Senior SDET

About the role

As a Software Developer in Test (SDET) at Medidata, you will raise the standard of product quality across our cloud-based, full solutions-oriented PaaS environment while tackling high-impact, challenging engineering problems. Over your first 6 to 12 months, you will directly drive product reliability by integrating resilient UI/API acceptance tests to close automation gaps in our CI/CD pipelines, embedding Context-Driven Testing and Session-Based Test Management into daily sprint planning, and leveraging modern AI coding assistants like GitHub Copilot to accelerate test creation without compromising architectural integrity. This role reports to the Coder+ Testing team.

Responsibilities

Test Strategy & Execution

• Implement Context-Driven Testing and Session-Based Test Management to evaluate risks and test effectiveness
• Translate user stories/requirements into comprehensive tests
• Identify tasks, dependencies, and risks during backlog grooming and planning, providing reasonable test estimates and feedback on priorities
• Investigate, diagnose, and address technical issues and product risks based on impact assessments
• Understand and proactively apply modern test design principles to increase overall test effectiveness

Automation & Engineering

• Utilize and enhance automation frameworks to create resilient test scripts across different layers (e.g., UI and API Acceptance Tests)
• Identify gaps in the current automation suite and help prioritize them into the team backlog
• Assist with effective test reporting and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure CI/CD pipelines have thorough test coverage
• Contribute to the continuous evaluation of new testing tools, techniques, and strategies
• Leverage AI coding assistants to accelerate development, but maintain a strong software engineering foundation to effectively prompt the AI, rigorously review its output, and confidently own the final architecture

Collaboration & Leadership

• Collaborate closely with developers and business analysts to provide constructive feedback on software design and testability
• Drive the adoption of modern test practices, process improvements, and new initiatives across the team
• Share product knowledge, present ideas to other teams, and foster an inclusive, collaborative environment
• Support team members, represent Medidata at external industry forums, and occasionally participate in the hiring process

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• 4 to 8 years of relevant industry experience
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field (or equivalent practical experience)

Required Experience & Skills

• Ability to clearly articulate technical issues and present ideas effectively to cross-functional teams
• Experience leveraging AI to supplement coding, testing, and automation workflows
• Previous experience in the clinical or life sciences industry is a strong asset
• Deep intellectual curiosity and a drive to independently work through complex technical issues
• Strong Agile experience and comfortable collaborating with offshore team members
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines
• Proven ability to validate and troubleshoot REST APIs using a variety of approaches
• Experience in UI automation testing

Technical Competencies

• Core Stack (Highly preferred): JavaScript/TypeScript, Playwright, and Cucumber
• Modern Tooling: Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions)
• Encouraged use of AI tools (like GitHub Copilot), but must possess core engineering skills to critically review, debug, refactor, and refine generated code

Professional Skills

• Agile Environment: Strong Agile experience and comfortable collaborating with offshore team members
• Problem Solving: Deep intellectual curiosity and a drive to independently work through complex technical issues
• Communication: Ability to clearly articulate technical issues and present ideas effectively to cross-functional teams
• Bonus: Previous experience in the clinical or life sciences industry is a strong asset

Pay

• NYC Metro Area: $96,000–$128,000 base salary
• All other US locations: $85,500–$114,000 base salary
• Base pay is one part of Total Rewards; non-sales positions may be eligible for annual bonuses

Benefits

• Medical, dental, life and disability insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Family leave
• Flexible paid time off
• 10 paid holidays per year

Location & Schedule

This is a hybrid remote/in-office role. Medidata follows a hybrid office policy in which employees hired for an in-person position are expected to work on site a certain number of days per week following Company policy.