Lead Software Engineer in Test
$160,000–$180,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Define and drive the multi-year evolution of CD Baby's automated testing practice, transitioning from a Playwright-based program to a comprehensive, AI-augmented capability that scales as the architecture moves from monolith to services. Own the test suite for the flagship member application and marketing site, writing production-quality code that covers the .NET monolith, Next.js front end, and emerging services while treating usability and accessibility as first-class concerns. Architect the CI/CD test integration on ArgoCD to gate releases and integrate performance, load, and contract testing across third-party API seams. Embed on the cross-functional Platform team to lead story refinement, mentor engineers through quality reviews, and apply AI aggressively to test authoring and maintenance. This hands-on, individual-contributor role requires 10+ years of experience in test automation and AI fluency, reporting to the Director of Engineering with a base salary of $160,000–$180,000.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with a deep specialization in test automation, or equivalent experience as a Senior/Staff/Lead SDET, SET, or Quality Engineer at companies that treat testing as an engineering discipline
- Demonstrated track record of architecting a testing practice from early stage to mature — selecting frameworks, building suites, integrating them into CI/CD, and earning the trust of the engineering organization over time
- Phenomenal hands-on coding ability
- Strong experience with Playwright (or comparable modern end-to-end frameworks such as Cypress or Selenium)
- Deep experience with API testing and contract testing, including testing the seams between your application and critical third-party APIs
- Experience designing and running performance and load testing programs
- Hands-on experience applying AI to testing workflows
- Strong experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with ArgoCD, Kubernetes, and containerized test environments
- Ability to learn our specific stack quickly
- Working knowledge of the .NET and Next.js ecosystems sufficient to read and reason about the code you are testing
- A clear point of view on accessibility (WCAG) and usability testing, and the experience to back it up
- Excellent communication
- Remote within the United States
- Works on Pacific Time hours
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with ArgoCD, Kubernetes, and containerized test environments is a plus
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