Software Development Engineer in Test
Location: Remote USA
Employees: <50
Industry: Wireless services
Position Reporting To: QA Manager
Dynamic Bay Area startup is seeking an SDET who will be instrumental in ensuring the quality and performance of advanced IoT and 3D positioning solutions. You’ll work alongside cross-functional teams to build and maintain automation frameworks, execute thorough manual and performance testing, and manage test data infrastructure at scale.
Most Important Responsibilities:
- Design and implement test automation solutions within an Agile environment, including sprint planning and prioritization.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to share updates, identify blockers, and ensure transparent communication.
- Define testing standards and enforce best practices to ensure consistency across projects.
- Develop scalable tools for managing real-time data used in validation, performance tracking, and debugging.
- Conduct manual testing to ensure edge cases and non-automated flows are validated.
- Perform mobile and web testing to ensure consistent user experience across devices.
What you can bring to the table to impact this role, team, and organization:
- Proven experience building and maintaining automated test frameworks tools like Selenium, Pytest, Appium, and playwright.
- Strong Python development skills for scripting and automation, as well as automation framework development.
- Familiarity with test case management platforms such as TestRail, Zephyr, or TestLink.
- Hands-on experience integrating automation into CI/CD workflows (GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, etc.)
- Ability to manage priorities and independently solve complex problems in a startup environment.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate ideas and take feedback constructively.
- Willingness to work Pacific Time hours, with occasional testing support during Asia Time Zones.
- Experience working with AWS console logs to diagnose and resolve system issues.
Nice-to-Have/Bonus Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline.
- Familiarity with TDD or BDD methodologies.
- Java scripting experience for test coverage flexibility.
- API testing experience for test coverage flexibility.
- API testing experience with Postman.
- Experience deploying mobile apps, including code signing with Fastlane, GitHub Actions, or TestFlight.
- Database automation for efficient data validation.
- Previous leadership experience in defining QA processes or managing test teams.
Featured Benefits: Medical, Vision, Dental, Stock Options
Compensation: 70 - 100K + Stock Options