Test Automation Engineer

Avantos is building the industry’s first AI-native operating system for financial services, redefining how firms onboard clients, deliver advice, and manage core servicing workflows. Our platform unifies fragmented data, automates complex processes, and embeds intelligent decision-making across every step of the client lifecycle.

We partner with leading financial institutions and are scaling rapidly. We’re an execution-driven, design-obsessed, product-led team composed of founders and leaders from Wharton, MIT, top design programs, and prior unicorn SaaS companies. We move fast, solve deep industry problems, and build technology that puts users back in control of their workflows.

If you love client impact, product design, complex problem solving, and bringing AI-enabled change to real-world businesses, Avantos is where you will thrive.

We are looking for a QA Automation Engineer to lead and scale our frontend and end-to-end testing infrastructure—ensuring our React and Next.js applications are fast, stable, and flawless.

• Develop, maintain, and scale end-to-end test automation for our web applications using Playwright (JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Write clean, reusable, and modular test code that aligns with product requirements and reflects real-world user behavior.
• Collaborate closely with frontend engineers, designers, and product managers to define test coverage and acceptance criteria.
• Validate features built with React and Next.js, including SSR/SSG flows, dynamic routing, and component interactions.
• Ensure coverage for all major browsers (Chromium, Firefox, WebKit) and environments (mobile/desktop).
• Optimize test performance using smart isolation, mocking, and CI/CD integration.
• Analyze flaky tests and build robust pipelines with retrial, trace viewing, and reporting.
• Participate in agile rituals: sprint planning, code reviews, stand-ups, and retros.

• 3+ years of experience in test automation for modern web applications, with proven experience in Playwright and JavaScript/TypeScript.- Deep understanding of testing React and Next.js applications, including component and routing behavior.
• Hands-on experience with writing and maintaining E2E tests, using Playwright’s test runner or integration in a Next.js context.
• Familiarity with Git and GitHub workflows (branching, pull requests, CI integrations).
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills for both test and product issues.
• Knowledge of web performance metrics, accessibility checks, and frontend reliability patterns.

• Experience with unit testing tools like Jest, Vitest, or React Testing Library.
• Familiarity with backend APIs (REST, GraphQL) and integration testing.
• Exposure to performance testing, visual regression tools, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, CircleCI).
• Experience working in cross-functional teams within an agile environment.
• Comfort with logging, tracing, and debugging in a headless and cross-browser environment.