Staff SDET

Safe Software

Staff SDET leading test automation architecture and quality engineering at Safe Software. Join a collaborative environment defining what quality means for AI-driven systems.

Posted 5/7/2026full-timeBritish Columbia • 🇨🇦 CanadaLead💰 CA$123,300 - CA$143,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDockerJavaJenkinsKubernetesPythonSelenium

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and lead the vision for test automation architecture and quality engineering at scale.
Design, build, and evolve reusable test frameworks that are maintainable, scalable, and efficient.
Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and DevOps to embed testing throughout CI/CD and cloud-based deployments.
Guide architectural decisions to improve testability, observability, and long-term system health.
Identify and resolve quality gaps, technical debt, and inefficiencies across teams.
Mentor developers, SDETs, and QA team members to build testing skills and promote a quality-first mindset.
Standardize tools and technologies that support test automation and improve development workflows.
Monitor and report on testing coverage, quality KPIs, and risk areas to inform planning and continuous improvement.
Champion AI-assisted development across the org, piloting and standardizing tools that accelerate test authoring, triage, results analysis, and code review.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience in software development or test automation, including roles with technical leadership scope.
Advanced skills in programming languages such as Python, Java, or C++.
Deep experience with testing frameworks like Pytest, Selenium, or custom solutions.
Strong knowledge of CI/CD and orchestration tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience with infrastructure-as-code, systems-level testing, and test infrastructure at scale.
Proven ability to influence cross-team testing strategies and mentor engineers across experience levels.
Strong communication and leadership skills, with a collaborative and inclusive approach.
Hands-on experience testing AI/ML or LLM-powered features, including building evaluation frameworks and dealing with non-deterministic outputs. (Nice to Have)
Practical fluency with AI coding assistants and agentic dev tools (Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor, etc.) and a point of view on how to use them safely and effectively in a quality engineering context. (Nice to Have)
Experience integrating AI capabilities into developer tooling or test infrastructure (e.g., AI-driven flake detection, auto-triage, self-healing tests). (Nice to Have)
Experience scaling test practices in hybrid or cloud-native environments. (Nice to Have)
Familiarity with performance profiling, observability tooling, or resilience testing. (Nice to Have)
Involvement in community-of-practice leadership or internal quality initiatives. (Nice to Have)
Passion for continuous improvement and innovation in test automation and engineering practices. (Nice to Have)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Meaningful Work: Make a profound impact across our business, workplace and data integration product.
A Supportive Environment: Feel empowered to share your ideas and implement them with high autonomy and team support.
Social Responsibility: Become part of a team that finds meaningful ways to give back. Take paid time off to volunteer for one of our Safe-organized opportunities that align with our core community initiatives.
Learning & Career Development: We believe in your continuous learning and growth. Take advantage of an annual learning budget and training programs paid for by Safe.
Flexible Working Hours: Flexible and remote-friendly work arrangements to fit your lifestyle. Work when you want, and how you want to.
Work-Life Balance: There's no place for burnout at Safe. Maintain a healthy balance of your personal and work life without splitting yourself in two. Enjoy 3 weeks of vacation to recharge, plus an additional paid 6 seasonal days off per year.
Health & Wellness: Extended health, dental, health or lifestyle spending, and counseling benefits from day 1. That’s right, no waiting period.
Family is important: We are dedicated to supporting our employees through parenthood and offer a Parental Leave Top-Up Program for new parents through childbirth or adoption.
Shared Success: Share in Safe’s success with our bi-annual profit sharing and RRSP/TFSA matching program.
An Accessible Commute: Regardless of your commute method, we’re located close to public transit, and provide complimentary parking and bike storage for our team!

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Hard Skills & Tools

test automation architecturetest frameworksPythonJavaC++PytestSeleniumCI/CDinfrastructure-as-codeAI/ML testing

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationinclusivityinfluencecontinuous improvementquality-first mindset