Engineering Team Lead (SDET)

Accountabilities

• Lead Agile Team Execution: Drive Agile delivery and sprint execution, fostering team ownership, collaboration, accountability, predictable delivery, and continuous improvement.

• Develop Test Automation Frameworks: Architect, build, and maintain reusable test automation frameworks, engineering tools, and quality engineering practices that support complex applications and distributed systems.

• Establish Testing Strategies: Design and implement comprehensive testing approaches spanning API, integration, end-to-end, regression, and performance testing to ensure software quality and reliability.

• Leverage AI-Assisted Engineering: Use Claude and other AI-powered tools to improve engineering productivity, automate repetitive tasks, strengthen testing capabilities, and accelerate technical problem-solving.

• Manage Test Data: Develop strategies for discovering, generating, organizing, and maintaining test data across interconnected systems and complex application environments.

• Support Releases and Legacy Integrations: Coordinate testing, release execution, validation, and troubleshooting across modern applications and challenging legacy systems, including environments with limited documentation or fragile integrations.

• Improve CI/CD and Deployment Processes: Integrate automated testing into continuous integration and delivery pipelines, establish effective quality gates, and enhance deployment practices and release confidence.

• Collaborate Across Engineering and Product Teams: Work with technical and product stakeholders to refine requirements, identify dependencies, plan sprints, resolve blockers, and deliver dependable software solutions.

• Mentor and Develop Engineers: Provide hands-on technical guidance, promote maintainable code and engineering best practices, and help team members strengthen their technical capabilities.

• Drive Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve testing efficiency, engineering workflows, system reliability, and delivery outcomes.

• Support Knowledge Sharing and Client Success: Contribute to internal collaboration and technical knowledge sharing while representing the organization professionally, delivering value to clients, and maintaining strict client confidentiality.

Requirements

• Software Engineering Experience: At least 7 years of software engineering experience, including substantial hands-on experience in test automation.

• Technical Leadership: At least 2 years of experience as an Engineering Team Lead, combining hands-on technical contributions, Agile delivery leadership, and team mentorship.

• Agile Methodologies: Strong understanding and practical application of Agile principles, Scrum practices, sprint planning, team accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Programming Skills: Strong programming proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, or comparable programming languages.

• Test Automation Expertise: Demonstrated ability to design, develop, and maintain automation frameworks for APIs, distributed systems, and complex software integrations.

• AI-Assisted Development: Proven proficiency with Claude and AI-assisted software engineering tools, including the ability to apply them effectively to testing, development, and technical problem-solving.

• Cloud and Delivery Technologies: Experience with AWS, CI/CD pipelines, SQL, and modern software architectures.

• Test Data and Integration Management: Experience managing complex test data and diagnosing integration issues across multiple systems.

• Legacy System Troubleshooting: Ability to work effectively with brittle, poorly documented, or legacy systems without requiring prior expertise in every underlying technology.

• Software Quality and Maintainability: Strong understanding of software engineering principles, quality engineering, automated testing, and maintainable code.

• Problem-Solving and Initiative: A proactive, self-motivated approach to identifying problems, evaluating solutions, and taking ownership of outcomes.

• Adaptability and Learning: Ability to learn new technologies and concepts quickly, navigate ambiguity, and remain resourceful when solving technically challenging problems.

• Communication and Collaboration: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to collaborate effectively with team members, technical stakeholders, and clients.

• Professional Integrity: Strong attention to detail, high ethical standards, a commitment to quality, and a collaborative mindset focused on team success.

• Location and Working Hours: Must be based in the United States and able to work during U.S. Eastern Time business hours.

• Employment Eligibility: Full-time employment only; contractor-to-contractor (C2C) arrangements and visa sponsorship are not available.

Benefits

• Base Salary and Incentive Pay: Total stated compensation of $182,500, comprising a $160,000 base salary and $22,500 in standard incentive pay.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, including family coverage.

• Disability Insurance: 100% company-paid individual short-term and long-term disability coverage.

• Retirement Savings: A company contribution of 3% to the 401(k) plan.

• Paid Time Off: 15 days of PTO annually, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 20 days.

• Company Holidays and Personal Days: Eight company holidays and two personal days each year.

• Professional Development: Ten training days annually to support continued learning and technical growth.

• Performance-Based Incentives: Individual quarterly cash incentives based on performance, plus an annual cash incentive combining individual and company performance.

• Transportation Support: Public transit reimbursement.

• Remote Work: Fully remote opportunity for candidates based in the United States.

• Working Schedule: U.S. Eastern Time working hours.

• Occasional Travel: Short-duration travel may be required for in-person project or team sessions.

• Employment Type: Full-time position; C2C arrangements are not accepted, and visa sponsorship is unavailable.