Lead a team of QA and SDET engineers to define quality strategies, enhance automation frameworks, and improve testing across digital platforms.
Are you looking for a friendly, fast-paced workplace with an emphasis on helping customers and empowering team members? Snap Finance is a thriving leader in the financial services industry, and our team members are the foundation of our success. Snap knows that happy, empowered, and engaged team members are essential to innovation and business success- and our approach is working. Come join us!
Job Description
Snap Finance is seeking an enthusiastic, forward-thinking SDET / QA Automation Manager to lead and scale our Quality Engineering function. You’ll play a critical role in shaping the quality strategy and delivery of cutting-edge digital and e-commerce solutions in a fast-paced, innovative environment. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will guide a team of 15+ SDETs while directly contributing to test automation, tooling strategy, and quality engineering best practices. We’re looking for a quality champion with a strong foundation in software testing, test automation frameworks, and a passion for mentoring teams. If you’re driven by impact, eager to innovate, and thrive in a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence — we want to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a high-performing team of 15+ QA and SDET engineers focused on automation, performance, and quality at scale.
- Define, implement, and continually improve QA processes, standards, and best practices across web, mobile, and API platforms.
- Drive end-to-end test automation strategy using tools such as WebdriverIO, Selenium, Cypress, and other modern frameworks.
- Advocate for and implement testing at all layers — UI, service, performance, and chaos testing.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, DevOps, and release teams to support quality gates in the CI/CD pipeline.
- Own and evolve our automation frameworks to increase test coverage, reduce maintenance costs, and improve execution speed and reliability.
- Champion Agile/SAFe methodologies, and instill a quality-first mindset across product delivery teams.
- Lead risk assessments, test planning, and execution for high-visibility releases.
- Oversee tooling integration across test, build, and deployment pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.).
- Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of technical learning and innovation.
- Drive cross-platform testing strategies for web and mobile applications (responsive design, iOS/Android).
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in software testing and automation with a strong focus on modern web and service-oriented architectures.
- 5+ years of experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks using tools like WebdriverIO, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or equivalent.
- 5+ years of experience in a leadership or managerial role, with a track record of building and mentoring teams.
- Expertise in testing REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Strong programming and scripting skills (JavaScript preferred; Java/Python a plus).
- Experience with CI/CD systems like Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
- Working knowledge of both SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Experience in performance testing, chaos testing, and production validation.
- Solid understanding of web and mobile testing techniques, device/browser matrix planning, and responsive testing.
- Experience in FinTech or lending platforms is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with SAFe or other Agile scaling frameworks.
Preferred Qualifications
- ISTQB or equivalent testing certifications.
- Exposure to mobile test frameworks like Appium or Detox.
- Cloud-native testing experience (e.g., AWS, Docker, Kubernetes-based systems).
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills — able to influence at all levels of the organization.
Why Join Us:
- Generous paid time off
- Competitive medical, dental & vision coverage
- 401K with company match for US
- Company-paid life insurance
- Company-paid short-term and long-term disability
- Access to mental health and wellness resources
- Company-paid volunteer time to do good in your community
- Legal coverage and other supplemental options
- A value-based culture where growth opportunities are endless
More…
Snap values diversity and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. Learn more by visiting our website at www.snapfinance.com.
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Top Skills
Cypress
Github Actions
Java
JavaScript
Jenkins
NoSQL
Playwright
Python
Selenium
SQL
Webdriverio
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