Senior QA Engineer (Founding / Automation & Release Infrastructure)

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Title: Senior QA Engineer (Founding / Automation & Release Infrastructure)
Location: New York, NY
Company Stage: High-Growth Consumer Fintech / Crypto
Office Type: Onsite
Salary: $200,000 - $400,000 Base + Equity

Company Description
This high-growth fintech platform is building a real-time prediction market that allows users to trade on outcomes across global events. Operating at the intersection of finance, media, and crypto, the platform processes billions in trading volume and is rapidly becoming a new source of truth for real-world probabilities. With increasing scale and complexity, the company is investing in foundational engineering functions to support reliability, trust, and user safety.

What You Will Do
Build the quality assurance function from the ground up, defining testing strategy and standards
Design and implement automated test infrastructure across web apps, backend APIs, and critical transaction flows
Own release quality by defining testing processes that balance speed and reliability
Deeply understand product behavior to identify high-risk areas, especially in trading and financial flows
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to catch issues before production
Establish bug tracking, reporting, and quality metrics visibility across engineering
Partner closely with engineering and product teams to ensure high-quality releases
Hire and mentor a small QA team as the function scales

Ideal Background
3+ years of experience in QA Engineering or SDET roles, preferably in fast-growing startups
Proven experience building automated test frameworks from scratch
Strong experience with modern testing tools (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, or similar)
Full-stack testing experience across frontend applications and backend APIs
Experience testing financial, trading, or high-stakes transactional systems
Familiarity with TypeScript or Python for automation
Experience integrating testing into CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, etc.)
Strong communication skills with ability to influence engineering decisions and quality standards
Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-paced environments with high ownership

Preferred
Experience in crypto, DeFi, or blockchain-based systems
Background in trading platforms, betting systems, or financial exchanges
Experience leading or mentoring QA teams
Exposure to performance/load testing and system scalability
Experience with mobile (iOS) testing
Familiarity with security testing practices

Compensation and Benefits
Competitive base salary + equity
Unlimited PTO
Full health, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) with employer match
High-impact, foundational role with ownership over QA strategy and team building
Opportunity to define quality standards for a platform handling real money at scale
This role is ideal for a builder-type QA engineer who wants to define what “quality” means at a company where correctness, reliability, and speed directly impact real financial outcomes.
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