing strategies more accessible, transparent, and aligned with individual financial goals. Founded by a team with deep experience across finance, product, and technology, we’re backed by world-class investors including Y Combinator, Kunal Shah, and Harvard Management Company. Since our inception, over 1 lac clients have trusted Stack Wealth with ₹100+ crores in assets, a testament to the trust we’re building in India’s next generation of investors. We’re not here to follow the playbook—we’re here to write a new one. If you’re excited about transforming how Indians build wealth, you’re in the right place.

About the Role: We are looking for a skilled QA Engineer with 4-5 years of experience in manual and automation testing to ensure the quality of our web and mobile applications. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with Cypress/Playwright (for web automation) and Appium (for mobile automation). You will work closely with developers and other stakeholders to identify issues early in the development lifecycle and ensure a high-quality product release.

Key Responsibilities Manual Testing:

• Analyze requirements, create test cases, and execute manual tests.
• Perform functional, regression, UI, and API testing.
• Log and track defects in JIRA.

Automation Testing :

• Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts using Playwright or Cypress (for web) and Appium (for mobile).
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions).
• Optimize test suites for performance and reliability.

Collaboration & Process Improvement:

• Work closely with developers in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Participate in sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Suggest improvements in testing processes and tools.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 4-5 years of hands-on experience in manual and automation testing.
• Strong knowledge of Cypress for web automation.
• Hands-on experience with

Appium for mobile automation (iOS/Android).

• Familiarity with JavaScript/TypeScript (for

Playwright /Cypress/Appium scripting).

• Experience in API testing (Postman/RestAssured).
• Understanding of Selenium WebDriver is a plus.
• Knowledge of Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Good to Have

• Knowledge of performance testing (JMeter/Locust).
• Familiarity with BDD frameworks (Cucumber).
• Experience with cloud testing platforms (BrowserStack)