About the role

Software Development Engineer in Test at Magnet Forensics, building high-quality software through test design and automation. Collaborating with engineering partners to ensure quality in digital investigative tools.

Responsibilities

Own quality for assigned features, services, or components.
Design and execute risk-based test approaches aligned to product intent.
Identify gaps in coverage and propose practical improvements.
Participate actively in story refinement, design discussions, and planning.
Build and maintain automated tests across API, UI, and integration layers.
Contribute to existing test frameworks and tooling.
Write clear, maintainable, production-quality test code.
Help ensure automation is reliable, meaningful, and provides fast feedback.
Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines to provide timely quality signals.
Monitor pipeline health, test failures, and flakiness.
Collaborate with engineers to keep pipelines fast and trustworthy.
Learn and apply evolving approaches, including agent-assisted or agentic workflows, where appropriate.
Partner with software engineers to improve testability and design.
Raise quality risks early with context and evidence.
Participate in root-cause analysis and defect prevention discussions.
Learn when to push back—and when to accept trade-offs.
Learn from senior QEs and technical leaders through reviews and mentoring.
Reflect on what works (and doesn’t) in testing and quality practices.
Gradually take on more complex problems and ownership as skills grow.

3+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, Test Engineering, or Software Engineering.
Experience supporting quality for production software systems.
Experience working on a cross-functional product or delivery team.
Solid foundation in test automation (API and UI preferred).
Ability to read, understand, and write production-level code.
Familiarity with CI/CD systems and modern development workflows.
Experience with AI-assisted or agentic testing workflows.