Principal Software Development Engineer in Test

Overview As Principal SDET, you lead quality engineering across streaming, data, and ad systems, shaping automation strategy and test architecture. You partner with cross-functional teams to align quality with company goals, drive innovation in testing, and ensure reliable, high-quality products for viewers. You’ll influence standards, mentor teams, and own quality delivery for large-scale initiatives, impacting revenue and user experience. This role offers the chance to steer testing at scale in a fast-paced media tech environment. Compensation / Benefitsbonus and/or long-term incentive unitsmedical benefitsfinancial benefits ResponsibilitiesDefine and drive vision, strategy, and roadmap for test automation and quality engineering across multiple business unitsShape test architecture decisions, process improvements, and adoption of modern testing paradigms (shift-left, CI/CD, observability)Establish enterprise-wide quality standards and collaborate with executivesOwn end-to-end quality strategy for large-scale projects, including metrics and automation goalsLead scalable, cloud-native test automation architectures and oversee tool/framework decisionsProvide mentorship and technical guidance in distributed systems, data pipelines, and ad technologiesCoach SDETs and engineers, foster knowledge sharing, and standardize test tools across teamsManage delivery of concurrent testing initiatives in Agile environments, with governance on traceability and reportingChampion emerging technologies (AI/ML in testing, observability) and drive data-driven quality improvementsLead root-cause analysis for incidents and drive preventative actionsRepresent DEEP & Technology quality interests in company-wide forums Key requirementsMinimum of 10 years in quality engineering, automation, or software development with leadership in large, complex environmentsProven expertise in architecting and scaling test automation for distributed, cloud-native systemsAdvanced proficiency with Python or modern OO languagesExperience with ad-tech or large-scale systems a plusStrong communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring skillsBachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent work experience)strong communicationstakeholder managementmentoringtest automation architecturescloud-native testingCI/CD