Join Arkestro as a Senior SDET to enhance quality processes and support the development of our predictive procurement platform.
Posted by employer 4 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 days ago
Last verified on the company career page 20 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Build regression automation scripts
- Manually test software for validation and accuracy
- Execute various testing types
- Record detailed documentation of feature behavior
- Collaborate with product and customer-facing teams
Must have
- At least 5 years experience in a software quality assurance role
- At least 5 years experience in automated testing
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with programming languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Gherkin, SQL, Ruby/Rails
Nice to have
- Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Jest/Puppeteer, Playwright, Postman, Jmeter
- Experience with testing support functionalities such as GitHub Actions, Lambdatest, Sendgrid, Datadog, PagerDuty
- Understanding of quality management systems and quality control processes
- Background in data-based testing and/or security-based testing
- A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other relevant experience
Practical constraints
- Participate in On-Call rotation
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Software Development Engineer in Test is tasked with enhancing quality engineering processes and ensuring the Arkestro platform functions as intended by identifying software defects and discrepancies. The position requires expertise in automated testing, familiarity with programming languages like JavaScript and SQL, and a strong focus on holistic quality. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in software quality assurance and automated testing, making this role suitable for seasoned professionals looking to impact a growing tech company.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 2 days ago — first seen on Joblaze November 4, 2026. Last confirmed on Arkestro's careers page November 6, 2026.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for QA roles (median ~$125,000).
- Starts above 21% of 19 comparable senior qa roles in United States we track (median $145,000 across 14 companies).
- Playwright appears in 4.2% of 72 comparable senior qa roles in United States; SQL appears in 1.4% of 72 comparable senior qa roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Software Development Engineer in Test role remote?
- Yes — Arkestro lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Arkestro lists $135,000–$165,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Development Engineer in Test role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Datadog, Gherkin, GitHub, JMeter, JavaScript, Jest.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Arkestro targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Software Development Engineer in Test role at Arkestro.
From the original posting
About Arkestro
About the role
We’re looking for an experienced SDET with a strong test background to continue to help us develop our QE processes and support the team building increased capabilities and enhancements to our Arkestro platform. We need someone who will be responsible for finding and reporting software defects and identifying discrepancies between specification and system behavior.
Responsibilities
- Build regression automation scripts that support app functionality
- Manually test software for validation and accuracy based on defined set of criteria
- Execute smoke, regression, integration, performance and other testing types to ensure proper behavior of software
- Record detailed documentation of feature behavior
- Record pass/fails conditions of tests and correlates failures to bug identification
- Identifies and escalates any risk to quality of the product or the process
- Collaborates with the product team to ensure quality throughout the SDLC and product release cycles
- Collaborates with customer-facing teams to incorporate user feedback in the testing strategy
- Participate in refinement and estimations of effort to promote accurate planning
- Utilize Github to maintain automation repositories, run custom scripts, and facilitate automated quality practices
- Participate in On-Call rotation
Required Qualifications:
- At least 5 years experience in a software quality assurance role
- At least 5 years experience in automated testing
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Possess a mindset focused on holistic quality
- Experience with programming languages such as Javascript, Typescript, Gherkin, SQL, Ruby/Rails
Nice to Have Qualifications
- Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Jest/Puppeteer, Playwright, Postman, Jmeter or any other object-oriented based automated testing framework
- Experience with testing support functionalities such as Github Actions, Lambdatest, Sendgrid, Datadog, PagerDuty
- Understanding of quality management systems and quality control processes
- Background in data-based testing and/or security-based testing
- A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other relevant experience
Arkestro is committed to providing our employees with a benefits package designed to give you the flexibility you need to ensure a healthy life/work balance. Arkestro offers our employees great benefits and perks, including, but not limited to:
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