SDET/QA Engineer

Curology • San Diego, CA

23h • Remote

About The Position

The mission of the Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) is to establish and evolve our approach to test automation, test strategy, and quality standards from the ground up—designing scalable, maintainable frameworks and partnering closely with engineering, product, data, and QA teams to deliver reliable, high-quality software with confidence.

Requirements

• 5–7+ years in software engineering or SDET roles with production-grade test automation
• Strong programming skills in TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, or similar languages.
• Experience testing distributed systems and event-driven architectures
• Hands-on CI/CD integration experience
• Experience working with systems undergoing active migration or decomposition.
• Demonstrated AI fluency: hands-on experience using enterprise AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) in your engineering workflow to accelerate work such as test design, code review, debugging, and documentation.
• Strong judgment in AI-assisted work: a track record of critically reviewing AI-generated outputs before acting on them, and a clear point of view on where AI augments quality engineering versus where human oversight is non-negotiable.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with contract testing (Pact or similar) across service boundaries
• Experience in HIPAA-regulated environments with PHI handling requirements
• Familiarity with saga patterns, Step Functions, or orchestration testing
• Experience with service-oriented or microservices architectures
• Experience coordinating manual QA, including offshore teams
• Familiarity with AWS-native tooling (EventBridge, SQS, Lambda, Step Functions)
• Experience testing e-commerce platforms.
• Exposure to testing subscription billing or payment processor integrations.
• Experience with observability tooling as part of a quality strategy
• Familiarity with feature flag testing strategies (LaunchDarkly or similar)
• Exposure to mobile testing surfaces (iOS/Android) in addition to web

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, maintainable test automation frameworks for web applications, APIs, and distributed systems, and establish the best practices, patterns, and tooling that scale across teams.
• Define and execute comprehensive test strategies and plans—covering integration and end-to-end testing across a distributed system architecture—and ensure alignment with product and business requirements.
• Identify high-risk areas, including those involving sensitive or regulated data, and ensure appropriate test coverage and validation.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD workflows to improve reliability, speed, and confidence in deployments.
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure systems are designed with testability, observability, and maintainability in mind.
• Partner with product, data, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into testable scenarios and acceptance criteria, and coordinate with offshore QA to define scope, prioritize efforts, and validate results.
• Establish and track quality metrics to drive continuous improvement and reduce production defects.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on quality engineering best practices, helping to elevate standards across the team.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity package (RSUs)
• Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, FSA and HSA, supplemental coverages (critical illness, accident, hospitalization), and 401(k)
• Access to wellbeing perks, including OneMedical, Spring Health, SoFi, and Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible paid time off and holiday policy
• Paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents)
• Employee donation matching program
• Culture Committee and employee resource groups for virtual and in-person connectivity
• Complimentary VIP Subscription to Curology or Agency, plus online retail discount

What This Job Offers

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