Software Engineer in Test

Software Engineer in Test About PDQ PDQ, founded in Salt Lake City, UT, USA, makes device management simple, secure, and Pretty Damn Quick through our products Deploy, Inventory, Connect, Detect, SimpleMDM and SmartDeploy. IT teams use our products to reduce complexity, improve efficiency, and enhance control in their unique environments. We are backed by TA Associates and Berkshire Partners, top-tier global private equity firms. PDQ's Core Values: Honesty, Ownership, Collaboration and Improvement Job Description: Before you apply, please note: This role is open to candidates residing in Romania and able to commute weekly to our office in Bucharest. Why you'll want to be a Software Engineer in Test at PDQ: Build software that IT pros love. PDQ is a fast-growing SaaS company with a fiercely loyal customer base. Our products manage millions of devices globally, and we’re trusted by tens of thousands of IT teams to deploy software, manage inventory, and remediate vulnerabilities—quickly and reliably. Quality at the heart of everything. As a Software Engineer in Test, you'll help ensure the stability, performance, and reliability of PDQ’s Detect product. You’ll design, implement, and execute automated testing strategies across APIs, web interfaces, and backend systems to catch issues early and drive confidence in every release. We’re scaling smart—and you have a voice. We’re growing sustainably, investing in our people, and building a long-term engineering culture. You’ll collaborate closely with developers and product managers to embed quality throughout the SDLC. Local team. Global impact. We’re expanding in Romania to build a strong, collaborative engineering hub. You’ll work with smart, humble teammates in the U.S. and across Romania, shipping real features and solving tough problems in production environments. Modern stack. Real testing challenges. Our tech includes Playwright, Grafana, Groundcover, Sentry and more. You’ll test distributed systems, work with containers and cloud-native architectures, and help us explore smart ways to incorporate AI into testing and quality analysis. Real engineering. Real ownership. We keep processes lean, feedback direct, and overhead minimal. Our engineers are focused on shipping great code, mentoring each other, and continuously improving tools and systems. Why Join? If you love building test automation, designing scalable quality practices, digging into tricky bugs, and collaborating across teams to make software better for real customers, join PDQ and help raise the bar for software quality while working with a modern tech stack and expert teammates. What you'll be doing: Design, implement, and maintain automated test suites using Playwright. Write, execute, and improve manual test cases when automation is not feasible. Validate product functionality across a variety of browsers, Windows and Mac environments, and network configurations. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to refine requirements and test strategies. Build and manage test environments and virtual labs to simulate real-world scenarios. Contribute to CI/CD pipelines by integrating automated tests and feedback loops. Ability to work with agile teams using Scrum or Kanban. Recommend new testing tools, strategies, or frameworks that increase test coverage and efficiency. We're looking for people who have: 3+ years experience in software testing or quality engineering a SaaS or endpoint-focused product environment. Hands-on experience with test automation using Cypress, Playwright, or similar tools. Experience designing and executing performance tests (e.g., load, stress, scalability) to ensure system reliability under real-world conditions. Strong scripting and debugging skills in JavaScript, Typescript. Familiarity with Windows OS, including endpoint configurations, services, permissions, and networking. Experience working with bug tracking and test case management tools (e.g., Linear, ... (truncated, view full listing at source)