Engineering Team Lead (SDET)

Ten Mile Square Technologies • Arlington, VA

1d • Remote

About The Position

Ten Mile Square Technologies is seeking an experienced, hands-on Engineering Team Lead (SDET) to lead a team responsible for quality engineering, test automation, release engineering, and engineering enablement. The role supports incremental modernization of a large-scale financial services platform across modern cloud technologies and complex legacy systems. It is an individual-contributor role combining Agile leadership, software engineering expertise, and hands-on problem-solving. The successful candidate embraces AI-assisted engineering and helps teams deliver high-quality software predictably and efficiently.

The position is remote and limited to candidates based in the United States, with working hours aligned to U.S. Eastern Time. Occasional short-duration travel may be required for in-person project or team sessions. Compensation is listed as up to $182,500 yearly, comprising a $160,000 base and $22,500 standard incentive pay.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience in test automation.
• 2+ years of experience as an Engineering Team Lead, providing hands-on technical leadership, Agile delivery leadership, and team mentorship.
• Strong understanding and practical application of Agile principles, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement.
• Strong programming skills in TypeScript, JavaScript, or comparable languages.
• Expertise designing and developing automation frameworks for distributed systems, APIs, and complex integrations.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Claude and AI-assisted software engineering tools.
• Experience with AWS, CI/CD pipelines, SQL, and modern software architectures.
• Experience managing complex test data and troubleshooting integration issues across multiple systems.
• Ability to work effectively with brittle, poorly documented, or legacy systems without requiring expertise in their underlying technologies.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, quality engineering, and maintainable code.
• Self-motivated and proactive in identifying and solving problems.
• Passion for the work and ability to learn new technologies and concepts quickly.
• Strong Agile mindset and commitment to team ownership and success.
• Resourceful, persistent, and comfortable navigating technical complexity and ambiguity.
• Detail-oriented, with high integrity and a strong work ethic.
• Excellent communication skills within the team and with clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agile team execution, fostering ownership, collaboration, accountability, predictable delivery, and continuous improvement.
• Architect, develop, and maintain reusable test automation frameworks, engineering tools, and quality engineering practices.
• Establish testing strategies across API, integration, end-to-end, regression, and performance testing.
• Use Claude and other AI tools to improve engineering productivity, automation, testing, and problem-solving.
• Develop strategies for discovering, creating, managing, and maintaining test data across complex, interconnected systems.
• Support testing, release execution, validation, and troubleshooting across modern applications and legacy integrations.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to refine requirements, manage dependencies, plan sprints, and deliver reliable solutions.
• Improve CI/CD integration, automated quality gates, deployment processes, and release confidence.
• Mentor engineers, promote engineering excellence, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with the Ten Mile Square team on development and knowledge sharing.
• Represent yourself and Ten Mile Square with integrity, expertise, and value.
• Maintain client confidentiality.

Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, including family coverage.
• 100% company-paid individual short- and long-term disability insurance.
• 3% company contribution to 401(k).
• 15 days of paid time off per year, increasing by 1 day per year up to 20 days.
• 10 training days per year.
• 8 company holidays and 2 personal days.
• Individual performance-based quarterly cash incentive.
• Combined individual- and company-based annual cash incentive.
• Public transit reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed