Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test

Dialpad; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 150,500 - 175,250; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits

Opportunities for growth

Job summary

Dialpad is hiring a Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test in Vancouver, Canada. This role focuses on owning the test automation and quality frameworks for Dialpad's AI Voice Agent services. Responsibilities include designing automation tools, developing performance tests, and collaborating with teams to ensure system quality. The salary range is CAD 150,500 to 175,250, with competitive benefits and growth opportunities. A Bachelor's degree and 5+ years in software engineering/SDET roles are required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering or SDET roles.
• Experience testing distributed, cloud-native SaaS systems and APIs.
• Hands-on exposure to LLMs or AI/ML systems.
• Experience building test frameworks and scalable automation systems.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end quality for agentic features and workflows.
• Design and build automation tooling and frameworks.
• Develop and maintain evaluation frameworks to measure response quality.
• Drive automation coverage (80%+ for critical AI workflows).
• Integrate AI quality checks into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Software development

Test automation

Collaboration across teams

Cloud-native SaaS systems

Experience with AI/ML systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

Frontend technologies (Vue3, React)

LLM APIs

Job description

Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test

This position is based at one of Dialpad’s Canadian offices and reports to a QA Eng Manager in the United States.

Your role

As a Sr. SDET in Agentic QA, you will own the test automation and quality frameworks that support Dialpad’s AI Voice Agent services. You will develop automated tests for end‑to‑end product experiences, from frontend UI to backend services, APIs, and audio/text interactions. You will test orchestration flows, agent configuration experiences, and guardian safeguards to create robust automated coverage for functionality, performance, reliability, UX, and more. In this role you will develop substantial amounts of automated test infrastructure and partner deeply with the development team to make our fast‑growing AI platform more testable, more stable, and more delightful for customers.

What you’ll do

• Own end‑to‑end quality for agentic features and workflows, including strategy, development, execution, and release qualification.
• Design and build automation tooling and frameworks for AI/LLM‑driven systems, including prompt flows, agent orchestration, and tool integrations.
• Develop and maintain evaluation frameworks (evals) to measure response quality, accuracy, and hallucination rates.
• Drive automation coverage (80%+ for critical AI workflows) using deterministic + probabilistic validation approaches.
• Integrate AI quality checks into CI/CD pipelines with fast feedback cycles (<15 minutes for PR validation).
• Build tooling for LLM observability and debugging, including prompt tracing and response analysis.
• Partner with Applied AI teams on prompt engineering, model selection, and evaluation strategies.
• Design and execute performance and load tests for AI services (latency, throughput, cost efficiency).
• Identify and mitigate risks related to hallucinations, bias, safety, and edge cases.
• Define and track AI quality KPIs (task success rates, precision/recall, latency, etc.).
• Participate in design and architecture reviews to ensure systems are testable, observable, and resilient.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to raising the bar on AI quality engineering practices.

What you’ll bring

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering or SDET roles with an emphasis on software development.
• Experience testing distributed, cloud‑native SaaS systems and APIs.
• Demonstrated proficiency in coding with AI agents to accelerate development and improve code quality.
• Hands‑on exposure to LLMs or AI/ML systems (e.g., OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, or similar platforms).
• Understanding of non‑deterministic systems and probabilistic testing approaches.
• Experience building test frameworks and scalable automation systems.
• Familiarity with AI evaluation techniques (benchmarking, golden datasets, human‑in‑the‑loop validation).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work across distributed teams and time zones.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• Frontend: Vue3, React.
• AI Stack: LLM APIs, LiveKit, prompt orchestration frameworks, evaluation tooling.

Salary

British Columbia, Canada Salary Range: $150,500 – $175,250 CAD.

Benefits

• Work at the center of the AI transformation in business communications.
• Build and ship agentic AI products that are redefining how companies operate.
• Join a team where AI amplifies every employee’s impact.
• Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and real opportunities for growth.

Dialpad is an equal‑opportunity employer. We are dedicated to creating a community of inclusion and an environment free from discrimination or harassment.