About PactFi
Private asset markets (PE, Private Credit, VC, Real Estate) have 10x to 9.8T in AUM over the past decade and are projected to grow to $17T in the next five years. However, digital infrastructure has not kept pace, with most of the market operating predominantly in error-prone, internal‑only software solutions.
PactFi provides secure, end‑to‑end, operational infrastructure for managing complex private credit transactions. Our web‑based application brings together all parties involved in such a transaction to more efficiently allocate capital, complete KYC, share documents, manage funds flow, and more. The platform is secured to a bank‑grade standard, and we have received our SOC 2 Type 2 attestation.
PactFi was developed in close partnership with two of the industry's largest players, both of whom represent the top 3 players in the private credit space by both size (AUM) and deal activity.
We are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to help scale end‑to‑end test automation for a modern fintech platform.
This role is both hands‑on and strategic, requiring expertise in:
- Playwright‑based automation engineering
- Distributed system validation (API, UI, data layers)
- AI‑assisted testing and automation practices
Responsible for transforming test automation into an AI‑augmented quality system to enable:
- Faster, reliable releases with solid understanding of CI/CD and modern DevOps practices
- Strong regression signal with minimal noise
- Scalable and maintainable test coverage across critical business workflows
Automation Strategy & Leadership
- Own design and evolution of automation testing framework (primarily Playwright)
- Establish best practices for E2E, integration, and regression testing
- Drive test coverage across critical financial workflows (deal lifecycle, cash flows, reporting, etc.)
- Mentor engineers and QA contributors; set test quality and maintainability standards
Hands‑On Engineering
- Build and maintain robust Playwright test suites (TypeScript/JavaScript)
- Develop reusable testing utilities, fixtures, and CI/CD integrations
- Implement parallelization, test isolation, and flakiness mitigation strategies
- Integrate tests into CI pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, CircleCI)
Product & Domain Alignment
- Translate complex financial workflows (e.g., loan servicing, covenant tracking, capital calls) into deterministic test cases
- Validate data integrity across systems (APIs, databases, reporting layers)
- Collaborate with product and domain experts to identify edge cases and risk scenarios
Quality & Reliability
- Define SLAs for test reliability and pipeline performance
- Monitor and improve test signal vs. noise
- Introduce observability into testing (logs, traces, artifacts)
- Lead incident retrospectives related to quality gaps
AI‑Driven Testing & Development
- Implement and scale AI‑assisted test case generation from product requirements, user stories, and production data
- Leverage LLM‑based tools to generate, refactor, and maintain Playwright test suites
- Build workflows for automated test creation, prioritization, and gap detection using AI
- Evaluate and integrate tools for self‑healing tests, intelligent selectors, and failure triaging
- Partner with engineering to incorporate AI into broader development workflows (code generation, debugging, QA automation)
- Establish guardrails and validation strategies to ensure correctness and determinism in AI‑generated tests
Required Qualifications
- 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
Domain Expertise
Previous experience in fintech, capital markets, or lending platforms.
Familiarity with:
- Loan lifecycle and servicing
- Private credit structures
- Cash flow modeling and waterfall structures
- Financial reporting and reconciliations
Nice‑to‑Have
- Experience with data validation pipelines (SQL, dbt, etc.)
- Exposure to backend languages (Python, Java, or Go)
- Experience with performance or load testing tools
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP)
What Success Looks Like
- High‑confidence releases with minimal regression risk
- Stable, fast CI pipelines with meaningful test coverage
- Clear alignment between product logic and automated validation
- Scalable testing culture embedded across engineering
Why Join
- Build foundational infrastructure in a fast‑growing private credit fintech
- Work directly with domain experts shaping modern capital markets tooling
- High ownership in a Series A environment with strong growth trajectory
- Competitive compensation + equity
- Strong understanding of financial systems—particularly within private credit, lending, or capital markets workflows
- Define testing architecture, improve release confidence, and partner closely with engineering, product, and operations to ensure platform reliability in a high‑stakes financial environment
What We Offer
- Competitive salary + equity.
- Healthcare coverage.
- 401k