[Remote] Senior Quality Software Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Dropzone AI is a company focused on scaling cybersecurity through AI augmentation, aiming to enhance the capabilities of human security engineers. They are looking for a Senior Quality Software Engineer to establish quality validation methodologies for AI-driven systems and elevate the engineering organization's quality practices. This role involves designing testing systems, collaborating with engineering teams, and maintaining test environments to ensure product quality.ResponsibilitiesQuality Engineering Strategy: Designing and maintaining testing systems for deterministic logic and AI influenced, non deterministic behavior, integrating these validations directly into CI, release pipelines, and review workflowsCollaboration and Shift Left: Engaging early with engineering to surface risks before implementation, strengthening team wide quality skills, and promoting testability as a core design requirementTest Methodology Expansion: Broadening our verification approach beyond unit tests into integration, system, stress, and full workflow testing across the entire stackEnvironment Readiness: Maintaining dependable test environments with strong instrumentation for rapid diagnosis, enhancing observability and logging to shorten the path from failure to root causeData and Tooling: Building tools, fixtures, and supporting libraries that generate stable and repeatable test conditions, enabling reliable validation of complex scenarios without ad hoc data creationSkills5+ years experience in software quality engineering, test engineering, or a closely related disciplineStrong investigative instincts and a deep interest in understanding failures, identifying root causes, and preventing recurrenceSkill in isolating external dependencies during integration tests by mocking third party services using custom code or established toolsHands on experience evaluating systems powered by LLMs, AI processing pipelines, or other probabilistic technologiesProficiency with Python and modern test frameworks within container based environmentsDemonstrated success designing automated test suites across multiple layers of a contemporary application stackExperience working within fully containerized development and execution workflowsBeing data-driven is part of your DNAEarly-stage startup mindset. You thrive on ambiguity and move with lightspeed executionExperience with cloud based monitoring and metrics platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatchBackground with container orchestration and deployment systems including Kubernetes, GitLab pipelines, or ArgoCDFamiliarity with modern frontend technologies, particularly React and TypeScriptInterest or experience in security focused testing and broader cybersecurity practicesAbility to thrive in a rapidly evolving startup environmentComfort using AI assisted coding and development toolsBenefitsSignificant above market new hire equity grantsCompany paid health insurance401K Plan with employer matchSelf-Managed PTOParental leaveCompany-provided equipmentCompany OverviewDropzone AI delivers pre-trained autonomous AI security agents that work alongside human analysts on security operations teams It was founded in 2023, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://dropzone.ai.Company H1B SponsorshipDropzone AI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2023. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.