Software Development Engineer in Test III

Subsplash is an exciting, award-winning team of 290+ mission-driven people who are committed to our core values of humility, innovation, and excellence. Founded in 2005, we’ve remained family owned and operated while pioneering the market with the first ever church mobile app. Since then, we’ve been working together to build The Ultimate Engagement Platform™ for churches, Christian ministries, non-profits, and businesses around the world. We find excitement in serving our 17,000+ clients, creating impactful products, and delighting the 40 million real people who use our platform every day. Subsplash has won awards for best mobile experience, been voted top 100 Washington's Best Workplaces by the Puget Sound Business Journal, created some of the most downloaded apps of all time, and built enterprise software for world-class brands like XBOX, Microsoft, Samsung, Expedia, and Cisco; yet, at the end of the day, we love making a lasting impact and a difference in our world.

Working at Subsplash is more than just a job; we are a team of people who are courageous, inventive, and passionate about doing meaningful work every day. Don’t take our word for it—head to Glassdoor and see for yourself!

The Subsplash Product & Engineering Team is responsible for all products that the company develops including the App Platform and Merchant Services. We are a team of designers, developers, and coordinators, creating polished experiences for our clients and end users. The P&E Team is responsible for the entire user experience including: End-User Mobile Apps, the Subsplash Dashboard (our Content Management System), Subsplash Giving (Our Donation and Merchant Services Platform), Media services, the Web App, backend data feeds, analytics, and more. The Product Team supports our Clients by providing a unified set of tools to help reduce administrative overhead so Clients can focus on their core mission and expand their reach.

As an SDET III, you are a technical leader and strategic driver of quality within the Subsplash Ultimate Engagement Platform. Reporting to the Release and QA Manager, you are responsible for architecting the systems that ensure platform integrity and reliability. You will develop a deep, end-to-end mastery of our ecosystem—including the Dashboard, APIs, microservices, and databases—to ensure our tools work harmoniously to serve our clients.

In this high-level individual contributor role, you will establish and execute a strategic automation roadmap that scales across multiple projects and teams. You will translate complex testing results and quality metrics into actionable insights for engineering leadership. Your work drives the completion of beautiful, extensible software that delights real people. Beyond your technical contributions, you are a champion for quality who mentors fellow engineers and defines the best practices that advance our organization’s technical depth and maturity.

• 6+ years of testing experience in a team-based environment, with at least 3+ years as a full-time SDET or Software Automation Engineer, including advanced knowledge of:
  • Software automation frameworks such as Selenium or Appium
  • Continuous integration environments such as Jenkins, TravisCI, or GitLab
  • One or more programming or scripting languages (Go or Java preferred)
  • API and microservices architectures
• Experience using AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Copilot, Codex, Opus 4.6+ to generate automated tests
• Proven ability to architect and scale automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines for complex, distributed systems
• Demonstrated experience mentoring and guiding QA Engineers transitioning into automation-focused roles
• Strong strategic mindset with the ability to balance hands-on execution and long-term quality vision
• Ability to communicate technical concepts and quality outcomes effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences
• And finally… you know, and can deliver, at least one hilarious yet appropriate joke, timed perfectly to lighten the mood without derailing the meeting 😄

• Passionate: You demonstrate our core values of Humility, Innovation, and Excellence
• Trustworthy: You understand the importance of confidentiality with sensitive information
• Dependable: You care deeply about commitments and honoring agreements
• Efficient: You naturally have the ability to prioritize multiple projects and tasks
• A Communicator:  You have an aptitude for clear and concise communication 
• A Driver: You are smart, persistent, and not easily blocked
• A Learner: You are committed to growing and staying current with new technologies

Subsplash currently has operations in 27 states across the US! As much as we would love to have employees in as many states and countries as we have clients, we are currently limiting hiring to the states we already operate in. As a result of that, this role is only available as a 100% remote position if you reside in one of the following states: 

AL, AR, AZ, CO, FL, GA, ID, IA, IN, KS, KY, MO, MI, MN, NC, NM, OK, OH, OR, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WY.

Unfortunately, if you do not currently reside in one of these states, we are unable to consider your application.