Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

Role Description

Keeper Security is hiring a highly experienced Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join our Privileged Access Management (PAM) team. This is a 100% remote position, with an opportunity to work a hybrid schedule for candidates based in the El Dorado Hills, CA or Chicago, IL metro areas.

As a Senior SDET on the PAM team, you will architect and build automation systems that validate complex, security-sensitive access workflows across cloud infrastructure, identity providers, and enterprise environments. This role focuses on automation framework design, CI/CD integration, and system-level quality, not manual testing or security engineering. You will partner closely with software engineers, product teams, and security stakeholders to ensure PAM features are reliable, scalable, and automation-ready from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for PAM workflows
• Build reusable automation libraries for API, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Develop automation for privileged access workflows including credential rotation, access provisioning, and session management
• Automate authentication and identity flows such as OAuth, SAML, and SSO
• Validate access workflows across protocols such as SSH, RDP, and similar mechanisms
• Build and maintain automation for backend services, APIs, and cloud-hosted systems
• Integrate automated test execution into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or similar tools
• Manage containerized test environments using Docker and Kubernetes
• Investigate automation failures, perform root-cause analysis, and improve long-term stability
• Collaborate with Engineering, QA, Security, and Product teams to embed testability into system design
• Contribute to quality engineering standards and automation best practices across the organization
• Use AI-assisted tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, or similar platforms to support test development, debugging, root-cause analysis, documentation, and workflow efficiency

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in test automation, quality engineering, or software development in test
• Strong programming skills in Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript
• Proven experience designing and building automation frameworks or test systems
• Hands-on experience with modern automation tools such as Playwright or Pytest
• Strong experience testing APIs, distributed systems, and security-sensitive workflows
• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with containerized or cloud-native environments, including Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS
• Understanding of authentication and identity concepts such as OAuth, SAML, and identity providers
• Ability to troubleshoot complex system interactions and automation failures
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence quality practices across teams
• Ability and willingness to use AI-assisted tools effectively to improve test automation, debugging, technical analysis, and documentation
• Due to this role’s involvement with FedRAMP compliance requirements, qualified candidates must be a U.S. Person

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience testing privileged access management or identity-centric security products
• Familiarity with cloud or security automation frameworks
• Exposure to remote access protocols such as SSH, RDP, and VNC
• Experience contributing to automation metrics or observability systems

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision (inclusive of domestic partnerships)
• Employer Paid Life Insurance & Employee/Spouse/Child Supplemental life
• Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401K (Roth/Traditional)
• A generous PTO plan that celebrates your commitment and seniority (including paid Bereavement/Jury Duty, etc)