Senior SDET: Lead QA & Automation Engineer

Deque Systems; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Deque Systems is seeking a Senior Development Engineer in Test to own end-to-end quality for a product, balancing manual and automated testing. You will mentor junior engineers and drive test strategies, design comprehensive test plans, and ensure coverage across web UI and RESTful APIs.

The role emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams, adopting AI-assisted scripting, and improving CI/CD quality gates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical studies.
• 8-10 years of experience in software QA, including at least 2 years in a QA senior role owning quality for a product or multiple modules.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and strong team skills.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end quality for the assigned product from requirements through release sign-off.
• Define test strategy and test plans; write and review test cases for coverage.
• Perform manual and automation testing; coordinate activities across teams.
• Design, develop, and execute automated tests for web UI and APIs using a JS-based framework.
• Maintain and expand automation framework and regression suite.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and monitor results.
• Analyze production bugs, perform root cause analysis, and drive preventive actions.
• Mentor junior QA engineers and review their work and coding standards.
• Track and report quality metrics and release readiness to stakeholders.

Skills

Test strategy writing

End-to-end QA

Manual and automation testing

Web API testing

Root cause analysis

Agile/Scrum testing

JavaScript/TypeScript

UI automation in JS framework

Automation framework maintenance

CI/CD with GitHub Actions

Git/Jira/TestRail

Mentoring junior QA engineers

Quality metrics reporting

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Playwright

Puppeteer

Cypress

WebdriverIO

Job description

Deque Systems is seeking a Senior Development Engineer in Test to own end-to-end quality for a product, balancing manual and automated testing. You will mentor junior engineers and drive test strategies, design comprehensive test plans, and ensure coverage across web UI and RESTful APIs.

The role emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams, adopting AI-assisted scripting, and improving CI/CD quality gates.