Kikoff · 7 hours ago
QA Automation Manager
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
7+ years expKikoff is a fintech company building products that help Americans build credit. They are seeking their first QA Automation Manager to define testing strategy, build automation frameworks, establish quality processes, and create tools for product teams.
CreditFinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechPersonal Finance
Responsibilities
Build your quality engineering team from the ground up
Collaborate with InfoSec Manager on compliance testing (SOC 2, PCI-DSS)
Advise Core Platform and product teams on production monitoring
Report quality metrics and program maturity to leadership
Design test automation frameworks for backend (Ruby), web (JS), and mobile (Dart/Flutter)
Expand automated testing from current unit test coverage to integration, e2e, and UI/UX automation
Establish quality processes: testing standards, code review practices, defect workflows
Create self-service testing tools that product teams adopt independently
Build contract testing, integration testing, performance testing, and visual regression capabilities
Partner with Core Platform on ephemeral environments and local execution automation
Integrate testing seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines
Train product engineers on testing frameworks and quality practices
Build documentation and runbooks that empower self-service
Drive adoption through metrics: coverage gaps, flaky tests, execution performance, quality trends
Automate everything—start manual where needed, systematically eliminate it
Identify and close quality gaps not covered by product teams (especially UI/UX flows)
Qualification
Required
7+ years quality engineering, 3+ years building test automation and quality processes from scratch
2+ years of management experience
Player-coach experience: built frameworks while hiring and leading teams
Expert in test automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium)
Strong coding ability in Ruby, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or similar
CI/CD integration experience (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
Experience with UI/UX test automation and visual regression testing
Performance testing tools (JMeter, k6, Gatling)
Built internal testing platforms and quality processes that teams actually adopted
Can influence without authority—you enable, don't gatekeep
Self-starter who builds programs from ambiguity
Preferred
Fintech or regulated industry experience
Mobile test automation experience
Infrastructure-as-code familiarity (Pulumi, Terraform)
Accessibility testing experience
Open source testing framework contributions
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage - Kikoff covers the full cost of health insurance for the employee!
Meaningful equity in the form of RSU's
Flexible vacation policy to help you recharge
Company
Kikoff
Kikoff provides credit building services through secured cards and rent reporting.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$42.5MKey Investors
Portage VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
2021-06-10Series B· $30M
2020-07-01Series A· $10M
2019-11-18Seed· $2.5M
Leadership Team
Kevin Otsuka
VP of Growth
Patrick Glover
Head of Operations
Recent News
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2026-01-01
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2025-12-24
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