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Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
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Role overview Own automation and quality engineering for substantial product areas or major features. You’ll shape test architecture and strategy, help teams deliver dependable releases, and address quality problems across engineering. The role includes technical leadership, mentoring, and close collaboration with engineering, product, and quality partners.
Responsibilities - Design, build, and maintain reliable automation frameworks and test suites for APIs, user interfaces, and integrations. - Set test strategy and assess risk for major features and complex systems. - Integrate automated checks into CI/CD workflows to support continuous delivery. - Review coverage, identify gaps, investigate defects, and conduct root-cause analysis of production issues. - Lead cross-team improvements to testing practices, coverage, and efficiency. - Mentor junior test engineers, review code and test cases, and maintain useful quality documentation and metrics.
Requirements - A bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience. - At least five years of software development and test automation experience. - Strong programming skills and experience building automation frameworks, such as with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or RestAssured. - Expertise in API, UI, and integration testing, test architecture, and CI/CD integration. - Skills in debugging, risk analysis, SQL, and database systems. - Clear communication, cross-functional collaboration, and mentoring skills.
Nice to have - Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as DataDog or NewRelic.
Benefits and work setup - U.S. full-time benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; equity; a 401(k) with company match; unlimited paid time off; 13 paid holidays; parental leave; and a complimentary product subscription. - Roles based in New York, San Francisco, or Salt Lake City are hybrid, with 2–3 office days per week. Relocation assistance may be available to candidates outside those areas. - Posted salary ranges vary by location tier: $136,000–$170,000, $122,400–$153,000, or $115,600–$144,500.