# SDET at KWI

- Company: KWI
- What the company does: Learn about the KWI retail omnichannel platform: mobile POS, Merchandising, Inventory Management, eCommerce,Order Management, CRM and more. Backed by Insight.
- Company website: https://www.kwi.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Melville, NY
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $160K to $165K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-24
- Apply by: 2026-11-08
- Apply: https://kwi.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/f6010298-2c12-420a-addc-60afbb5158a0
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kwi-sdet/

## About the role

We are seeking a hands-on SDET to drive the evolution of quality engineering across our platform. In this role, you will define and scale our automation strategy, partnering with Product, Engineering, and DevOps to build fast, reliable, and CI/CD-native testing solutions with a strong focus on Playwright and API-first automation.

## What they're looking for

- Lead the automation and quality engineering vision across teams, establishing scalable standards and modern frameworks (Playwright, API-first testing)
- Act as a hands-on technical coach and enabler, improving automation adoption, stability, and execution speed
- Transform legacy and slow regression models into fast, CI/CD-native, data-driven pipelines
- Use metrics, observability, and risk-based strategies to drive release confidence
- Introduce AI-accelerated testing approaches to increase engineering productivity
- Own quality outcomes end-to-end, from architecture and testability to production validation