Staff SDET

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: $123,300 to $143,500 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 you’re interested in joining Safe Software. How your background or potential aligns with the role, even if you don’t meet every requirement. Staff SDET As a Staff SDET, you will lead the architecture and implementation of enterprise-grade test automation systems. You’ll 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. You’ll 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 role—even if not in a traditional path—we’d 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. You’ll join a collaborative, cross-functional environment where quality is considered a shared responsibility, not a separate phase. As a Staff SDET, you’ll have opportunities to shape how testing is done across teams and platforms. You’ll work with a growing group of engineers who value thoughtful design, automated delivery, and continuous learning. What You’ll 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 We’re 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, you’re 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:There's 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. That’s 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 Safe’s success with our bi-annual profit sharing and RRSP/TFSA matching program. An Accessible Commute:Regardless of your commute method, we’re located close to public transit, and provide complimentary parking and bike storage for our team