Sdet Engineer

PlexTrac is the #1 AI-powered penetration test reporting tool and platform for real time threat exposure management. It helps cybersecurity teams address the most critical threats and vulnerabilities efficiently. This innovative approach has allowed PlexTrac to gain significant traction among companies and teams of all sizes, including several of the Fortune 500.

Having recently closed a $70 million Series B funding round as of February 2022, PlexTrac is poised for exponential growth and is seeking top notch talent for strategic roles to join the team. Candidates interested in leveraging extensive professional experience to build innovative programs around a new concept in the cybersecurity market and who love working in a fast-paced, energetic start-up environment should apply!

PlexTrac Mission and Culture is to empower teams to win the right cybersecurity battles. PlexTrac is culturally a mission-oriented organization, by which we mean that we seek to make the lives of our customers better knowing that their improved efficiency and effectiveness has a direct impact on the security of our world. Likewise, we seek to improve the lives of our employees by creating a workplace in which they can flourish professionally and personally. We are flexible, creative, collaborative, detail oriented, humble, hard workers who practice what we preach. Those attributes in our team members lead to and are rewarded with a fast-paced, never boring, fun loving work environment — whether we are physically or virtually present with one another.

Our core values describe us as humans and leaning into them is how we define success:

• Integrity through transparency and accountability
• Aggressive innovation
• Positively impact people

We’re looking for an SDET Engineer to help us design, build, and scale our test automation and quality practices. You’ll work closely with software engineers, product managers, and DevOps to ensure high confidence releases without slowing down development.

This is not a “throw it over the wall” QA role. You’ll be embedded with the engineering team and expected to contribute technically, think critically about risk, and help shape how quality is built into our SDLC. Apply today!

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain automated test frameworks (API, UI, integration, and/or end-to-end)
• Collaborate with developers early in the development cycle to define test strategies and acceptance criteria
• Write high-quality, maintainable test code using modern tools and languages
• Identify gaps in test coverage and proactively improve reliability and release confidence
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and ensure tests run efficiently and consistently
• Perform exploratory testing and risk-based testing where automation is not sufficient
• Help establish and evolve quality best practices suitable for a fast-moving startup

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience as an SDET, QA Engineer, or Software Engineer in Test
• Strong programming skills in at least one language (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, or similar)
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, RestAssured, pytest, etc.)
• Solid understanding of API testing, test data management, and test environments
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI)
• Experience testing SaaS, web-based, or cloud-native applications
• Comfortable working in a startup environment with ambiguity, shifting priorities, and limited process overhead
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset
• Passionate team player with experience working with offshore teams

Nice to Have

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Experience with Performance Testing
• Experience with Github actions, ArgoCD, and kubernetes
• Prior experience helping scale QA practices from early-stage to growth-stage teams
• Prior experience in cybersecurity or pentesting
• Familiarity with PromptFoo

Benefits

• Competitive wellness benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life
• 401(k)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible work schedule - WFH, WFO
• Flexible Time Off
• World Class Culture

The typical pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD [$95,000.00] to [$120,000.00] per year. PlexTrac utilizes different base pay ranges for different work localities, which allows us to pay employees competitively and consistently based on their home market. The range above reflects the potential base pay across the U.S. for this role; the specific applicable base pay range will depend on the candidate’s work location. In addition to a candidate’s work location, an individual’s base pay will also depend on a number of factors, such as complexity and responsibility of the posted role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience and skills. Base pay ranges are reviewed and typically updated each year. Offers are made within the base pay range applicable at the time.

Kindly note that PlexTrac may decline applications from individuals located outside the United States. Remote work opportunities are reserved for employees permanently situated within the United States. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

At PlexTrac, certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, annual bonus and equity options. These awards are allocated based on individual performance. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee’s role. Benefits listed here vary depending on the nature of employment the Company and the employee’s work location. Employees also have access to healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, employee-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, uncapped time-off, and several paid holidays.

PlexTrac provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances. If you require assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruitment process, please send a request via email to HR@plextrac.com.