At Tilt (formerly Empower), we see a side of people that traditional lenders miss. Our mobile-first products and machine learning-powered credit models look beyond outdated credit scores, using over 250 real-time financial signals to recognize real potential. Named among the next billion-dollar startups, we're not just changing how people access financial products — we're creating a new credit system that backs the working, whatever they're working toward.
NIRA is building a consumer credit platform for Middle India, targeting ~200m underservied people. Active in 5000+ cities and processing 15,000+ loan applications/day, NIRA is backed by and integrated with US-based Tilt.
This is a hybrid role, requiring you to work in our Bangalore office 2-3 days/week.
The opportunity - SDET Lead, NIRA
As our SDET Lead for NIRA, you'll ensure only our best work reaches our customers. You'll collaborate with a high-powered team to develop and execute test plans and automation suites for projects reaching millions of users. Your testing will ensure robustness and integrity for our customers and business. The automation you create will enhance our agility as we scale. You'll take end-to-end ownership of new features and product lines—shaping work in early stages, building our testing capabilities, and coordinating with stakeholders for deployment to ensure we hit our goals.
How you'll make an impact
Engineer Robust Automation: You will be hands-on in the codebase, designing and maintaining automated frameworks and custom tools while integrating them directly into our CI/CD pipelines.
Design End-to-End Test Strategies: You’ll collaborate with Product and Engineering to translate requirements into detailed test plans, identifying critical scenarios and personally crafting high-impact test cases.
Guarantee System Performance: Beyond standard automation, you will execute manual, performance, and stress testing to ensure our systems remain reliable and performant under heavy load.
Drive Defect Resolution: You’ll take ownership of the bug-tracking lifecycle, working directly with developers to troubleshoot, resolve, and verify fixes for complex technical issues.
Influence Code Quality: You will actively participate in code reviews and feature development, ensuring all new code meets high standards for both quality and testability.
Manage Environments & Processes: You’ll be responsible for the "boots-on-the-ground" management of test environments and data, while using metrics to constantly refine and modernize our testing lifecycle.
Why you're a great fit
6+ years of expertise in Mobile and/or REST API manual testing
5+ years of expertise in REST API automation in Python/JavaScript, etc.
Experience working as a technical leader for QA.
Knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps in cloud platforms like Azure or AWS is preferable
Knowledge of API Performance and Load Testing is a plus
Experience working within an Agile Continuous Delivery team
Don’t meet every qualification? We care about potential over your past. If you're bringing ambition and drive to what we're building, we want to hear from you.
Virtual-first teamwork: The Tilt team is collaborating across 14 countries, 12 time zones, and counting. You’ll get started with a WFH office reimbursement.
Competitive pay: We're big on potential, and it's reflected in our competitive compensation packages and generous equity.
Complete support: Find flexible health plans at every premium level, and substantial subsidies that stand up to global standards.
Visibility is yours: You can count on direct exposure to our leadership team — we’re a team where good ideas travel quickly.
Paid global onsites: Magic happens IRL: we gather twice yearly to reconnect over shared meals or kayaking adventures. (We’ve visited Vail, San Diego, and Mexico City, to name a few.)
Impact is recognized: Growth opportunities follow your contributions, not rigid promotion timelines.
We're looking for people who chase excellence and impact. Those who stand behind their work, celebrating the wins and learning from the missteps equally. We foster an environment where every voice is valued and mutual respect is non-negotiable — brilliant jerks need not apply. We're in this together, working to expand access to fair credit and prove that people are incredible. When you join us, it's not just another day at the [virtual] office, you're helping millions of hardworking people reach better financial futures.
You’re pushing ahead in your career? We can get behind that. Join us in building the credit system that people deserve.
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