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# Lead Sdet

- **Company:** Wispr AI
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Automation of Tests, Mobile Application Development, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Design of User Interfaces, Human-Computer Interaction, Regression Testing, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Strategies of Testing, Speech Recognition, Backend, SDET
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/lead-sdet-san-francisco-ca--7110377b-577c-4822-bdaa-215bebaed589

## About the Role

Software Design for Test (SDET), Artificial Intelligence (AI), User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Problem Solving Skills, Testing, Software Design for Test (SDET), Automation, Test Strategy, Quality Assurance, Software Engineering, * A capable programmer. You can write readable test code, build fixtures and test harnesses, debug failures, and keep automation reliable in CI.

 * A systems thinker. You reason across clients, APIs, operating systems, and integrations. You know where mocks help and where real devices and end-to-end checks are essential.
 * An incisive investigator. You turn vague reports into reproducible bugs, use logs and other evidence to isolate causes, and distinguish product failures from test or environment failures.
 * Product-minded and detail-oriented. You care about usability, responsiveness, accessibility, and trust, and know which risks matter most to users.
 * A hands-on leader. You communicate clearly, coach others, and build useful processes in a fast-moving team. Experience with native apps, audio, speech recognition, or AI output evaluation is a plus.

## Description

We're looking for a Lead Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to build the quality practice behind Flow. You'll own test strategy, write automation, and personally investigate the product while helping our QA team grow.

What you'll do

 * Build reliable automation. Develop and maintain automated tests for critical journeys across desktop, mobile, backend services, and integrations. Choose the right mix of unit, integration, and end-to-end coverage.
 * Make regression testing continuous. Partner with engineering to run automated checks against internal builds, integrate them into CI/CD, and establish dependable release gates.
 * Test beyond the happy path. Personally explore real-world voice workflows, permissions, device and network changes, cross-app behavior, and updates. Catch usability and consistency issues as well as functional bugs.
 * Own release confidence. Prioritize testing by risk, investigate failures, and use test results, telemetry, and customer impact to make clear release recommendations.
 * Bring quality into development. Work with engineering, product, design, and support from planning through launch. Turn requirements, incidents, and escaped defects into better coverage.
 * Lead through doing. Set standards, coach our QA team and testing partners, and coordinate coverage while remaining hands-on and driving testing yourself., * An experienced quality engineer. You've owned testing for complex software and built or maintained automated suites that teams rely on.