Software Developer in Test (SDET)

Databook is the world’s first AI-powered enterprise customer intelligence platform. Dubbed “Moneyball for Sales”, Databook was founded in 2017 to give enterprise sales representatives and go-to-market teams a differentiating advantage. Today, leading enterprise companies rely on Databook to help their teams engage as experts – improving the buying experience for customers and accelerating revenue acquisition. Our customers include Microsoft, Salesforce, Databricks, and more. We are a Series B company backed by Bessemer Ventures, DFJ Growth, M12 - Microsoft’s Venture fund, Salesforce Ventures and Threshold Ventures. We are a customer-focused, innovative, and collaborative learning organization. We are headquartered in Palo Alto, CA with a distributed team working across the globe.

The Opportunity

• We're seeking a proactive, skilled Senior Software Developer in Test (SDET) to play a pivotal role in improving the quality of our platform. This position offers an exciting opportunity to collaborate closely with engineers, learn new technologies, identify and resolve automation gaps, build out quality standards, and innovate on testing strategies. The ideal candidate will possess a solid background in software development, quality assurance and be able to work within a complex enterprise cloud platform to deliver high quality releases.

  If you're passionate about driving quality, breaking software creatively, and contributing to the evolution of a cutting-edge AI platform, we invite you to join our dynamic team!

  Specifically, you'll be:

  • An advocate for quality across the engineering teams
  • Collaborating with internal teams, including product management and engineering, to improve quality standards and practices across the platform
  • Document and track defects, as well as produce detailed reports
  • Developing and maintaining technical expertise in our products, industry trends, and best practices related to quality
  • Developing and delivering test automation frameworks that drive quality across the platform
  • Improving our CI/CD pipelines  
  • Engaging in technical discussions with engineers and stakeholders to formulate test plans and provide guidance and support from a quality perspective
  • Mentoring engineers on the team to increase quality acumen

  About You

  • 8+ years of experience as a SDET or a similar role
  • Strong experience in improving quality, problem solving, and creating long-term solutions
  • Experience testing all layers of a SaaS platform, with various testing methodologies like performance testing, contract testing, integration testing, load testing, etc.
  • Strong understanding of API design and implementation
  • Experience with testing tools and frameworks like Cypress, Playwright, PactJs, K6, etc.
  • Demonstrated experience in programming languages such as JavaScript/Typescript and Python
  • Strong competency in SQL
  • Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Familiarity with monitoring related tools and frameworks like Datadog, Splunk, New Relic, etc.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced business environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously

  Ideal candidates will also have:

  • Experience with or interest in Machine Learning and Generative AI
  • Experience with Infrastructure as code (IaC) solutions such as Terraform