Test Engineer

Kestra • Austin, TX

8d

About The Position

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 Test Engineer to join our dynamic Advisor Platform Engineering team. In this role, you will build and maintain automated test suites using Playwright and TypeScript for a Microsoft stack (Azure, C# .NET, SQL Server/Cosmos DB) with React and ASP.NET front ends, collaborating closely with software engineers, product owners, and QA teammates to ensure the quality and reliability of our cutting-edge financial advisor platform - software that supports financial advisors and the Home Office staff who serve them.

Requirements

• Typically 3-7 years experience developing automated tests for web applications.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience with Playwright or similar browser automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Cypress).
• Hands-on experience with TypeScript or JavaScript for test development.
• Experience writing SQL queries for test data validation.
• Experience with Git-based version control.
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and Agile methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines (desired).
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar tools (desired).
• Experience working in the financial services industry (desired).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain automated test cases for web applications using Playwright and TypeScript, helping the team ship with confidence.
• Develop and maintain SQL scripts for test data setup and validation.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, continuous feedback on every code change.
• Collaborate with developers, QA team members, and product owners to understand requirements and shape test strategies that catch issues early.
• Analyze test results, identify defects, and communicate findings clearly to the team.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback related to testability and quality.
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of test frameworks, tools, and processes to raise the bar for quality across the platform.
• Document automation approaches and test coverage to support team knowledge sharing and onboarding.
• Support manual and exploratory testing efforts as needed.
• Monitor test suite health - track pass rates, flakiness trends, and execution times - and flag regressions to the team before they compound.
• Share testing knowledge with teammates through pairing, documentation, and onboarding support to strengthen the team's overall test engineering capability.
• Stay current with emerging test tools, frameworks, and industry practices; apply new techniques to improve automation quality and coverage.
• Uphold core values (Make it Happen, One Team, Serve) in daily interactions and delivery commitments.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits with a large employer (over 1600 employees nationwide)
• 401(k), health insurance, and a competitive benefits package
• Work in a supportive, collaborative environment committed to professional excellence
• Help clients navigate meaningful financial decisions with confidence
• Opportunities for training, development, and long-term growth within the firm
• Tuition reimbursement for qualified expenses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level