Manual QA Engineer

The Opportunity

Dealstack is on a mission to power private equity. We’re replacing outdated, manual workflows

in dealmaking with structured, purpose-built SaaS tools. Founded by industry veterans, our

products sit at the intersection of fintech, legaltech, and SaaS—transforming how private equity

operates from the inside out.

Following strong traction and expansion of our multi-product roadmap, we are hiring a Manual

QA Engineer to help ensure our product is stable, intuitive, and production-ready at all times.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role within a small, independent product team that values

quality over velocity, and collaboration over ego.

The primary goal of this hire is to take ownership of the manual QA workload across the

platform — smoke testing, regression testing, and general exploratory testing — so that our

other QA Engineer’s time is freed up to focus on automated testing, ideally in a concentrated

and high-leverage area.

Who You Are

• 2+ years of experience in manual QA testing for web-based SaaS platforms
• Comfortable testing complex workflows and edge cases, not just UI
• Strong attention to detail with a methodical, user-first approach to testing
• Curious, pragmatic, and comfortable in a fast-moving, changeable environment
• Clear communicator with good written and verbal English
• Interested in fintech and private equity is a bonus—but not a requirement
• Willingness to Learn the Industry
  
  

Private equity is complex and full of nuance—and that’s exactly what makes our work

rewarding. You don’t need a background in finance to succeed here, but you do need

a genuine interest in learning how the industry works. Our most effective QA engineers

understand the real-world workflows behind the features they test. You'll be expected to

engage with internal documentation, ask thoughtful questions, and build a working

knowledge of private equity deal structures over time

What Job Involves

Responsibilities:

• Own manual testing for new and existing features across our React/TypeScript frontend
  
  

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and Node.js/Nest.js backend

• Review product specifications and Figma designs to write clear, structured test plans
  
  

and exploratory checklists

• Identify and document reproducible bugs in a structured, developer-friendly way
• Manually test workflows and edge cases that are hard to automate—especially across
  
  

API and frontend interactions

• Collaborate closely with developers to understand architecture and expected behaviour
• Run exploratory testing sessions and regression sweeps before key releases
• Work with the team to continuously improve our QA process and overall product quality
  
  

The new hire should demonstrably:

• Keep pace with other QA Engineer on release QA activities
• Increase the amount of manual testing completed before release
• Reduce the number of bugs slipping through the release process
  
  

We will track:

• Bugs found pre-release vs post-release
• Regressions caught during QA
• Time spent each week discussing and fixing release-related issue
  
  

Success in this role means:

• Developer time spent on testing and test maintenance in Docs will go down
• Other QA Engineer will be able to focus deeply on automated testing rather than juggling
  
  

manual QA

• Release quality will improve, with fewer bugs escaping into production
  
  

Desirable Skills

Tech You’ll Work With

While your focus is manual QA, you’ll interact with the following stack:

• React.js (with TypeScript)
• Node.js / NestJS
• PostgreSQL
• REST, GraphQL, tRPC APIs
• WebSocket-based interactions
• Figma (for interface reviews)
• Tools like Jira, Playwright (for automated tests), and GitHub
  
  

Nice to Have

• Experience with or interest in test automation tools (e.g. Playwright, Jest)
• Exposure to CI/CD tools and deployment workflows
• Comfort testing API endpoints directly (e.g. via Postman or Insomnia)
• Understanding of data flows and backend systems (e.g. Redis, PostgreSQL)
• Previous work in early-stage, product-focused tech companies
  
  

Work arrangement

• This is a remote role, UK business working hours (+-2hrs)
  
  

About Us

Dealstack is on a mission to power private equity

Dealstack was founded by experienced private equity practitioners with the goal of ending the outdated deal administration practices that have plagued the industry since its inception. Manual and repetitive, these practices remain very time-consuming, costly, and error prone. We know how frustrating they can be. Yet, while we cannot remove the need for these tasks to be completed, we can equip professionals with better tools.

The design of Dealstack is fully focused on helping our old selves work faster, smoother and feel better. By engineering away the burden of deal administration, we can give way to what matters most, creating value. We want Dealstack to become a central part of the dealmaking toolkit – just as obvious as Word, Excel or PowerPoint might feel today – only 100x better!

We recognise that changing old habits can be difficult. Our aim is not to change what works and take away that precious feeling of control. We want to enhance, not replace. Evolve, not revolutionise. We know that peace of mind is central to our users. To that end, we have built Dealstack with best-in-class security, service, and user experience as our core guiding principles.

Join us!