Sr. QA Engineer (SDET)

houserx; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible paid time off

Generous parental leave

Comprehensive healthcare, vision anddd

Job summary

House Rx is seeking a Senior QA Engineer (SDET) to own and advance automation that ensures well-tested software across our system. You will collaborate with engineering, product, and infra teams to promote sustainable testing practices and triage production issues with support teams.

You will write unit, API, and browser tests using Jest/Playwright in a Node.js/React environment, build robust test data, diagnose CI failures, and apply AI-assisted development with careful validation.

Qualifications

• Senior-level ownership of test automation or software engineering work.
• Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, and React applications.
• Experience with Jest, Playwright, or comparable test frameworks.
• Able to use SQL to investigate data issues and verify persisted behavior in PostgreSQL or a similar database.
• Demonstrated AI-assisted development experience and a clear approach to verifying generated work.
• Experience diagnosing CI and production issues using logs and tools such as Sentry or Grafana.

Responsibilities

• Own automation systems and QA work from kickoff through release and maintenance.
• Write unit, component, API, and browser tests, selecting the right layer for each risk.
• Build repeatable fixtures and test data to verify workflow behavior and data integrity.
• Collaborate with developers and product managers on testability and acceptance criteria.
• Diagnose CI failures, improve flaky tests, and report coverage and risk.
• Leverage AI-assisted development to accelerate work while validating outputs.
• Monitor system health and convert production issues into regression coverage.

Skills

Test automation

Frontend testing

CI debugging

SQL queries

AI-assisted development

Observability

Cross-team communication

Tools

Jest

Playwright

Node.js

React

Sentry

Grafana

PostgreSQL

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (Software Development Engineer in Test) to help us make specialty medications more accessible and affordable for patients. Keep reading to learn more about the role, our team and why House Rx is the right next step in your career.

About the Role

As a Senior QA Engineer, you will own and improve the automation that helps House Rx deliver well-tested software. You will collaborate with engineering, product, and infrastructure teams on sustainable testing practices and periodically work with support to triage client-facing production issues.

What You’ll Do

• Own automation systems and QA work from project kickoff through release, maintenance, and improvement.
• Write meaningful unit, component, API, and browser tests, choosing the right layer for each risk.
• Build repeatable fixtures and isolated test data to verify workflow behavior and data integrity.
• Partner with developers and product managers on testability, acceptance criteria, and shared testing practices.
• Diagnose CI failures, improve unreliable tests, and report coverage, failures, and remaining risk clearly.
• Use AI-assisted development to accelerate your work while independently validating generated code and assertions.
• Help monitor system health and turn production issues into useful regression coverage.

About You

• Demonstrated senior-level ownership of test automation or software engineering work.
• Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, and React applications.
• Experience with Jest, Playwright, or comparable modern test frameworks.
• Able to use SQL to investigate data issues and verify persisted behavior in PostgreSQL or a similar database.
• Demonstrated AI-assisted development experience and a clear approach to verifying generated work.
• Experience diagnosing CI and production issues using logs and tools such as Sentry or Grafana.
• An awareness that we succeed and fail together, with initiative and clear communication across teams.

Expected Full-Time Base Salary: $130K - $150K

This range represents the low and high end of the anticipated base salary/wage. The actual base salary/wage will depend on several factors, including experience, knowledge, and skills. Actual compensation packages may include other elements equity, paid time off and benefits.

Why You Should Join Our Team

A career at House Rx offers the chance to work with a talented group of entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals, and technology builders who are passionate about improving specialty care and making it easier for patients to access the medication that they need.

At House Rx, we strive to build and maintain an environment where employees from all backgrounds are valued, respected and have the opportunity to succeed. You'll find a culture that supports open communication, embracing failure as a learning opportunity, and always being open to new ideas, no matter how radical. We are a remote-first company. We're committed to creating a positive and collaborative culture to achieve our mission, all while supporting our team members in all aspects of their lives, at home, at work and everywhere in between.

In particular, we offer:

• Flexible paid time off
• Generous parental leave
• Comprehensive healthcare, vision and dental benefits
• Competitive salary and equity stake

We’re backed by forward-thinking investors committed to transforming healthcare, including Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, LRV Health, NEA, Town Hall Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Maverick Ventures, 1984.vc, and Character.