Software Engineer in Test (SDET)/QA Lead

Role Overview

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) / QA Lead (Founding QA hire)

• Full-time, remote (continental U.S. / lower 48 only)
• You will be the first dedicated tester on Fuse’s product engineering team and will build and lead the quality engineering practice.
• This is a deliberate SDET role: writing code to test the product (automation + CI), not manual QA.

What You’ll Do

• Define and own the testing strategy across the platform, in partnership with the dev lead, engineering manager, and architect.
• Design and build automated test suites (end-to-end and system/integration) using AI and custom code.
• Establish quality gates for what “done and tested” means and help the team enforce them.
• Build and maintain test data management and environments to support realistic clinical workflows while protecting PHI and staying within HIPAA-aligned controls.
• Lead performance, load, and reliability testing for workflows where uptime and data integrity are critical.
• Embed quality early by reviewing designs for testability and partnering with developers and product stakeholders.
• Own defect tracking, root-cause analysis, and release-readiness reporting—provide evidence on whether releases are safe to ship.
• Grow the QA function over time, including mentoring the dev team on QA practices.

Requirements

• Direct experience using AI to write code and test code, and build automated testing workflows.
• Significant experience as an SDET / QA Automation Engineer, or as a developer who owns test automation.
• Ability to work with realistic PHI in QA/staging environments while maintaining HIPAA-aligned handling.

Location / Eligibility

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Must be located in the continental U.S. (lower 48).

Nice-to-haves

• Not clearly specified in the excerpt provided.