# Senior Software Development Engineer in Test \(SDET\) - Company: [Pactfi]() - Location: New York, NY - Remote: Yes - Team: Quality Assurance - Employment type: Full Time - Salary: $130K – $139K - Posted: June 18, 2026 ## Job description **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 **What We Offer** * Competitive salary + equity. * Healthcare coverage. * 401k ## Apply [Apply on Pactfi]() Canonical job page: