6 months ago
Base Salary
$114k - $176k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and own an end-to-end test automation framework for Plaud’s consumer and enterprise platforms.
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD and explore LLM-driven test generation and agent-based exploratory testing.
- Review requirements, define acceptance criteria, and identify testability gaps early in the development lifecycle.
- Coach engineers on testable code and promote a quality-first engineering culture.
- Define and report quality metrics including test coverage, defect escape rate, and regression pass rate.
- Build dashboards showing real-time release readiness and serve as the go/no-go owner for major releases.
- Perform manual testing of critical user flows and produce reproducible bug reports during the first 3–6 months.
Requirements
- 6+ years of software testing experience with a strong automation focus.
- Proficiency with Playwright for web end-to-end testing.
- Ability to write test code in Python or TypeScript.
- Experience with API testing and CI/CD integration.
- Experience working in an agile product or engineering team.
- Curiosity about or early experience applying AI/LLM tools to testing.
- Ability to ramp up quickly and work with curiosity, self-direction, and product focus.
- Preferred experience with subscription billing, D2C platforms, or enterprise SaaS.
Benefits
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), performance bonus, and equity.
- Access to AI productivity tools including Cursor, GPT models, Gemini, Claude, and other frontier AI systems.
- Choice of high-performance laptops, workstation setups, and Plaud devices.
- Annual company offsites and team events.
- Market-competitive compensation and a fast-moving, product-driven work environment.
Tech Stack
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About Plaud
Plaud builds AI-powered hardware devices and companion apps that capture, transcribe, and summarize meetings and other conversations for professionals. The company sells its consumer electronics and meeting software directly, with subscription services layered on its devices and cloud platform. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in San Francisco, Plaud is privately held and lists SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, and ISO 27001/27701 compliance.