Senior SDET

Role Overview

As a Senior SDET, you will play a critical role in shaping our test automation strategy and tooling for enterprise-grade security and identity software. You’ll be responsible for designing and maintaining automated test frameworks, enabling CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring product quality across complex distributed systems. You’ll work closely with development teams to build testable software, drive automation coverage, and continuously improve release confidence.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated tests for backend services, APIs, and integrations.

• Implement comprehensive test strategies covering functional, performance, integration, and security use cases.

• Perform manual testing of new features in early development cycles to validate functionality, usability, and edge cases before automation is in place.

• Contribute to shift-left testing by working closely with developers to embed quality into design and development workflows.

• Build automated regression suites into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous deployment.

• Investigate, triage, and debug complex issues in production and test environments.

• Drive root cause analysis of test failures and production defects.

• Contribute to the evolution of internal test tools and frameworks.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with development, DevOps, product management, and support teams.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as an SDET, QA automation engineer, or equivalent software engineering in test role.

• Proficiency in a modern programming language (e.g., Go, Java, Python, or JavaScript) for test automation.

• Experience building and maintaining test frameworks for REST APIs, microservices, and backend systems.

• Solid understanding of testing methodologies: unit, integration, performance, and end-to-end.

• Familiarity with identity and access management (IAM) concepts and protocols such as OAuth2, SAML, SCIM, and Zero Trust.

• Experience with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud services (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

• Hands-on experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI).

• Experience working in Linux environments and using tools like curl, jq, traceroute, tcpdump, etc.

• Strong debugging and analytical skills; comfortable working with logs, metrics, and monitoring tools like Grafana or Kibana.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Go programming language in testing or development contexts.

• Familiarity with performance and load testing tools (e.g., Locust, Gatling, JMeter).

• Background in security or identity software testing.

• Knowledge of common security vulnerabilities and secure coding/testing practices.

• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) and DevSecOps principles.

Who You Are

• Quality-first mindset with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.

• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and breaking down complex technical problems.

• Proactive communicator with the ability to clearly articulate test results and risk assessments.

• Curious, growth-oriented, and passionate about automation and reliability.

Our Culture

We’re driven to build a strong company culture and are looking for individuals with solid alignment with the following:

• Ownership Mindset

• Act with Integrity

• Guardians of our Customers

• Opinionated Humility

• Build Trust, Earn Trust

At Veza, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. For this position, the reasonably expected pay range can be discussed with your recruiter for the level at which this job has been scoped. Your base pay will depend on several factors, including your experience, qualifications, education, location, and skills. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for equity and a competitive benefits package.

Veza is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants according to applicable federal, state, and local laws. If a candidate with a disability requires an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email [email protected]

About Veza

Veza is the identity security company. Identity and security teams use Veza to secure identity access across SaaS apps, on-prem apps, data systems, and cloud infrastructure. Veza solves the blind spots of traditional identity tools with its unique ability to ingest and organize permissions metadata in the Veza Authorization Graph. Global enterprises like Blackstone, Wynn Resorts, and Expedia trust Veza to visualize access permissions, monitor permissions activity, automate access reviews, and remediate privilege violations. Founded in 2020, Veza is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and is funded by Accel, Bain Capital, Ballistic Ventures, GV, Norwest Venture Partners, and True Ventures. Visit us at veza.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.