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(1113427) Lead Software Engineer (AKA SDET)

Chicago, Illinois, United States💼 Full-time💰 $88,000–$93,000🗓 2026-09-21 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead a team in extending and maintaining test automation frameworks to ensure product quality across the software platform.

Role type

Lead Software Engineer (SDET)

Builds

Automated test frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and API test automation

Domain

Software Engineering / Quality Assurance

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Java, JavaScript, Cucumber, JBehave, REST API testing, SQL, JMeter, Agile/Lean, microservice architecture, TDD, CI/CD, Git, Jenkins, DevOps concepts, exploratory testing, manual testing, test strategy design, technical leadership, mentoring

Preferred skills

Python, AWS Cloud, Apigee, performance testing, load testing, full stack testing, integration testing with 3rd parties, strong documentation

Technologies

Java, JavaScript, Cucumber, JBehave, JMeter, Karate, Apigee, Jenkins, Git, AWS, SQL

Responsibilities

Extend and maintain the existing test automation framework; Develop and maintain automation test cases; Plan, design, and develop an API test automation framework; Provide technical leadership and mentoring for test engineers; Coordinate with product owners to resolve issues and understand functionality; Perform exploratory and manual testing; Develop automated functional test scripts

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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