Senior Software Development Engineer In Test

Summary

Join Addepar's Quality & Developer Enablement team as a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test! You will drive end-to-end quality initiatives, develop and execute comprehensive test strategies, build and maintain automated test suites, and perform quality analysis and reporting. Collaboration with developers and mentoring junior team members are key aspects of this role. You will also monitor production releases and help maintain testing environments. The ideal candidate possesses strong automation skills, experience with various testing frameworks, and a proven track record of reducing defect leakage. Addepar offers a competitive salary, bonus, equity, and benefits package.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s/ Masters Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of software testing experience with strong automation skills
• Strong programming skills in Python with experience designing and implementing automation frameworks
• Extensive experience with back-end data testing with strong ability to investigate on technical issues with developers
• Proven track record of reducing defect leakage through test automation
• Experience with performance testing and API testing frameworks
• Strong understanding of testing methodologies and quality metrics
• Experience testing distributed systems and data processing pipelines
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good understanding of service integration testing, contract testing, and system reliability testing

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end quality initiatives for team features and releases
• Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies across multiple testing levels
• Design and implement automated test suites for critical business flows
• Collaborate with developers to improve unit test coverage and integration testing
• Perform exploratory testing for new features and complex scenarios
• Build and maintain reliable automated test suites using modern frameworks
• Create reusable test automation components and utilities
• Implement performance and load testing solutions for critical services
• Develop API testing frameworks and maintain test data management solutions
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Track and analyze defect leakage to identify areas for improvement
• Participate in incident postmortems and drive preventive measures
• Present quality metrics and insights to team stakeholders
• Create and maintain quality dashboards for visibility
• Document testing processes and best practices
• Provide testing consultation and guidance to development teams
• Review test plans and testing approaches for new features
• Mentor junior QE team members on testing practices
• Participate in code reviews and technical design discussions
• Contribute to improving testing processes and methodologies
• Monitor production releases and validate deployment success
• Analyze production incidents and propose testing improvements
• Help maintain staging environments for testing
• Collaborate on service monitoring and alerting setup
• Support release validation and production verification testing

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits