Engineering Team Lead; SDET

• Compensation: up to USD 182,500 - yearly

Ten Mile Square Technologies is a high-end technology consulting firm based in the Northern Virginia area. Our customers routinely call upon us to solve some of the largest scale and hardest problems in computer science and software development. If you have a solid grounding in software engineering, continuous delivery, and computer science, and are looking for a career opportunity to grow and leverage those skills to the fullest while working on cutting edge technologies - Ten Mile Square is the place to be!

OVERVIEW

Ten Mile Square is seeking an experienced, hands-on Engineering Team Lead (SDET) to lead a team responsible for quality engineering, test automation, release engineering, and engineering enablement. The successful candidate will support the incremental modernization of a large-scale financial services platform, working across modern cloud technologies and complex legacy systems. This is an individual contributor role combining strong Agile leadership, software engineering expertise, and hands‑on problem‑solving.

The ideal candidate embraces AI‑assisted engineering, thrives in technically challenging environments, and enables teams to deliver high‑quality software predictably and efficiently.

Compensation (Base + Standard Incentive Pay): $182,500 ($160K + $22,500)

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead Agile team execution, fostering ownership, collaboration, accountability, predictable delivery, and continuous improvement.

Architect, develop, and maintain reusable test automation frameworks, engineering tools, and quality engineering practices.

Establish effective testing strategies across API, integration, end-to-end, regression, and performance testing.

Leverage Claude and other AI tools to improve engineering productivity, automation, testing, and problem‑solving.

Develop strategies for discovering, creating, managing, and maintaining test data across complex, interconnected systems.

Support testing, release execution, validation, and troubleshooting across modern applications and challenging legacy integrations.

Collaborate with engineering and product teams to refine requirements, manage dependencies, plan sprints, and deliver reliable solutions.

Improve CI/CD integration, automated quality gates, deployment processes, and release confidence.

Mentor engineers, promote engineering excellence, and proactively identify opportunities for improvement.

Proactively collaborate with the Ten Mile Square team on development and knowledge sharing.

Represent yourself and Ten Mile Square with integrity, expertise, and value.

Maintain the confidentiality of our clients on an ongoing basis.

7+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience in test automation.

2+ years of experience as an Engineering Team Lead
, providing hands‑on technical leadership, Agile delivery leadership, and team mentorship.

Strong understanding and practical application of Agile principles, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement.

Expertise designing and developing automation frameworks for distributed systems, APIs, and complex integrations.

Demonstrated proficiency with Claude and AI-assisted software engineering tools.

Experience with AWS, CI/CD pipelines, SQL, and modern software architectures.

Experience managing complex test data and troubleshooting integration issues across multiple systems.

Ability to work effectively with brittle, poorly documented, or legacy systems without requiring expertise in their underlying technologies.

Strong understanding of software engineering principles, quality engineering, and maintainable code.

MORE IMPORTANTLY

Self‑motivated to PROACTIVELY identify and solve problems.

Be passionate…