Senior Test Engineer

Senior Test Engineer – Kestra Financial

Kestra Holdings offers industry-leading wealth management platforms for independent wealth management professionals nationwide. Kestra is dedicated to empowering independent financial professionals—including traditional and hybrid RIAs—to grow their businesses and deliver exceptional client service. We combine advanced business management technology with personalized consulting to provide unmatched scale, efficiency, and support. Our advisor-focused culture is built on innovation and advocacy, enabling advisors to offer comprehensive securities and investment advisory solutions to their clients.

Lead with Purpose. Partner with Impact.

Kestra is seeking a talented and motivated Senior Test Engineer to join our dynamic Advisor Platform Engineering team. This pivotal role involves designing, developing, and maintaining and executing tests for our cutting‑edge financial advisor platform. You will be developing tests in a primarily Playwright with Typescript environment for a system that is a primarily Microsoft stack (Azure, C# .NET, SQL Server/Cosmos DB) with React and ASP.NET

front ends.

• Lead and drive test automation strategy across web applications, APIs, and integrated systems, ensuring scalability and maintainability.
• Design, develop, and maintain robust automated test frameworks using modern tools (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Selenium) and languages (C#, Type Script, or similar).
• Create and execute automated test suites for functional, regression, smoke, and end‑to‑end workflows within CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement and manage reporting frameworks such as Allure, Extent Reports, or similar to provide clear, actionable test execution insights.
• Build self‑healing test frameworks that minimize maintenance and improve reliability.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve test efficiency, reduce test execution time, and optimize resource utilization.
• Analyze test ROI to prioritize automation efforts and ensure maximum business value.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and QA team members to embed automation into Agile SDLC and ensure continuous quality.
• Mentor and guide junior automation engineers, providing technical leadership and best practices for automation design and implementation.
• Integrate automated tests into Azure Dev Ops pipelines, ensuring fast feedback loops and reliable release processes.
• Validate data integrity and flows across systems using SQL queries and API validations.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand‑ups, retrospectives) and contribute to test strategy discussions and quality risk assessments.
• Ensure cross‑browser and responsive design testing through automation.
• Support manual testing efforts when necessary and drive transition from manual to automated testing.
• Research and implement new automation tools, frameworks, and performance testing solutions to improve efficiency.
• Provide go/no‑go recommendations for releases based on automated test results and quality metrics.

• Typically, 7‑10 years of professional experience in a professional test engineering setting.
• 5+ years in building and maintaining automated test frameworks for web and API testing.
• Strong understanding of test automation principles, frameworks, and best practices.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as C#, JavaScript/Type Script, or Python.
• Hands‑on experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar automation tools.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integration of automated tests into build processes.
• Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and experience working within Agile teams.
  
  Ability to write and execute SQL queries for data validation.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
• Experience with Azure Dev Ops, Git‑based source control, and cloud‑native testing (Microsoft Azure preferred).
• Experience implementing reporting frameworks such as Allure, or similar.
• Expertise in data‑driven decision‑making for test strategy and prioritization.
• Experience creating self‑healing test frameworks and optimizing automation for efficiency.
• Ability to measure and communicate test ROI for automation…