At Arctic Wolf, we're redefining the cybersecurity landscape. With our employee Pack members, spread out globally, committed to setting new industry standards. Our accomplishments speak for themselves, from our recognition in the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50, Fortune Future 50, and Fortune Cyber 60 to winning the 2024 CRN Products of the Year award. We’re proud to be named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Managed Detection and Response Services and earning a Customers' Choice distinction from Gartner Peer Insights. Our Aurora Platform also received CRN’s Products of the Year award in the inaugural Security Operations Platform category. Join a company that’s not only leading, but also shaping, the future of security operations.
Our mission is to end cyber risk. This is a unique opportunity to lead a high-impact, highly technical team in a fast-growing company recognized on the Deloitte Fast 500, with a track record of doubling in size, revenue, and customer base year over year.
About the Team
Our team, Quality Engineering, partners with product development R&D teams to improve software quality through scalable tooling, automation, and modern engineering practices. Our “customers” are developers and QEs across R&D. We build highly functional tools and frameworks that help teams test products better and ship with confidence, e.g., regression testing frameworks, performance testing tools, contract testing frameworks, and automated quality gates embedded in CI/CD pipelines.
We also produce high-fidelity test data that closely mimics production data to enable realistic testing, and we integrate third-party platforms (e.g., SonarQube, Wiz, Xray) to expand coverage and automate end-to-end quality workflows.
Role Summary
We are looking for an experienced Sr. Developer 2 to join our centralised Quality Engineering team and work with us to build and expand the capabilities of our testing platform. As a senior developer you will be responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and seamless delivery of quality engineering tools across diverse teams and platforms.
This role is ideal for a developer with Senior SDET, DevOps/SRE or platform engineering experience (or strong developer experience working closely with those disciplines), and a deep appreciation for engineering with quality.
You will design and build tools used broadly across R&D, enabling teams to increase coverage, reduce manual effort, improve signal, and establish consistent automated quality gates.
Required Qualifications
5+ years of experience as a software developer, DevOps engineer, SDET or equivalent role
Architect, design and build comprehensive software solutions to automate a variety of testing methods (functional, non-functional - performance, security testing) at scale
Experience with developing UI and API test automation using Pytest, Playwright, Cypress or similar tools
Hands-on experience with non-functional testing including performance, scalability, localization, and security testing. Experience using tools such as Locust, JMeter, k6, or equivalent for performance, and hands-on integration experience with Snyk, SonarQube, Wiz or equivalent for SAST, SCA etc.
Lead the design and development of specialized testing frameworks and infrastructure that enable efficient, reliable, and maintainable automated testing across multiple product teams
Demonstrable knowledge and experience with modern programming languages such as Python, Javascript/Typescript, Go etc.
Strong experience with developing tools for CICD pipeline such as Github Actions, Jenkins, Gitlab etc.
Drive adoption and best practices for in-house developed and third party tools by partnering with development teams
Partner with QE and dev teams and cross-functional stakeholders to understand testing challenges and deliver tailored automation solutions
Mentor and guide Quality Engineers on best practices for test automation, code quality and framework usage. Develop, maintain and execute training on QE practices and tool usage
Conduct thorough code reviews and actively participate in design discussions
Drive continuous improvement of testing tools and infrastructure
About the Role
You will excel in this role if you are:
A strong software developer with deep expertise in test and quality engineering, testing methodologies, understand the full software development lifecycle and can write production-quality tools
Experienced in designing and building large-scale test automation frameworks. You’ve tackled complex challenges in test infrastructure, test data management and test orchestration
Proficient in modern programming languages and software engineering practices, and comfortable working across multiple technology stacks. Experience or strong aptitude with Python, Typescript, and/or Go is a plus.
Understand how testing and quality assurance contribute to security and data integrity
Excellent communicator who can translate technical complexity into clear explanations for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Enjoy collaborating within your own team and across other teams
A system thinker who can see how testing tools and practices impact the broader engineering organization
Experience with or strong interest in AI/ML applications within software development and quality engineering, whether in intelligent test development, anomaly detection or smart reporting, is a strong plus.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Proactive, detail-oriented and driven by impact
About Arctic Wolf
At Arctic Wolf we’re cultivating a collaborative and productive work environment that welcomes a diversity of backgrounds, cultures, and ideas to make our teams even stronger as we grow globally. We’ve been named one of the 50 Most Innovative Companies in the world for 2022 (Fast Company)—and the 2nd Most Innovative Security Company. We have won countless awards for our excellence in security operations and remain dedicated to providing an industry-leading customer and employee experience including:
Top Workday USA (2021-2024)
Great Place to Work (2022-2024) & Best Workplaces for Women (2024) in Canada
Best Workplaces in Tech & For Women in the UK (2023)
Top Company by Kununu in Germany (2024)
Arctic Wolf recognises that success comes from delighting our customers, so we work together to ensure that happens every day. We believe in diversity and inclusion, and truly value the unique qualities and unique perspectives all employees bring to the organization. And we appreciate that—by protecting people’s and organizations’ sensitive data and seeking to end cyber risk— we get to work in an industry that is fundamental to the greater good.
We celebrate unique perspectives by creating a platform for all voices to be heard through our Pack Unity program. We encourage all employees to join or create a new alliance. See more about our Pack Unity here.
We also believe and practice corporate responsibility, and have recently joined the Pledge 1% Movement, ensuring that we continue to give back to our community. We know that through our mission to End Cyber Risk we will continue to engage and give back to our communities.
All wolves receive compelling compensation and benefits packages, including:
Equity for all employees
Flexible annual leave, paid holidays and volunteer days
Training and career development programs
Comprehensive private benefits plan including medical insurance for you and your family, life insurance (3x compensation), and personal accident insurance.
Fertility support and paid parental leave
Arctic Wolf is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under federal, provincial, or local law. Arctic Wolf is committed to fostering a welcoming, accessible, respectful, and inclusive environment ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. As such, we strive to make our entire employee experience as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for candidates and employees with disabilities and/or other specific needs where possible. Please let us know if you require any accommodations by emailing recruiting@arcticwolf.com.
On-Camera Policy
To support a fair, transparent, and engaging interview experience, candidates interviewing remotely are expected to be on camera during all video interviews.
Being on camera fosters authentic connection, improves communication, and allows for full engagement from both candidates and interviewers.
We understand that technical, bandwidth, or location-related challenges may occasionally prevent video use. If this applies, candidates are required to notify us in advance so we can explore appropriate accommodations.
Security Requirements
Conducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with AWN’s Information Security policies, standards, processes, and controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of AWN business information (in accordance with our
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