Senior Quality Automation Engineer

Role Summary

Help improve the quality and reliability of GainsKeeper application, by building practical test automation for investment and brokerage workflows. You’ll work with engineering and product teams, using AI-powered tools and agents thoughtfully to accelerate test creation, analysis, and maintenance.

What you’ll do

• Test cost basis, tax lots, gains and losses, account and position data, and brokerage integrations.
• Participate in test strategy discussions, req analysis discussion, and release validation
• Use AI-driven tools and agents to draft and maintain tests, analyze failures, identify coverage gaps, and reduce repetitive work.
• Review and validate AI-generated output for accuracy, security, and maintainability.
• Investigate defects, reduce flaky tests, perform root cause analysis, and document reproducible findings.
• Provide release-readiness summaries highlighting quality trends, unresolved risks, blockers, and recommended actions.
• Help Build and maintain UI, API, and integration tests

What you’ll bring

• Strong understanding of testing fundamentals, including functional, regression, smoke, integration, and exploratory testing.
• Ability to turn requirements into test scenarios, edge cases, and prioritized coverage using AI-assisted tools.
• Experience executing manual tests, documenting results, and reporting reproducible defects.
• Familiarity with defect tracking, defect lifecycle, and Agile development practices.
• Understanding of boundary-value analysis, negative testing, and risk-based test prioritization.
• Hands-on automation experience with UI/API, including programming in Java and TypeScript
• Practical experience with AI-assisted development or agent-based tools, with sound judgment about human review and verification.
• Brokerage or financial-services experience and familiarity with investment workflows.
• Familiarity with Playwright automation tool.
• Clear communication and a collaborative approach.
• Ability to independently identify and implement improvements to QA processes and standards.

Preferred: Experience with tax-lot accounting, cost-basis reporting, or investment tax applications.

Our Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Compensation:

Compensation range listed is based on primary location of the position.  Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience and actual hiring location. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific offer for the job location during the hiring process. 

Additional Information:

Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including but not limited to: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave. Full details of our benefits are available upon request.