{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"b764b5ba262cf981bb39de61","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b764b5ba262cf981bb39de61","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b764b5ba262cf981bb39de61","title":"Software Development Engineer in Test","description":"Summary:Meta is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer in Test to drive quality engineering strategy across large-scale software systems and products. In this role, you will define and lead the test engineering vision for complex, distributed systems, establishing frameworks, tooling, and methodologies that raise the quality bar across multiple product areas and engineering organizations. You will partner with product, infrastructure, and platform engineering teams to embed quality practices at every stage of the software development lifecycle, from design through production.Required Skills:Software Development Engineer in Test Responsibilities:Define and drive the long-term quality engineering strategy and test architecture for large-scale, distributed software systems across multiple product areasDesign and build scalable test automation frameworks, infrastructure, and tooling that can be adopted organization-wide to improve reliability and coverageLead cross-functional quality initiatives by partnering with product engineering, infrastructure, and platform teams to identify systemic quality gaps and drive resolutionEstablish standards and best practices for test design, including unit, integration, end-to-end, performance, and chaos/fault-injection testing methodologiesDevelop and own quality metrics, dashboards, and reporting systems that provide actionable signal on product health, test coverage, and release readinessEvaluate and improve CI/CD pipeline quality gates, staged rollout validation processes, and feature flagging strategies to reduce production incidentsIdentify and resolve systemic reliability, scalability, and performance issues through root cause analysis and proactive test coverage improvementsMentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers across quality and product engineering teams, elevating overall test engineering craftInfluence engineering roadmaps and architectural decisions by advocating for testability, observability, and quality as first-class engineering requirementsDrive adoption of quality engineering practices across the organization through documentation, tooling, and cross-team enablement programsMinimum Qualifications:Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience8+ years of experience in software development engineering in test, quality engineering, or software engineering with a focus on test infrastructure and automationExperience designing and implementing large-scale test automation frameworks and CI/CD quality pipelines for distributed systemsExperience defining quality strategy and driving adoption of testing methodologies across multiple engineering teams or product areasExperience with performance testing, reliability engineering, or fault-injection testing for high-scale production systemsExperience communicating technical quality strategy and engineering decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders through written proposals and cross-functional alignmentPreferred Qualifications:Preferred Qualifications:Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologiesExperience with observability platforms, production monitoring, and using telemetry data to inform test coverage and quality signalExperience applying static analysis, fuzzing, or model-based testing techniques to improve defect detection in complex software systemsDemonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)Experience building test infrastructure and quality tooling that spans mobile, web, and backend systems within a single product ecosystemDemonstrated history of influencing engineering culture and practices at an organizational level through tooling, standards, or enablement programsPublic Compensation:$202,000/year to $237,000/year + bonus + equity + benefitsIndustry: InternetEqual Opportunity:Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. 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