Senior Software Development Test Engineer

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Role Description

We are seeking a talented and detail-oriented Senior Software Development Test Engineer (SDET) to join our team at LifeStance. As an SDET, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality, performance, and reliability of our software products. You will collaborate closely with software engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to design, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks and scripts. This position demands a forward-thinking approach and shift-left mentality to drive quality excellence across the organization.

• Develop and champion the long-term vision and strategy for test automation across the organization.
• Architect and implement advanced, data-driven test automation frameworks that use AI/ML to identify and prioritize test cases.
• Lead teams in the design, development, and maintenance of robust automated test scripts, frameworks, and tools for functional, integration, and regression testing.
• Act as a subject matter expert and go-to person for complex technical challenges.
• Lead and facilitate the 'shift-left' quality strategy across multiple product teams, ensuring that testing is an integral part of the development process from concept to delivery.
• Develop and execute performance, scalability, and load tests to ensure the software meets performance standards.
• Define and document test strategies, create detailed test plans, and execute manual and automated tests.
• Drive the automation strategy for a portfolio of business-critical applications, including our web applications and the Salesforce platform.
• Define and report on key quality metrics, with a goal of reducing production defects by 20% year-over-year.
• Mentor and lead the professional development of junior and mid-level SDETs, including leading technical training sessions, performing code reviews, and fostering a culture of quality excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Typically, it has 8+ years of professional experience in software development automation.
• Expert understanding of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Expert programming skills in JavaScript and TypeScript, with experience in building and maintaining test automation frameworks.
• Mastery of test automation tools (e.g. Datadog Synthetic, Playwright, Selenium, Cypress).
• Expertise in one or more programming languages, preferably JavaScript or NodeJS.
• In-depth knowledge of CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Action, GitLab CI).
• Expertise in designing and executing sophisticated API contract and integration tests.
• Proven ability to design and analyze performance and load test results to optimize system architecture.
• In-depth experience with cloud-native testing strategies on AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Proficient in quality assurance practices, automated testing strategies, and DevOps methodologies.
• Ability to diagnose complex technical issues, identify root causes, and propose effective solutions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong sense of ownership and ability to drive initiatives across teams and domains.
• Committed to fostering diversity, inclusion, and belonging in engineering environments.

Requirements

• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States.
• Demonstrates awareness, inclusivity, sensitivity, humility, and experience in working with individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, sexual orientations, gender identities, and other various aspects of culture.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, AD&D, short and long-term disability, and life insurance.
• 401k retirement savings with employer match.
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid time off and holiday pay.
• Employee Assistance Program.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, bend, talk and hear.
• The employee is frequently required to walk.
• The employee must be able to lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.