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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Development Engineer Test (SDET) - **Company:** Forge Global - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $175,000.0 - $205,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Testing (Software), Adobe InDesign, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Automation of Tests, Cyber Security, Reliability Engineering, Selenium, Software Engineering, Software Testing Automation Framework, Strategies of Testing, Web Applications, Performance Testing, Cypress (Programming Language), Information Technology, Playwright, SDET - **Published:** August 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/653d67cf-0be0-408a-a462-57e324c3ffdf ## About the Role We are seeking a Sr Software Development Engineer in Test with experience developing testing solutions and tooling to improve quality for financial trading systems or similar applications. This role will work on our platform and reliability engineering team. These teams own Forge's infrastructure, developer experience and deployment engineering. We are looking for a senior, technical and customer focused candidate who will also embody Forge values. The ideal candidate thrives in team settings and is motivated by creating success all around them through strong communication, shipping great product experiences, and making data-driven decisions. They will be working closely with other quality engineers in the team to define and execute the testing strategy., * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or 5 years software engineering experience) * 5-10 years of software testing experience * Fintech, Trading or Financial services industry experience * Experience in leading quality efforts for internet applications * Experience in test automation on UI, API or others * Experience in enhancing existing Test Automation frameworks - Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, K6 etc. * Experience with CI/CD Pipelines * Fluency with AI technologies related to testing and validation Desired Qualifications: * Experience in E2E Automation, contract testing, API Automation, load & performance testing * Experience mentoring other quality engineers * Proven track-record of teamwork and delivery * Experience at high-growth, venture-backed startups For residents of the San Francisco, CA area, the annual salary range for this role is $175,000 - $205,000 + annual bonus. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, bonus, and other factors Upon offer, we conduct background checks that include employment and education verification, state, and county criminal history searches as well as fingerprint and drug test. ## Description Forge's quality engineering team's charter is to improve product quality. We thrive on holding high standards, obsessing over our customers, and living our values of being bold, humble and accountable., * Build comprehensive bottoms up Test Strategies for infrastructure changes and releases * Built test automation frameworks, tools, solutions to make testing faster, efficient and stable * Leverage artificial intelligence technologies to augment testing activities * Experience with AI solutions such as agentic automation, MCPs, RAG applications etc * Write tests plans covering various customer use cases - functional, compliance & legal aspects * Engage is projects from the initiation phase to identify gaps in requirement and failure modes in design * Automate tests based on what's most valuable and high priority * Collaborate with Forge's product, design, information security and business team members to quickly grasp domain knowledge. * Develop concise, articulate, and detailed documentation[RP1.1][AD1.2] * Participate in scope definition, requirements analysis, functional and technical test design, test gap analysis with assistance from other team members * Provide technical assistance in the diagnosis of issues * Assist in identification of defect trends of their areas and partner with development teams to fix the root cause ## Related Videos - [What craftsmanship is all about](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2006-what-craftsmanship-is-all-about) - [Proactive monitoring and smoke testing in your production environment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/139-proactive-monitoring-and-smoke-testing-in-your-production-environment) - [Boost Productivity with AI: Figma & Playwright MCP Workflows - Aris Markogiannakis](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1768-boost-productivity-with-ai-figma-playwright-mcp-workflows-aris-markogiannakis) - [Are Classical Automation Frameworks Dead? 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