JOB SUMMARY
The Expertise and Skills You Bring A quality-focused engineering professional with a strong foundation in QA engineering, this individual brings a balanced perspective to building and validating high-quality software. They possess a solid understanding of modern development practices, test automation, and Agile methodologies, along with a proactive mindset centered on continuous improvement and defect prevention. Known for strong collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills, they actively contribute to building reliable, scalable applications while fostering a culture of quality across cross-functional teams.
The Role In this role, you will serve as a key contributor within a high-performing Scrum team, driving quality strategy, test automation, and best practices across the development lifecycle. As a senior SDET, you bring a strong blend of advanced software development expertise and a deeply ingrained QA mindset, enabling you to lead by example while mentoring others and influencing the overall quality direction of the product. Lead and collaborate as a senior Agile team member to design and deliver solutions for User Stories, including robust and scalable automated test scenarios Drive and actively participate in the refinement and grooming of User Stories, ensuring comprehensive test coverage, QA strategy, and automation design Design, develop, and maintain advanced functional automation frameworks and test cases Provide leadership in iteration reviews and product demos, representing quality engineering perspectives Proactively identify, log, and prioritize defects/issues, and partner closely with team members to drive timely resolution Lead and facilitate defect triage sessions, ensuring effective root cause analysis and risk mitigation strategies Oversee and validate production release deployments, ensuring high confidence through thorough verification and monitoring practices Mentor and guide junior QA and engineering team members, fostering a culture of quality, ownership, and continuous improvement

Key Responsibilities
Lead and collaborate as a senior Agile team member to design and deliver solutions for User Stories, including robust and scalable automated test scenarios
Drive and actively participate in the refinement and grooming of User Stories, ensuring comprehensive test coverage, QA strategy, and automation design
Design, develop, and maintain advanced functional automation frameworks and test cases
Provide leadership in iteration reviews and product demos, representing quality engineering perspectives
Proactively identify, log, and prioritize defects/issues, and partner closely with team members to drive timely resolution
Lead and facilitate defect triage sessions, ensuring effective root cause analysis and risk mitigation strategies
Oversee and validate production release deployments, ensuring high confidence through thorough verification and monitoring practices
Mentor and guide junior QA and engineering team members, fostering a culture of quality, ownership, and continuous improvement

Required Qualifications
Experience and/or knowledge in both QA Engineering and Software Development
Proficiency or demonstrated ability to learn professional software development practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, design patterns, object-oriented design, and software design principles
Experience or knowledge of Selenium automation frameworks (Java-based)
Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies, including Scrum
Strong understanding of QA engineering, analysis, and testing concepts
Knowledge of defect tracking tools and processes
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Highly collaborative team player with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
Strong problem identification and resolution skills
Continuous improvement mindset, viewing challenges and failures as opportunities to learn and grow
A proactive QA mindset that assumes products may contain defects and works diligently with the team to identify and resolve them

Preferred Qualifications
Experience with SQL and NoSQL database systems
Familiarity with Behavior-Driven Development (BDD); Gherkin experience is a plus
Experience or knowledge of testing web applications and RESTful web services (APIs)
Ability to contribute to defining and evolving the Test Pyramid for products
Familiarity with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices
Computer Science degree, relevant coursework, or equivalent software development experience
Appreciation for sustainable development practices, including maintaining a healthy work-life balance