• Location: This opportunity is hybrid and based in the Lower Mainland of Vancouver BC. Our head office is located in Surrey BC.
• Compensation: Annual base salary: $123300 to $143500 CAD plus eligibility for a profit-sharing bonus.
  This salary range reflects our reasonable estimate for the role. Final compensation may vary based on your experience qualifications and other relevant factors.
• Additional Requirements: Employment is subject to successful completion of reference checks and a Canadian criminal background check.

Please submit your resume and cover letter in PDF format.

In your cover letter feel free to include:

• Why youre interested in joining Safe Software.
• How your background or potential aligns with the role even if you dont meet every requirement.

Staff SDET

As a Staff SDET you will lead the architecture and implementation of enterprise-grade test automation systems. Youll work closely with development product and DevOps teams to integrate testing deeply into our CI/CD pipelines helping reduce risk and improve delivery confidence.

This role requires strong technical expertise in test automation and infrastructure as well as the ability to influence and guide quality practices across multiple teams. Youll play a key role in defining testing standards optimizing system testability and driving initiatives that improve performance reliability and maintainability at scale.

This is a leadership-level individual contributor role for someone who brings both depth and breadth in quality engineering. Your ability to mentor innovate and scale testing impact across an organization will be critical to success.

We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. If your experience aligns with the goals of the roleeven if not in a traditional pathwed love to hear from you.

About The Team

At Safe Software our quality engineering efforts span functional performance and systems-level testing across complex data integration products. Youll join a collaborative cross-functional environment where quality is considered a shared responsibility not a separate phase.

As a Staff SDET youll have opportunities to shape how testing is done across teams and platforms. Youll work with a growing group of engineers who value thoughtful design automated delivery and continuous learning.

What Youll Be Doing

As a Staff SDET you will:

• Define and lead the vision for test automation architecture and quality engineering at scale.
• Design build and evolve reusable test frameworks that are maintainable scalable and efficient.
• Collaborate with Engineering Product and DevOps to embed testing throughout CI/CD and cloud-based deployments.
• Guide architectural decisions to improve testability observability and long-term system health.
• Identify and resolve quality gaps technical debt and inefficiencies across teams.
• Mentor developers SDETs and QA team members to build testing skills and promote a quality-first mindset.
• Standardize tools and technologies that support test automation and improve development workflows.
• Monitor and report on testing coverage quality KPIs and risk areas to inform planning and continuous improvement.

Qualifications Skills and Competencies

At Safe Software we welcome diverse backgrounds and experiences. While not all candidates will have everything listed the most successful candidates will bring many of the following:

What Were Looking For:

• 8 years of experience in software development or test automation including roles with technical leadership scope.
• Advanced skills in programming languages such as Python Java or C.
• Deep experience with testing frameworks like Pytest Selenium or custom solutions.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD and orchestration tools (e.g. Jenkins GitHub Actions Docker Kubernetes).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code systems-level testing and test infrastructure at scale.
• Proven ability to influence cross-team testing strategies and mentor engineers across experience levels.
• Strong communication and leadership skills with a collaborative and inclusive approach.
  
  
  

Nice to Have:

• Experience scaling test practices in hybrid or cloud-native environments.
• Familiarity with performance profiling observability tooling or resilience testing.
• Involvement in community-of-practice leadership or internal quality initiatives.
• Passion for continuous improvement and innovation in test automation and engineering practices.

What You Can Expect

When you choose a career with Safe Software youre also choosing

• Meaningful Work:Make a profound impact across our business workplace and data integration product.
• A Supportive Environment:Feel empowered to share your ideas and implement them with high autonomy and team support.
• Social Responsibility:Become part of a team that findsmeaningful ways to give back. Take paid time off to volunteer for one of our Safe-organized opportunities that align with our core community initiatives.
• Learning & Career Development:We believe in your continuous learning and growth. Take advantage of an annual learning budget and training programs paid for by Safe.
• Flexible Working Hours:Flexible and remote-friendly work arrangements to fit your lifestyle. Work when you want and how you want to.
• Work-Life Balance:Theres no place for burnout at Safe. Maintain a healthy balance of your personal and work life without splitting yourself in two. Enjoy 3 weeks of vacation to recharge plus an additional paid 6 seasonal days off per year.
• Health & Wellness:Extended health dental health or lifestyle spending and counseling benefits from day 1. Thats right no waiting period.
• Family is important:We are dedicated to supporting our employees through parenthood and offer a Parental Leave Top-Up Program for new parents through childbirth or adoption.
• Shared Success:Share in Safes success with our bi-annual profit sharing and RRSP/TFSA matching program.
• An Accessible Commute:Regardless of your commute method were located close to public transit and provide complimentary parking and bike storage for our team!

About Safe Software

Safe Software transforms organizations with FME the only All-Data Any-AI Enterprise Integration Platform connecting all your data anywhere at any velocity. With over 30 years of expertise and 25000 enterprise customers across 125 countries we simplify your data journey wherever it leads.

Founded in 1993 Safe isheadquartered in Surrey BCwith over 200 team members and counting. Were always looking for talented individuals withdiverse backgroundswho are determined to learn and grow. Are you ready to join the team

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Safe Software is an equal opportunity employer and we truly believe that innovation and strength begin with diversity and inclusion. We welcome all candidates regardless of race gender identity or expression sexual orientation age ability disability national or ethnic origin political belief religion or family status. Should you require accommodations during the recruitment process please contact.