Senior SDET (Remote) — QA Strategy & Automation

Donnelley Financial, LLC; Rockville (MD); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (Senior SDET) to provide technical leadership for quality engineering across our enterprise SaaS platforms. You will define test strategy, automation frameworks, and quality standards while remaining hands-on in automation.

You will partner with Engineering and Product to ensure scalable, reliable deployments in regulated environments, lead cross-team QA initiatives, and mentor distributed teams to

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software quality engineering with strong automation focus.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience with TypeScript and Playwright as well as Java and Selenium.
• Proven experience driving test strategy and automation across multiple teams.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, SDLC, and Agile practices.
• Experience validating complex, distributed, enterprise-scale systems.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented design principles and test architecture.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA and test strategy across multiple Agile teams
• Own test scope, coverage, and traceability to requirements and acceptance criteria Identify quality risks in architecture/design and define mitigation plans
• Ensure testing supports rapid production releases without compromising quality
• Enforce QA standards, tools, and best practices across teams
• Drive automation across integration, regression, smoke, performance, load, and migration testing Integrate automation fully into CI/CD pipelines
• Convert high-value manual tests into scalable automated suites
• Review and optimize automation frameworks for efficiency and consistency
• Perform hands-on automation and targeted manual testing for high-risk areas
• Conduct root cause analysis of defects and partner with engineering on fixes
• Participate in Agile ceremonies Lead and mentor distributed QA teams and partners
• Continuously improve coverage, execution speed, and reliability Identify process gaps and recommend improvements

Skills

QA automation

Test strategy

Agile

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

TypeScript

Java

Job description

Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (Senior SDET) to provide technical leadership for quality engineering across our enterprise SaaS platforms. You will define test strategy, automation frameworks, and quality standards while remaining hands-on in automation.

You will partner with Engineering and Product to ensure scalable, reliable deployments in regulated environments, lead cross-team QA initiatives, and mentor distributed teams to