Software Engineer 3 (Platforms)

The role

You will build tooling, frameworks, and standards to help engineering teams test more effectively. You will work on making test suites faster and more reliable while improving service-to-service testing.

What you will do

• Build tooling and metrics for test quality, reliability, flakiness, and coupling
• Establish code-coverage measurement and help teams close gaps
• Improve service-to-service testing as architecture becomes more distributed
• Integrate testing capabilities into CI/CD and developer workflows
• Make testing easier through better frameworks, documentation, and standards
• Connect tests to product behavior and feature specifications
• Own projects end to end from investigation to adoption

Required qualifications

• 4–7 years in software engineering, or as an SDET with substantial software development responsibilities
• Proficiency in Python and JavaScript/TypeScript
• Deep knowledge of testing strategies from unit through end-to-end
• Hands-on use of frameworks such as pytest, Jest, Vitest, Cypress, or Playwright
• Implemented CI/CD pipelines, including collecting and reporting on test results
• Measured test suites through metrics such as coverage, reliability, execution time, or flakiness
• Ability to work cross-functionally to improve processes
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Comfort working independently once a problem is defined

Nice to have

• Service-to-service or contract testing (e.g., Pact, Testcontainers)
• Built a test framework from scratch
• Time on a platform, developer productivity, or internal tooling team
• Built AI-assisted testing tools or tested LLM-powered applications
• Familiarity with Go or Kotlin

Benefits

• Competitive benefits and wellness package
• Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days
• 16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits
• Flexible re-entry schedules for returning to work
• Diversity initiatives and employee resource groups
• Health benefits, including fertility & adoption assistance
• 401(k) matching 100% up to 3% of annual compensation
• Hands-on mentorship, employee and management coaching
• Team discretionary budget for learning and development resources

About the company

Cedar is a healthcare technology company that leverages data science and product design to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. It was co-founded in 2016 to solve billing and patient experience issues.