Senior SDET II, Quality Engineering (Remote Canada)

Apply; Canada; Remote; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and life insurance

Bonus program

Flexible vacation

Birthday & volunteering time off

Team get-togethers

Job summary

Optro is seeking a Senior SDET II to architect, design, and build automation and integration tests for backend services and infrastructure engineering. You will drive standards for software test development, improving product scalability, reliability, and delivery velocity.

Strong leadership, time management, and willingness to embrace new tech are essential. The role emphasizes testing web applications on cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), and collaborating across product and infrastructure teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (CS or EE) or equivalent experience.
• 9+ years proven work experience in Software Development in Test.
• 4+ years of experience using Playwright or Cypress.
• 4+ years of experience coding with JavaScript and/or TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Own test frameworks, infrastructure, and tooling components.
• Design, create, maintain, and optimize test automation frameworks for web apps.
• Develop and lead synthetic data & generative AI strategy.
• Design roadmap to transition legacy tests to AI-driven ecosystems.
• Understand system code structure and component interactions.
• Evaluate and prototype cutting-edge agentic tooling for test automation.
• Mentor junior SDETs and collaborate with infra, platform, and product teams.
• Provide feedback on product design and architecture and testability.
• Research new test tools and methodologies and upgrade practices.

Skills

Test automation

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in engineering (CS or EE)

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

JavaScript

TypeScript

NodeJS

Terraform

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

AWS

Azure

Job description

Who We Are

Having surpassed $300M ARR and continuing to grow, Optro helps enterprises transform risk into opportunity through its AI-powered GRC Intelligence Platform. More than 50% of the Fortune 500, including 7 of the Fortune 10, leverage our award-winning technology to move their businesses forward with greater clarity and agility. And our customers love us: Optro is top-rated on G2.com and Gartner Peer Insights.

At Optro, we inspire each other to innovate and are proud of what we are producing. We spend each day thinking of new ways to help our customers and contribute to the greater good of our company and our surrounding communities. We are all about assisting each other and breaking through barriers to create the most loved audit, risk, ESG, and InfoSec platform by our customers. This is how we have become one of the 500 fastest-growing tech companies in North America for the seventh year in a row, as ranked by Deloitte!

Why This Role is Exciting

Optro is looking for a full-time Senior SDET II. The ideal candidate will be capable of delivering on multiple competing priorities. This role will help architect, design and build automation, and integration tests to support backend services and infrastructure engineering quality and testing initiatives. The responsibilities include creating detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and scripts based on API- and client-driven design specifications outlined in stories. Success will be measured by driving adoption of standards and best practices for software test development, with material impact on product scalability, end user reliability, defect detection, and velocity of successful delivery of innovation.

To be successful as a Senior SDET II, you should have excellent time management and organizational skills, as well as strong communication and technical leadership skills. You should have a passion for designing, developing, and testing code, as well as embracing and learning new technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Own technical components of test frameworks, test infrastructure and test tooling
• Design, create, maintain, and optimize test automation frameworks for Optro web applications
• Develop and lead synthetic data & generative AI strategy
• Design and implement high-level architectural roadmap to transition legacy test frameworks into self-healing, AI-driven ecosystems
• Develop deep understanding of the system’s code structure and component interactions
• Evaluate, prototype, and implement cutting-edge agentic tooling to enhance test automation frameworks and test tooling
• Manage technical communications and provide technical mentorship for more junior SDETs
• Collaborate with horizontal (infrastructure, platform, architecture) teams and product teams
• Provide technical feedback on product design and architecture
• Offer feedback on the testability of functional elements
• Research test tools, frameworks, testing methodologies, and trends, and upgrade existing practices and processes to meet the ever-evolving technological landscape

Attributes for a Successful Candidate

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering (CS or EE) or equivalent experience
• 9+ years proven work experience in Software Development in Test
• 4+ years of experience using Playwright or Cypress required
• 4+ years of experience coding with JavaScript and/or TypeScript (preferred)
• 4+ years of experience in test automation in SaaS and/or B2B facing internet-based applications
• 3+ years of experience with building test automation on technologies like NodeJS, NPM, etc
• Experience building infra-as-code automation technologies like: Terraform, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, etc
• Demonstrable experience in researching new technologies that might help improve the application, infrastructure, and/or team productivity
• Demonstrable experience with debugging complex issues across multiple services or layers within an application stack
• Strong technical skills and track record of architectural decisions
• Experience with testing web applications on AWS, Azure, or other Cloud services
• Experience with Agile-Scrum and other Agile methodologies
• Good analytical skills to work with developers for troubleshooting and peer review

Perks (Canada)

• Launch a career at one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in North America and EMEA!
• Live your best life (LYBL)! $200/mo (USD) for anything that enhances your life
• Comprehensive employee health and life insurance coverage
• Competitive compensation & bonus program
• Statutory vacation + Flexible vacation
• Time off for your birthday & volunteering
• Employee resource groups
• Opportunities for team and company-wide get-togethers!

*perks may vary based on eligibility/location

Our Company Values

• Customer obsession: It starts and ends here. Consistently ask yourself how what you’re doing creates value for our customers. It’s a mindset.
• Gritty resilience: Make it happen. Find a way. Move fast, stay positive, and do what it takes.
• Drive innovation: Create the future. Continuously improve what exists and invent what’s next.
• Win, together: One team. No silos, no egos. Drive to be the best and support each other’s success.
• Growth mindset: 10x, not 10%. Think in orders of magnitude, not increments. Seek feedback, learn, and improve.

Please note that background checks are required. Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. This role may have access to highly sensitive data, including employee data, customer data, company financials, and proprietary product information.

We love building strong partnerships, but please note that Optro cannot accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Any submissions without a signed agreement in place will not create a fee obligation.

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