Staff SDET

About the Role

As a Staff Software Development Engineer in Test (Staff SDET) you will play a technical leadership role in ensuring quality reliability and scalability of CyberArks Identity and CIAM solutions. You are expected to quickly onboard operate with high ownership and independently drive test strategy design and execution in an Agile environment.

Beyond hands-on testing and automation this role requires strong proactive engagement with product and development teams early involvement in design discussions and the ability to influence quality at the architectural and requirements stage.

Key Responsibilities

Quality & Test Engineering Leadership

• Own end-to-end test strategy for complex features and initiatives including functional integration regression and non-functional testing.
• Proactively analyze developer epics user stories and technical designs to identify risks gaps and edge cases early in the SDLC.
• Drive test design and testability discussionstranslate product and technical requirements into well-structured test scenarios and coverage plans.
• Act as a quality advocate by continuously raising the bar on QA processes standards and best practices.

Automation & Framework Ownership

• Design develop and maintain high-quality automation frameworks.
• Increase and sustain regression coverage through stable scalable and maintainable automation.
• Leverage tools such as Pytest Selenium/WebDriver and related frameworks to ensure robust CI-level validation.
• Actively participate in debugging production and pre-production issues from a quality perspective.

Agile & CrossFunctional Collaboration

• Work closely with developers product managers architects and DevOps teams during backlog grooming sprint planning and design reviews.
• Ensure stories meet quality and testability criteria before sprint commitment.
• Provide clear execution updates risk assessments and quality signals to engineering leadership.

Mentorship & Technical Influence

• Mentor and guide SDETs and QA engineers on test design automation best practices and debugging skills.
• Influence team-wide adoption of better test patterns coverage models and CI/CD quality gates.
• Contribute to hiring onboarding and upskilling of quality engineers.

CI/CD & Engineering Excellence

• Actively contribute to CI/CD pipelines enabling fast and reliable feedback using Jenkins or equivalent systems.
• Partner with DevOps to ensure automation is a first-class citizen in deployment pipelines.
• Continuously explore new tools frameworks and AI-assisted testing approaches to improve productivity and quality.

Qualifications :

Required Skills & Experience

Critical Skills

• 810 years of experience as a Quality Engineer SDET or Developer in Test on Agile teams.
• Strong experience in manual and automation testing.
• Deep understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies QA processes and SDLC.
• 3 years of hands-on experience testing Mac OS / Desktop applications.
• Experience with Active Directory JAMF Connect and enterprise desktop environments.
• Proven experience building and maintaining desktop automation frameworks preferably on Mac.
• Strong expertise in automation tools such as:
  • Pytest (preferred)
  • Selenium / WebDriver
  • JMeter SoapUI Watir or equivalent
• Proficiency in at least two scripting/programming languages (Python strongly preferred; Java or Ruby acceptable).
• Experience with source control systems such as Git Bitbucket Perforce or equivalent.
• Excellent debugging problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams and with leadership.

Highly Desired (Nice to Have)

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience working in a DevOps-first environment with strong CI/CD exposure (Jenkins or similar).
• Prior experience in Identity Access Management or Security domains.
• Exposure to cloud-based SaaS or large-scale enterprise products.
• Understanding of PKI certificates encryption HTTPS OAuth/OIDC SAML or related security protocols.

Expectations / Mindset

• Proactive ownership mindsetanticipate quality risks rather than reacting to bugs.
• Strong ability to review epics and stories critically challenge assumptions and propose improvements from a testability and quality standpoint.
• Eager to learn CIAM concepts identity protocols and security architectures.
• Comfortable working with limited guidance while influencing quality across teams.
• Passion for continuous improvement learning and technical excellence.
• AI-first mindsetactively use AI/LLM tools to enhance test design identify edge cases generate test scenarios accelerate automation development and analyze failures.

Additional Information :

Why This Role Matters

The Staff SDET is a force multiplierdriving quality not just through execution but through early involvement strong test design and cross-team influence. Your work will directly impact the reliability security and customer trust of CyberArks Identity platform.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time