Staff Software Development Engineer in Test

Workiva

. Define and execute the technical vision for quality engineering across Financial Reporting Products, including reusable test tooling, infrastructure, standards, and paved-road developer experiences .

Posted 10/6/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $129,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in architecting and implementing scalable automated testing frameworks and quality engineering solutions for distributed systems, with a strong focus on CI/CD integration and AI readiness. Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives and mentor engineering teams to establish best practices and governance standards.

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Automated Testing FrameworksCI/CD IntegrationAI-Ready Code EvaluationQuality Engineering SolutionsMentoring Engineering Teams

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringQuality EngineeringTest InfrastructureAutomated Testing StrategiesEvaluation FrameworksModern Programming LanguagesDistributed SystemsMicroservicesAPIsCloud-Native Environments

Soft Skills

LeadershipInfluencing Technical LeadersCross-Functional CollaborationProblem SolvingMentoring

Tools & Technologies

KubernetesDockerPlaywright

Industry Keywords

Financial Reporting ProductsQuality MetricsRelease ValidationPerformance TestingResiliency Testing

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsDockerJavaJavaScriptKubernetesMicroservicesPythonTypeScriptGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and execute the technical vision for quality engineering across Financial Reporting Products, including reusable test tooling, infrastructure, standards, and paved-road developer experiences
Set and own governance standards that keep AI-generated code and agent integrations safe, testable, and consistent across services
Rate every agent-callable surface for AI readiness before integration, and define rollback or human-confirmation paths for agent actions
Architect, build, and evolve scalable automated test frameworks for API, integration, contract, end-to-end, user-workflow, performance, and resiliency testing
Design and implement quality-platform capabilities for distributed systems, including CI/CD integrations, test-environment strategies, release validation, and actionable quality signals
Drive performance, load, scale, reliability, and chaos-testing approaches for critical services and customer workflows
Establish quality metrics, telemetry standards, and dashboards to identify release risk, system vulnerabilities, and customer-impacting regressions early
Partner with product and engineering teams to embed quality practices throughout planning, development, delivery, and production operations
Lead multi-quarter, cross-functional technical initiatives from problem definition through architecture, implementation, adoption, and measurable outcomes
Align quality investments with product strategy, architectural roadmaps, and customer needs
Prototype and personally deliver high-leverage platform components while enabling product teams to adopt and extend shared capabilities
Lead and mentor Senior and Mid-level engineers and create repeatable practices that scale beyond a single team
Connect production signals, user workflows, and engineering decisions to the customer experience
Drive alignment across product lines and stakeholders to resolve ambiguous technical problems and establish durable engineering standards

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
4+ years of experience in software engineering, software development in test, test infrastructure, quality engineering, or a related technical discipline
Experience leading complex, ambiguous, multi-team technical initiatives from technical strategy through delivery, adoption, and measurable outcomes
Demonstrated fluency operating with and evaluating AI-assisted/agent-authored code, at an advanced level
Experience building evaluation frameworks that measure AI agent decision-correctness, not just latency/availability/uptime
Managed outsourced testing teams
Deep experience designing and building scalable automated testing strategies, frameworks, and tooling for distributed systems, microservices, APIs, and backend infrastructure
Strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in one or more modern languages, such as TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, or JavaScript
Experience building quality capabilities across the software delivery lifecycle, including CI/CD integration, test environments, release validation, observability, and multiple testing layers such as unit, integration, contract, end-to-end, performance, and resiliency testing
Experience architecting quality-engineering solutions in cloud-native environments and with tools such as Kubernetes, Docker, and Playwright
Demonstrated ability to influence technical leaders, mentor engineers, establish reusable platforms or standards, and drive alignment across multiple product teams or globally distributed engineering organizations
Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely, not in a Workiva office

Benefits

Comp & perks

A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
401(k) match
Comprehensive employee benefits package
Work from an office or remotely from any location within your country of employment
Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities