Senior Software Development Engineer Test (SDET)
$175,000–$205,000 year
On-siteNew York, United States
Job Summary
Build comprehensive test strategies for infrastructure changes and releases, leveraging AI technologies like agentic automation and RAG to augment testing activities. Develop and maintain test automation frameworks using Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium to ensure faster, more stable testing cycles. Write detailed test plans covering functional, compliance, and legal aspects while engaging in projects from initiation through failure mode identification. Collaborate with product, design, and security teams to define requirements, analyze gaps, and execute technical test designs. Provide technical assistance in issue diagnosis, identify defect trends, and partner with development teams to resolve root causes. This role supports Forge's quality engineering team, which improves product quality for a global private market platform handling liquidity solutions and custody offerings.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or 5 years software engineering experience)
- 5-10 years of software testing experience
- Fintech, Trading or Financial services industry experience
- Experience in leading quality efforts for internet applications
- Experience in test automation on UI, API or others
- Experience in enhancing existing Test Automation frameworks – Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, K6 etc.
- Experience with CI/CD Pipelines
- Fluency with AI technologies related to testing and validation
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in E2E Automation, contract testing, API Automation, load & performance testing
- Experience mentoring other quality engineers
- Proven track-record of teamwork and delivery
- Experience at high-growth, venture-backed startups
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