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Soraban builds AI-powered tax workflow software for accounting firms. Our platform processes high volumes of tax documents during seasonal peaks, and reliability, scale, and correctness are critical for our customers. We are hiring a Senior Test & Release Engineer to own test strategy, test automation, manual testing, and release quality across the platform. This is a senior individual contributor role. You will define test plans, perform exploratory testing, build and maintain automation, manage test infrastructure, and enforce quality gates for every production release.
Job Responsibility:
Test Strategy & Coverage: Define test plans for new features and system changes
Translate requirements and user flows into risk-based test cases
Identify high-risk areas and maintain strong regression coverage
Define and track measurable test coverage goals
Test Automation: Build and maintain end-to-end tests using Playwright
Design coverage across UI and API layers
Work with dev team to integrate tests into the CI/CD pipelines
Reduce flakiness and improve execution speed
Release Quality & Gates: Define and enforce release readiness criteria
Validate staging before production deploys
Support rollback and hotfix validation
Reproduce incidents and prevent regressions
Reduce escaped defects over time
Test Infrastructure & Data: Own test environments and test data management
Ensure staging environments are production-representative where appropriate
Maintain stable CI test pipelines and reporting
Release Process: Work within git-based release workflows (branching, tagging, hotfixes)
Validate release artifacts before production deploys
Improve release discipline and rollback safety
Performance & Risk Validation: Partner with engineering to validate performance for major changes
Support load or stress testing when required
Ensure system behavior is acceptable under peak conditions
Collaboration: Work closely with Product to clarify acceptance criteria
Partner with Engineers during development to prevent defects early
Review and guide contract SDET contributions as needed
Requirements:
5+ years in SDET/test engineering roles
Strong experience with Playwright or similar E2E automation frameworks
Strong hands-on manual and exploratory testing experience
Experience building automated test suites from scratch
Deep understanding of functional, regression, and integration testing
Experience with git-based release workflows
Familiarity with CI/CD systems
Strong debugging skills and ability to isolate root causes
Experience managing test data and environments
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States
Nice to have:
Experience testing SaaS platforms with multi-tenant architectures
Experience with tax or other document-heavy workflow software systems
Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS preferred)
Exposure to performance or load testing frameworks
Experience working in high-reliability or seasonal peak systems