About the Role
Ellipsis Health is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to validate end-to-end system behavior and user workflows while building scalable automation to improve quality and release confidence. You will work closely with engineering, product, and AI/ML teams to ensure reliability, performance, and usability across our healthcare platform.
Responsibilities
- Perform manual testing and automation across system workflows and application features.
- Design, develop, and execute test plans and test cases for end-to-end system behavior.
- Build and maintain automation frameworks to improve test coverage and efficiency.
- Validate system interactions, workflows, and integrations to ensure reliability and consistency.
- Perform exploratory testing to uncover edge cases and gaps in system behavior.
- Identify, document, and track defects; collaborate with engineering teams for resolution.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, providing QA input during sprint planning and retrospectives.
- Support release validation, regression testing, and post-deployment verification.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous quality validation.
- Define and track quality metrics and test coverage.
- Contribute to improving overall testing strategy, frameworks, and quality processes.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in an SDET role with a strong mix of functional testing and automation.
- Experience validating end-to-end system workflows and user journeys.
- Hands-on experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks.
- Experience with automation tools such as Playwright, Selenium, or similar.
- Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and/or Python for test automation and scripting.
- Strong understanding of test design techniques, QA methodologies, and defect tracking.
- Experience working with complex or distributed systems.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience testing conversational voice AI agents or real-time communication systems.
- Exposure to monitoring/logging tools such as Datadog, Splunk, or similar.
- Basic understanding of authentication/authorization (RBAC, OAuth, etc.).
- Experience in healthcare or other regulated environments.
- Familiarity with testing considerations for LLMs and GenAI systems.
Skills
- Functional testing
- Automation testing
- Test automation frameworks
- Playwright
- Selenium
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Python
- Test design techniques
- QA methodologies
- Defect tracking
- Agile/Scrum
- Conversational voice AI
- Real-time communication systems
- Monitoring tools
- Logging tools
- Datadog
- Splunk
- Authentication
- Authorization
- RBAC
- OAuth
- Healthcare
- Regulated environments
- LLMs
- GenAI
Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Remote (United States)
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- $140,000-$160,000
Benefits
- 401k with up to 4% match
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- Flexible paid time off
About the Company
- Ellipsis Health is creating cutting-edge AI/ML products that solve healthcare staffing challenges and administrative burdens using conversational AI and patented voice biomarker technology.
- Headquartered in Silicon Valley, funded and supported by preeminent venture capital teams.
- Work on technology that improves access, equity, and outcomes in healthcare.
- Collaborate with a mission-driven team that blends AI innovation with clinical integrity.
- Help shape the future of how patients interact with care through ethical, high-impact design.
Equal Opportunity
- We comply with all “ban the box” laws in applicable jurisdictions.
