Software Engineer in Test

<meta><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><br></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"=""><b><strong style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Location</strong></b></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:disc;"=""><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:13.5pt;line-height:1.6;--listitem-marker-color:black;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:left;"><i><b><strong style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;">Remote: This position is open to candidates residing in any of PDQ’s open states: AR, AZ,</strong></b></i></li></ul><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px="" 0in;padding:0px;"=""><i><b><strong style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;">CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, OK, OR, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI.</strong></b></i></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px="" 0in;padding:0px;"=""><br></p><h2 style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:18pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;"=""><span style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">About the Role</span></h2><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">As an Software Engineer in Test at PDQ, </span><span style="color:black;white-space:pre-wrap;">you will work closely with an agile cross-functional delivery team to develop and maintain test automation for PDQ's products. You'll independently build and maintain automated tests and test frameworks for defined components and features, collaborating directly with Software Engineers on defects and test coverage. This role sits within our Engineering function and contributes to PDQ's mission of making device management simple, secure, and Pretty Damn Quick, by ensuring our products ship with quality and confidence. You'll have the opportunity to work on greenfield projects, contribute to our Connect product and on-prem applications, and grow your technical skills through mentorship from senior SDETs and Software Engineers.</span></p><h2 style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:18pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;"=""><span style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Why this role matters</span></h2><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Quality is a core part of how PDQ earns and keeps the trust of IT teams around the world. As an Software Engineer in Test, you're not just catching bugs, you're building the systems and frameworks that let our engineering teams ship with confidence at speed.</span></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="color:black;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><h2 style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:18pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;"=""><span style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">How you might spend your day:</span></h2><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:disc;"=""><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Work with the fun stuff: We use Elixir, Rust, JS, PowerShell + TS.</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Design, develop, and execute test automation (E2E, unit, integration, performance) and infrastructure (test provider, CI integration, local development scripts).</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Build and maintain automation for your components; contribute improvements to the test framework and CI/CD pipelines.</span></li><li style="font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Research, document, estimate, and report on identified bugs; consult with Software Engineers to help write better tests and more maintainable code.</span></li><li style="font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Collaborate with Product teams to refine feature requirements and partner with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Product, and Design.</span></li><li style="font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Estimate, prioritize, plan, and coordinate testing activities throughout the entire software development life cycle.</span></li><li style="font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Create and maintain testing documentation, support newer team members as they onboard, and contribute to PDQ's Open Code Policy by fixing defects across the codebase.</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="color:black;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><h2 style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:18pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;"=""><span style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">We’re looking for people who have:</span></h2><h3 style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin-top:14px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;"=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Must Have:</span></h3><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:disc;"=""><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">3+ years of experience with relevant programming languages; strong preference for languages in our stack (Elixir, Rust, JavaScript, TypeScript, PowerShell), but open to other languages such as Python, Go, or Java.</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">2+ years of experience with web testing tools, including E2E frameworks (Cypress, Playwright, WebDriver IO, etc.) and unit/component testing tools (Jest, React Testing Library, etc.).</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and understanding how testing integrates into the development workflow.</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Knowledge of modern web infrastructure, design patterns, and the modern testing paradigm, including the types of automated tests, their strengths and weaknesses, and when to apply each during the SDLC.</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ability to own work with some ambiguity, take steps to get clarity, and communicate effectively with stakeholders including Product, Developers, Designers, and end users.</span></li></ul><h3 style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin-top:14px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;"=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Nice to Have:</span></h3><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:disc;"=""><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience with greenfield projects, go-to-market launches, or SaaS platforms.</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience with advanced testing practices including load and performance testing, visual validation, security testing, accessibility testing, and resilience or chaos testing.</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Familiarity with on-premises device management or IT infrastructure products.</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience mentoring junior engineers or contributing to team testing standards and documentation</span><span style="color:black;white-space:pre-wrap;">.</span></li></ul><h2 style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:18pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;"=""><span style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Who you are:</span></h2><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:disc;"=""><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> Sharp eye for defects and a passion for solving problems, you approach quality with curiosity and rigor.</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Comfortable with ambiguity, you take steps to get clarity rather than staying stuck, and you thrive in evolving environments.</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Attention to detail and a genuine commitment to product quality, you advocate for the user experience in every decision.</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Curiosity, initiative, and a continuous improvement mindset, you actively seek opportunities to grow, learn, and innovate.</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to work effectively across roles in cross-functional teams, empathizing with Product, Developers, Designers, and end users alike.</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="color:black;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><h2 style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:18pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;"=""><span style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Why You'll Love Working at PDQ</span></h2><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">PDQ offers all of the great perks and benefits you'd expect from working at a very cool tech company, and even some you might not expect, including:</span></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:disc;"=""><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">4-Day Work Week</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Equity Participation</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">100% Premium Coverage for medical, dental and vision for you and your dependents</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">100% Premium Coverage for Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurance</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Company Match of the first 6% of your employee deferrals</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Flexible Paid Time Off Policy</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Health Savings Account (HSA) and wellness incentives</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;--listitem-marker-color:black;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Quarterly Company Values Award (team member nominated)</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="color:black;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><h2 style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:18pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;"=""><span style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Equal Opportunity Employer</span></h2><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">PDQ is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, state, or local law. If you would like to request reasonable accommodation for a medical condition or disability during any part of the application process, please contact </span><a href="mailto:hr@pdq.com" target="_blank" class="css-173makr-linkStyle" style="color:rgb(30,74,169);cursor:pointer;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">hr@pdq.com</span></a><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">.</span></p><h2 style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:18pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;"=""><span style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Work Authorization and Sponsorship</span></h2><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="color:black;font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment at the time of application. This position is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization, such as the H-1B visa, now or in the future. This applies to scenarios where a candidate might possess temporary work authorization during their schooling or after graduation (e.g., CPT, OPT), but would require H-1B visa sponsorship within a few years of employment to retain eligibility for employment.</span></p>