IntusCare is looking for a Tech Lead, SDET to own the test automation architecture and quality engineering strategy across our modern healthcare EMR and platform services. In this hands-on technical leadership role, you will design scalable automation frameworks, embed quality into platform and product teams, and mentor SDETs and engineers across geographically distributed teams.
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, reusable test automation frameworks using Playwright and complementary tools for API, service-level, integration, and end-to-end workflows.
- Ensure automation frameworks are code-driven, reliable, and extensible, with minimal flakiness.
- Drive high automation coverage while balancing execution speed and maintainability.
- Define and own the quality engineering strategy across platform and product teams.
- Establish testing standards, patterns, and best practices aligned with system architecture.
- Partner with Engineering and Platform teams to improve testability by design.
- Actively leverage AI-assisted development and testing tools to accelerate test development and refactoring.
- Identify opportunities to apply AI for smarter regression analysis, defect prediction, and root cause analysis.
- Serve as the technical leader for SDET practices, mentoring SDETs, and influencing software engineers.
- Define and track quality metrics like automation coverage, defect leakage, and release readiness.
- Provide technical guidance, code reviews, and collaborate with near-shore development and QA teams.
- Establish clear workflows, expectations, and quality standards for effective collaboration across time zones.
- Review automation code with the same rigor as production code.
- Lead performance, load, and scalability testing for critical workflows.
- Ensure testing strategies align with HIPAA, security, and compliance requirements.
What We're Looking For
- Strong software engineering background with a focus on test automation and quality engineering.
- Hands-on experience designing and maintaining Playwright-based automation frameworks.
- Proven experience building or scaling test automation frameworks for distributed systems.
- Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript for automation and tooling.
- Experience testing APIs, microservices, and data-intensive applications.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps-integrated testing.
- Experience working with and leading near-shore development or QA teams.
- Ability to lead technically while remaining deeply hands-on.
Nice to Have
- Prior experience as a Tech Lead, SDET or Senior SDET in a SaaS or platform environment.
- Experience testing healthcare applications, EMR/EHR systems, or regulated software.
- Familiarity with FHIR, HL7, and healthcare data workflows.
- Experience with Azure and cloud-native testing strategies.
- Exposure to observability, monitoring, and production testing techniques.
- Strong interest in AI-driven test automation and quality engineering.
Technical Stack
- Playwright
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Azure
Team & Environment
You will lead SDET practices, mentor SDETs, influence software engineers, and collaborate with near-shore teams in a modern SaaS environment.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $150k-$170k + equity
- Stock options
- Variable compensation component
Work Mode
This is a fully remote position open to candidates within the United States.
IntusCare is an equal opportunity employer.
