Staff SDET, Quality Engineering (Remote) at Optro

Who We Are Having surpassed $300M ARR and continuing to grow, Optro is the leading audit, risk, ESG, and InfoSec platform on the market. More than 50% of the Fortune 500, including 7 of the Fortune 10, leverage our award-winning technology to move their businesses forward with greater clarity and agility. And our customers love us: Optro is top-rated on G2.com [Upgrade to PRO to see link] and Gartner Peer Insights. At Optro, we inspire each other to innovate and are proud of what we are producing. We spend each day thinking of new ways to help our customers and contribute to the greater good of our company and our surrounding communities. We are all about assisting each other and breaking through barriers to create the most loved audit, risk, ESG, and InfoSec platform by our customers. This is how we have become one of the 500 fastest-growing tech companies in North America for the seventh year in a row, as ranked by Deloitte! Why this role is exciting: We are looking for a Staff SDET to help lead our quality engineering (QE) technical strategy and implementation. The Staff SDET acts as a QE Architect. Their responsibilities include software architecture and development, with a focus on the design and implementation for all of Optro’s test automation frameworks, test infrastructure, and supporting tooling. The Staff SDET is a QE domain expert with advanced programming skills who can design and create automation testing tools and frameworks to help engineer quality in all parts of our tech stack. This strategic focus includes pioneering the use of agentic tooling and advanced AI/ML techniques to drive innovation in the QE space. To be successful as a Staff SDET, you should have excellent time management and organizational skills, as well as strong communication and technical leadership skills. You should have a passion for designing, developing, and testing code, as well as embracing and learning new technologies. Responsibilities: - Own technical and architectural components of test frameworks, test infrastructure and test tooling - Design, create, maintain, and optimize test automation frameworks for Optro web applications - Develop and lead synthetic data & generative AI strategy - Design and implement high-level architectural roadmap to transition legacy test frameworks into self-healing, AI-driven ecosystems - Develop deep understanding of the system’s code structure and component interactions - Evaluate, prototype, and implement cutting-edge agentic tooling to enhance test automation frameworks and test tooling - Manage technical communications and provide technical mentorship for more junior SDETs - Collaborate with horizontal (infrastructure, platform, architecture) teams and product teams - Provide technical feedback on product design and architecture - Offer feedback on the testability of functional elements - Research test tools, frameworks, testing methodologies, and trends, and upgrade existing practices and processes to meet the ever-evolving technological landscape What you will need to succeed: - Advanced software design and programming skills - Expertise in test methodologies and their corresponding tools - Experience in architecting and implementing test automation frameworks - Experience in implementing automation/CI pipeline workflows - Strong skills and experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms - The ability to recognize risks and errors in application design - Good verbal and written communication skills - Good time management and organizational skills - Desire to mentor more junior engineers - The ability to stay current with the technology industry - A passion for testing, development, and design Our Company Values - Customer obsession: It starts and ends here. Consistently ask yourself how what you’re doing creates value for our customers. It’s a mindset. - Gritty resilience: Make it happen. Find a way. Move fast, stay positive, and do what it takes. - Drive innovation: Create the future. Continuously improve what exists and invent what’s next. - Win, together: One team. No silos, no egos. Drive to be the best and support each other’s success. - Growth mindset: 10x, not 10%. Think in orders of magnitude, not increments. Seek feedback, learn, and improve. Perks* - Launch a career at one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in North America! - Live your best life (LYBL)! $200/mo for anything that enhances your life - Comprehensive employee health coverage (all locations) - 401K with match (US) or pension with match (UK) - Competitive compensation & bonus program - Flexible Vacation (US exempt & CA) or 25 days (UK) - Time off for your birthday & volunteering - Employee resource groups - Opportunities for team and company-wide get-togethers! *perks may vary based on eligibility/location Please note that background checks are required. Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. This role may have access to highly sensitive data, including employee data, customer data, company financials, and proprietary product information. 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