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 Indias emerging affluent. We believe the private wealth experience shouldnt be limited to a select few, and were 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, were 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 were building in Indias next generation of investors.

Were not here to follow the playbookwere here to write a new one. If youre excited about transforming how Indians build wealth, youre in the right place.

About the Role:

We are looking for a skilled QA Engineer with 2-3 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 (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)