Senior Software Engineer in Test

Job Summary:

As a Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test, you’ll design and execute comprehensive manual and exploratory tests to ensure seamless, high-quality releases. You’ll collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to validate new features, assess end-to-end experiences, and ensure a consistent, high-trust user journey. In this role, you’ll own the testing lifecycle — defining test strategies, conducting regression and feature validation, managing release readiness, and driving continuous quality improvements.

You’ll also identify opportunities to build or extend automation frameworks and tools that reduce manual effort, improve coverage, and enhance testing efficiency.

Delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) (design, implementation, testing, delivery and operations), based on definitions from more senior roles.

Operates with little day-to-day supervision, making technical decisions based on knowledge of internal conventions and industry best practices

3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Proven experience performing both manual and automated testing for large-scale web applications, ensuring quality across frontend, backend, and data layers.

Strong expertise in frontend and backend validation, including UI flows, APIs, and service-level integrations.

Hands‑on experience with modern automation frameworks such as Playwright or Cypress, with a deep understanding of test design and best practices for scalable web testing.

Ability to design and build test automation frameworks from scratch, defining architecture, structure, and reusable components that accelerate team-wide adoption.

Experience defining test strategies, coverage plans, and quality gates for complex features and distributed systems.

Familiarity with continuous integration and delivery pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Circle

CI) to enable automated regression and continuous validation.

Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to influence quality practices across engineering teams and advocate for release readiness.

San Jose, California | ($ - $ Annually)

The base pay for this role will depend on where you work and the relevant experience and expertise you bring. Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable.

This role is also eligible for a range of benefits which may include, medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, parental and family leave, 401(k) savings plan, paid time off, and other benefits. For more information visit

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For the majority of employees, Pay Pal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in‑person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the Pay Pal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

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