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• Own the quality strategy for major features and initiatives, identifying technical risks early and partnering with engineering teams to build practical mitigation plans.
• Design, develop, and maintain reliable automated test suites covering APIs, backend services, distributed systems, and end-to-end user workflows.
• Collaborate with engineers during design and implementation to improve testability, observability, and overall software quality before code reaches production.
• Improve the reliability, speed, and signal-to-noise ratio of CI/CD pipelines by reducing flaky tests, optimizing automation, and continuously improving quality metrics.
• Apply AI-assisted development tools, intelligent test selection, and risk-based testing techniques to improve automation efficiency and coverage.
• Continuously evaluate emerging testing technologies and modern quality engineering practices, including AI-driven tooling for coverage analysis and defect detection.
• Help establish engineering-wide quality standards through mentoring, code reviews, process improvements, and collaboration across engineering teams.

Software Development Engineer in Test, SDET

• Design comprehensive test architecture – plan unit, integration, E2E, and semantic validation test suites that cover the full pipeline from profile intake through roadmap generation; define coverage targets and acceptance criteria
• Build semantic validation harnesses for AI outputs – design golden-set test cases (5–8 CISO-approved reference profiles) that measure AI stage precision/recall, rigor-tier correctness, floor-control invariants, traceability completeness, and run-to-run stability; a semantic regression blocks merge
• Implement access-control testing – design automated probes at API and database layers that verify cross-tenant isolation; simulate compromised sessions and verify RLS policies enforce tenant boundaries
• Design and maintain CI/CD quality gates – build automated test runners that execute on every commit: unit tests, integration tests, schema validation, migration guards, image scanning, access-control probes; red builds block merge
• Lead test automation practices – expand automation frameworks and practices; identify opportunities for improving test processes; recommend tools and technologies for testing efficiency
• Collaborate across the team – serve as the QA voice in technical design reviews; flag testability issues early; work with the AI/LLM Lead to define what "correct" means for each pipeline stage
• Mentor junior test engineers – guide the team on test design, semantic validation, and CI/CD best practices; share knowledge on testing AI systems where reproducibility is critical
• Own test documentation and reporting – maintain clear test plans, results, and traceability matrices; report test coverage and quality metrics to leadership; communicate blockers and risks transparently

Senior QA Automation Engineer, Python, Selenium, Pytest

• Support the release and delivery process by collaborating with the QA and Development team
• Participate in design and development reviews by providing feedback to product development teams
• Test (manual and automated), debug, and analyze issues for projects throughout the entire process
• Develop test specifications or test cases for user stories
• Schedule demos, UAT sessions, and QA-related meetings
• Execute test cases based on business requirements

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