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About the job
About Ascendion: Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000+ Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.
Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life
We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:
- Build the coolest tech for the world’s leading brands
- Solve complex problems - and learn new skills
- Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients
- Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience
Experience a community of change makers!
Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.
About the Role
We’re looking for a hands-on QA Automation Lead to drive test automation for Azure cloud-based applications and champion QA best practices across teams.
Job Title: Lead SDET
Location: Plano, TX or Irvine, CA
Key Responsibilities:
- Review engineering designs to embed quality assurance requirements and considerations early in the development cycle
- Develop and enhance the automation framework to support Azure cloud-based application testing
- Establish and maintain QA automation best practices, driving continuous improvement initiativesPartner with Development, DevOps, and Release Management teams to coordinate testing efforts and resolve system-level issues
Required Skills & Experience
- 8+ years of hands-on C# development/testing and strong SQL skills
- 2+ years leading or mentoring team members
- Advanced automation expertise: Visual Studio, C#, RestSharp, HttpClient, Selenium
- Strong REST API/web services testing experience (Postman)
- Proficiency with Azure DevOps, JIRA, and test management tools (X-ray a plus)
- Data validation experience; hands-on with Selenium Grid or Docker setups
- Agile/Scrum experience (SAFe a plus)
- Strong debugging/troubleshooting skills and ability to build performance testing frameworks
- Collaborative mindset — comfortable partnering with Dev, DevOps, and Release Management
Nice to Have
- Experience using AI - powered coding/testing agents (Eg: as Devin, Claude Code, Cursor) to accelerate test development
- Mortgage industry background
Salary and Other Compensation: The annual salary for this position is between $100,000 - $130,000 annually. Factors that may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
Benefits: The company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance], [dental insurance], [vision insurance], [401(k) retirement plan], [long-term disability insurance], [short-term disability insurance] [5 personal days accrued each calendar year]. The paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertain to the city/state. [10-15 days of paid vacation time] [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year]
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