Staff SDET Engineer: Lead Test Automation Architect

Cint; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cint is seeking a Staff SDET to lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable test automation frameworks across web, API, and backend services. The role drives innovative testing practices and raises quality across the development lifecycle.

The ideal candidate will be a deep technical expert and proactive mentor, shaping testing strategy, integrating CI/CD pipelines, and advancing non-functional testing such as performance and load testing.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, building and maintaining scalable test automation frameworks across web, API and backend services.
• Ability to set quality gates, metrics, and CI/CD integration to enable rapid feedback.
• Proven mentoring and leadership of SDET teams and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop scalable test automation frameworks across web, API, and backend platforms.

Skills

Playwright

JavaScript/TypeScript

CI/CD architectures

REST API testing

communication

problem solving

AI testing methodologies

leadership

Tools

Jenkins

Docker

K6

JMeter

AWS/Azure

Job description

Cint is seeking a Staff SDET to lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable test automation frameworks across web, API, and backend services. The role drives innovative testing practices and raises quality across the development lifecycle.

The ideal candidate will be a deep technical expert and proactive mentor, shaping testing strategy, integrating CI/CD pipelines, and advancing non-functional testing such as performance and load testing.