Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Quality engineering remains a differentiator in enterprise SaaS, where reliability, repeatability, and release confidence directly shape customer trust. This Lead SDET role stands out because it sits at the intersection of product delivery and platform engineering, focusing on long-term automation strategy and the supporting infrastructure rather than one-off test execution. In a mature, widely used cloud software environment, that scope signals a strong emphasis on scalable practices across multiple teams and product areas.
From a SaaS career perspective, the work builds durable leverage: designing automation frameworks, integrating with CI pipelines, and using infrastructure tooling to standardise environments. Those skills translate across SaaS organisations that ship continuously and operate distributed systems, especially where testing must cover OS, networking, and cloud-adjacent concerns. The role also offers ongoing technical breadth, spanning languages, tooling, and modern delivery workflows that underpin dependable subscription software.
This position is best suited to an experienced engineer who prefers systems-level thinking and enjoys turning ambiguous quality goals into repeatable mechanisms. It will fit someone comfortable collaborating with global stakeholders, documenting designs, and balancing hands-on debugging with platform stewardship. It also aligns with professionals who want to remain close to product impact while specialising in automation architecture.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
The Lead Software Development Engineer in Test will work closely with Citrix Product Development and Test teams to design and implement scalable, long‑term automation strategies, while also contributing to the development and enhancement of automation infrastructure and frameworks. This role directly supports faster and consistent delivery of high‑quality, enterprise‑grade software solutions.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Design and implement flexible Automation testing solutions and test scripts for Citrix products
- Execute Automation tests and identify product and infrastructure problems for quality assurance, collaborate with product stakeholders to support the root cause analysis and addressing
- Participate in Automation platform and infrastructure related development and maintenance
- Interface with internal teams to understand requirement for Product Automation development and solutions delivery
- Understand Citrix products and technologies for Automation strategy and priority alignment
- Continuously learning to keep pace with technology advancements.
- Create documentation of agreed upon designs and implementation details.
- Take part in planning and daily standups to ensure Automation commitment
Required Experience/Skills
- Bachelor or master’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
- 8+ years’ experience of system level programming and test on Windows or Unix/Linux.
- Proficiency in C#, PowerShell, and Python, or equivalent experience. Familiarity with additional stacks or languages such as Java, Go, or front‑end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is a plus.
- Strong expertise in software testing methodologies and automation test cases design.
- Ability to deploy automation setups including frameworks, approaches, and automation environments.
- Experienced in testing frameworks such as Robot Framework, Selenium , and Automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and continuous integration pipelines.
- Strong English communication skills (written and verbal), as this role collaborates closely with global engineering teams.
- In-depth knowledge of software, operating system, networking, and skills to leverage AI in daily work
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with container-based software development (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
- Understanding of building systems and the complexities of packaging and shipping software.
- Experience working with Cloud providers (ideally Azure).
- Good understanding of Windows System Management and Database fundamentals (SQL).
- Self-motivated and tenacious when tackling tough technical issues.
- Good team player
About Us:
Cloud Software Group is one of the world’s largest cloud solution providers, serving more than 100 million users around the globe. When you join Cloud Software Group, you are making a difference for real people, each of whom count on our suite of cloud-based products to get work done — from anywhere. Members of our team will tell you that we value passion for technology and the courage to take risks. Everyone is empowered to learn, dream, and build the future of work. We are on the brink of another Cambrian leap -- a moment of immense evolution and growth. And we need your expertise and experience to do it. Now is the perfect time to move your skills to the cloud.
Cloud Software Group is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, genetic carrier status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (including lactation status), marital status, military service, protected veteran status, political activity or affiliation, taking or requesting statutorily protected leave and other protected classifications.
If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any part of the application process, please contact us via the Bridge portal for assistance.
