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Associate Principal SDET

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Associate Principal SDET

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Hybrid

Milpitas, CA, USA

160K-180K Annually

Senior level

Hybrid

Milpitas, CA, USA

160K-180K Annually

Senior level

The Associate Principal SDET will lead the development of automation frameworks, driving AI-powered testing strategies and ensuring software quality across platforms while mentoring global teams.

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Saviynt's AI-powered identity platform manages and governs human and non-human access to all of an organization's applications, data, and business processes. Customers trust Saviynt to safeguard their digital assets, drive operational efficiency, and reduce compliance costs. Built for the AI age, Saviynt is today helping organizations safely accelerate their deployment and usage of AI. Saviynt is recognized as the leader in identity security, with solutions that protect and empower the world’s leading brands, Fortune 500 companies and government institutions. For more information, please visit www.saviynt.com.

We are seeking a Associate Principal SDET to lead the architecture and evolution of our automation and quality engineering strategy for Saviynt’s cloud-native Identity Security platform.

In this role, you will partner with Engineering, Product, and SRE teams to design scalable test frameworks, drive automation-first development, and ensure the reliability, security, and performance of our platform. You will also champion the adoption of AI-powered development and testing tools to accelerate engineering productivity and improve software quality.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

Test Architecture & Automation

Architect and evolve enterprise-scale automation frameworks across APIs, web UI, and backend services.

Define and execute automation strategies supporting Saviynt’s identity platform (IGA, PAM, AAG, ISPM, NHI, RBAC, secrets management).

Establish an automation roadmap aligned with product scalability, reliability, and security goals.

AI-Driven Test Innovation

Lead adoption of AI-powered developer tools (Amazon Q Developer, Cursor, test intelligence platforms).

Develop intelligent automation capabilities to improve test generation, maintenance, and diagnostics.

Quality Engineering Strategy

Drive testing across functional, regression, performance, security, and resiliency scenarios.

Implement shift-left testing by integrating automation and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code workflows.

Continuously improve test stability, observability, and feedback loops.

Platform & Pipeline Quality

Partner with Engineering and SRE to identify coverage gaps, reliability risks, and release quality metrics.

Optimize CI/CD pipelines and automated testing workflows to enable rapid, safe releases.

Technical Leadership

Conduct technical reviews of automation frameworks, test architecture, and engineering processes.

Mentor and guide global QE teams to increase automation maturity and engineering excellence.

Champion an automation-first culture across the organization.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

1+ years of experience in as a Principal SDET including 1+ years in an architect or technical leadership role.

Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, Amazon Q Developer or Cursor.

Strong experience designing scalable test automation frameworks using tools such as Playwright, PyTest, Robot Framework, or Karate.

Strong programming skills in Java and Python (Groovy a plus).

Experience testing REST APIs, microservices, and distributed cloud systems (AWS, GCP, Azure).

Deep knowledge of CI/CD systems (Jenkins, GitLab CI) and build tools (Maven, Gradle).

Experience with database validation, test data management, and large-scale automation.

Knowledge of performance testing (JMeter, Gatling).

Familiarity with security and accessibility testing (SAST, DAST, WCAG, axe-core).

Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams

If required for this role, you will:

- Complete security & privacy literacy and awareness training during onboarding and annually thereafter

- Review (initially and annually thereafter), understand, and adhere to Information Security/Privacy Policies and Procedures such as (but not limited to):

> Data Classification, Retention & Handling Policy

> Incident Response Policy/Procedures

> Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Policy/Procedures

> Mobile Device Policy

> Account Management Policy

> Access Control Policy

> Personnel Security Policy

> Privacy Policy

Saviynt is an amazing place to work. We are a high-growth, Platform as a Service company focused on Identity Authority to power and protect the world at work. You will experience tremendous growth and learning opportunities through challenging yet rewarding work which directly impacts our customers, all within a welcoming and positive work environment. If you're resilient and enjoy working in a dynamic environment you belong with us!

Saviynt is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome everyone to our team. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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