Staff SDET Engineer, Tax Product Development

BDO USA

8h•Hybrid

About The Position

Job Summary: The Staff SDET Engineer leads the quality assurance strategy and test engineering for BDO Tax products and platforms, including AI-enabled solutions with a domain focus on Partnership, Direct Tax (i.e. Business Tax), Indirect Tax and Dynamics/ERP systems. This role establishes scalable automation frameworks for UI, API, data, and performance testing; defines regression and release readiness processes; and ensures consistent defect management and stakeholder reporting. Responsibilities include validating product features, testing for reliability, safety, and compliance, and partnering with product, engineering, and DevOps to integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines. The position mentors SDETs, improves test coverage, and drives quality outcomes through measurable standards, use of LLM-based features and agent workflows, responsible AI practices, and continuous improvement across the tax technology portfolio. Job Duties: Owns test strategy, test planning, and quality assurance for BDO Tax products and platforms Embeds themselves within the development team to define acceptance criteria, test approaches, and quality risks during discovery, including refinement, and sprint execution Designs, implements, and maintains UI automation frameworks using C# or Java with Playwright and/or Selenium, emphasizing maintainability and extensions Develops, executes, and maintains automated API tests for REST services, including contract validation, negative testing, and error handling verification Performs database testing using SQL for backend validation, reconciliation, and test data verification Builds, executes, and analyzes performance tests using Apache JMeter, including load, stress, and endurance testing with actionable reporting Integrates automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and enforce quality gates with clear pass/fail criteria and build health visibility Defines regression strategy, test suite organization, coverage targets, and ongoing optimization based on product risk and change impact Leads defect management processes, including triage, severity assignment, reproduction steps, root cause collaboration, and verification of fixes Produces QA status reporting, quality metrics, and risk summaries for stakeholders, including release go/no-go recommendations Drives testability improvements with engineering teams, including logging, telemetry, environment stability, and feature flag validation support Tests features enabled by AI using repeatable evaluation methods, safety-focused scenarios, and responsible AI best practices aligned to approved governance standards Other duties as required

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent, required
Ten (10) or more years of progressive experience in software engineering, quality engineering, test automation, and modern QA practices, required
Three (3) or more years of leading QA/SDETs through technical direction, code reviews, and test strategy ownership, required
Five (5) or more years of building and maintaining UI automation frameworks in C# or Java using Playwright and/or Selenium, preferred
Five (5) or more years of designing and executing automated REST API testing, preferred
Five (5) or more years of performing database testing and data validation using SQL, preferred
Three (3) or more years of executing performance testing using Apache JMeter or similar tools with analysis and reporting, preferred
Three (3) or more years of integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines with quality gates and reporting, preferred
Two (2) or more years supporting testing for AI-enabled software features, including evaluation of non-deterministic outputs and safety-focused test scenarios, preferred
Experience supporting Agile delivery as part of a cross-functional product development team, preferred
Experience with tax domain platforms, compliance workflows, or document/data-heavy applications, preferred
Experience with one (1) or more of the following products, preferred: Microsoft Office Suite Playwright Selenium Apache JMeter,Postman or equivalent API tooling Git, CI/CD tooling (Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitHub Actions,OctopusDeploy Test management and defect tracking tools (Azure DevOps, Jira) SQL Server Management Studio or equivalent database client tooling AI platforms and agent tooling (Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI Studio, Microsoft Copilot Studio) Observability tooling (Azure Application Insights, OpenTelemetry) Container tooling (Docker)
Ability to work well in hybrid and remote environments
Solid verbal and written communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills, including training/instruction with professionals at all levels
Sound decision-making skills
Ability to lead and manage a team
Ability to complete projects by performing the QA/SDET function independently with minimal leadership oversight.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on delivering practical and innovative solutions
Familiarity with data privacy regulations and compliance requirements relevant to the accounting industry
Strong ability to communicate quality status, defects, and delivery risk to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Strong analytical skills for troubleshooting failures and partnering on root cause analysis across teams
Strong ability to lead through influence, establish standards, and mentor engineers through actionable technical feedback

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree, with a focus in Computer Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM), Finance, or Accounting, preferred
ISTQB Certified Tester, preferred
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate or similar, preferred
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM I), preferred

Responsibilities

Owns test strategy, test planning, and quality assurance for BDO Tax products and platforms
Embeds themselves within the development team to define acceptance criteria, test approaches, and quality risks during discovery, including refinement, and sprint execution
Designs, implements, and maintains UI automation frameworks using C# or Java with Playwright and/or Selenium, emphasizing maintainability and extensions
Develops, executes, and maintains automated API tests for REST services, including contract validation, negative testing, and error handling verification
Performs database testing using SQL for backend validation, reconciliation, and test data verification
Builds, executes, and analyzes performance tests using Apache JMeter, including load, stress, and endurance testing with actionable reporting
Integrates automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and enforce quality gates with clear pass/fail criteria and build health visibility
Defines regression strategy, test suite organization, coverage targets, and ongoing optimization based on product risk and change impact
Leads defect management processes, including triage, severity assignment, reproduction steps, root cause collaboration, and verification of fixes
Produces QA status reporting, quality metrics, and risk summaries for stakeholders, including release go/no-go recommendations
Drives testability improvements with engineering teams, including logging, telemetry, environment stability, and feature flag validation support
Tests features enabled by AI using repeatable evaluation methods, safety-focused scenarios, and responsible AI best practices aligned to approved governance standards
Other duties as required