Director, SDET
Core
Own the end-to-end quality engineering vision, strategy, and roadmap across multiple product lines, establishing quality gates, CI/CD processes, and driving a shift-left/shift-right quality culture.
Role type
Director of Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Builds
Scalable automation frameworks, AI/ML-based testing tools, and robust CI/CD pipelines for a global SaaS platform.
Domain
SaaS, AI-powered business operating systems, distributed systems, microservices.
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Test automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, RestAssured), Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Harness), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), performance testing, security testing, microservices architecture, AI/ML-based testing tool development.
Preferred skills
Conference speaking on AI or quality transformation, testing high-transaction SaaS platforms (CRM, Payments, Fintech), building/testing Agentic AI products, open-source contributions to testing frameworks.
Responsibilities
Own the quality engineering vision and roadmap; establish quality gates and release readiness criteria; drive shift-left/shift-right quality culture; conduct architectural reviews for scalability and reliability; evaluate and select tooling for automation; lead AI adoption strategy for quality engineering; partner with Engineering, Product, DevOps, and Security leadership; define and monitor quality KPIs/OKRs; mentor SDET Managers and Leads.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership with hands-on technical depth