Senior SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test)

This role is eligible for our hybrid work model: Two days in-office.

Our Technology team is the backbone of our company: constantly creating, testing, learning and iterating to better meet the needs of our customers. If you thrive in a fast-paced, ideas-led environment, you’re in the right place.

Why this job’s a big deal:

As a Senior SDET in the Product Operating Model (POM), you are a strategic quality leader responsible for defining and driving automation strategy, test architecture, and quality standards across products.

This is not just a test execution role — you will own automated regression implementation at scale, embed quality engineering into CI/CD pipelines, and ensure reliability in complex FinTech and cloud-native systems where precision and data integrity are critical.

You will influence engineering practices, prevent defects through early quality integration, and ensure products are scalable, performant, and production-ready.

In this role, you will get to:
 

1. Automation Strategy & Test Architecture

• Design and own scalable, maintainable automation frameworks

• Lead implementation and optimization of automated regression suites

• Drive automation-first practices across squads

• Architect API, UI, integration, and end-to-end automation solutions

• Integrate testing deeply within CI/CD pipelines for continuous quality validation

• Improve regression execution time, stability, and coverage

• Define test strategy for high-volume transactional systems (FinTech domain)
   

2. Quality Leadership & Collaboration

• Partner with Engineering, Product, and Design to define quality standards upfront

• Review technical designs with a quality and risk-based mindset

• Lead root cause analysis for production defects and drive preventative solutions

• Mentor mid-level QEs and developers on automation best practices

• Advocate for shift-left testing and continuous quality engineering
   

3. Advanced Testing & Risk Management

• Validate complex workflows including:

  • Financial transactions

  • Reconciliation processes

  • Data integrity and ledger validation

  • Microservices and distributed systems

• Drive non-functional testing (performance, reliability, resilience)

• Identify quality risks and mitigation strategies early in the SDLC

• Ensure release readiness through data-driven quality insights
   

4. Metrics, Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Define and track automation coverage and regression health metrics

• Improve defect leakage rate and regression reliability

• Provide leadership visibility into quality posture

• Continuously enhance tools, frameworks, and quality processes

• Influence cross-team quality standards within the organization
   

Who you are:
 

You are a quality engineering leader who thinks like a developer and acts like a product owner for quality.

• 6+ years of experience in Quality Engineering / SDET roles

• Strong programming expertise (Java / Python / Kotlin preferred)

• Proven experience building automation frameworks from scratch

• Deep hands-on experience with tools like:

  • Selenium / Playwright / Cypress

  • RestAssured / API automation frameworks

• Strong CI/CD integration experience (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)

• Experience testing microservices and distributed cloud systems

• Exposure to FinTech systems (payments, invoicing, reconciliation, high-volume transactions) preferred

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS / GCP / Azure)

• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized environments

• Strong analytical skills and ability to debug complex system issues

• Experience leading quality initiatives across squads

• Illustrated history of living the values necessary to Priceline:  Customer, Innovation, Team, Accountability and Trust. 

• The Right Results, the Right Way is not just a motto at Priceline; it’s a way of life. Unquestionable integrity and ethics is essential.   

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