Software Development Test Engineer (SDET), KSM

About the role

Description

Keeper Security is hiring a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join our Keeper Secrets Manager (KSM) team. This is a 100% remote position, with an opportunity to work a hybrid schedule for candidates based in the El Dorado Hills, CA metro area. Keeper’s cybersecurity software is trusted by millions of people and thousands of organizations, globally. Keeper is published in 23 languages and is sold in over 150 countries. Join one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies and help ensure the quality, reliability, and security of Keeper’s secrets management platform.

About Keeper

Keeper Security is one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity software companies that protects thousands of organizations and millions of people in over 150 countries. Keeper is a pioneer of zero-knowledge and zero-trust security built for any IT environment. Its core offering, KeeperPAM®, is an AI-enabled, cloud-native platform that protects all users, devices and infrastructure from cyber attacks. Recognized for its innovation in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management (PAM), Keeper secures passwords and passkeys, infrastructure secrets, remote connections and endpoints with role-based enforcement policies, least privilege and just-in-time access. Learn why Keeper is trusted by leading organizations to defend against modern adversaries at KeeperSecurity.com.

About the Job

As a SDET on the KSM team, you will design, build, and scale automated test systems that validate the APIs, SDKs, and integrations powering Keeper Secrets Manager. You will focus on automation framework design, CI/CD integration, and system-level validation for secure, cloud-native services, rather than manual test execution. You will work closely with software engineers and DevOps teams, influence automation strategy, and help raise the bar for quality engineering across the KSM platform.

Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and maintain automation frameworks using tools such as Playwright and Pytest

- Develop reusable automation libraries and custom tooling for API, integration, and end-to-end testing

- Build automated tests for KSM APIs, SDKs, and cloud-hosted services

- Integrate automated test execution into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar)

- Manage containerized test environments using Docker and Kubernetes

- Validate secure authentication and access workflows (SSO, OAuth, SAML)

- Analyze automation failures and drive long-term stability improvements

- Partner with engineering and DevOps teams to embed testability into system design

- Use AI-assisted tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot or similar platforms to improve test development, debugging, root-cause analysis, documentation and workflow efficiency

Requirements

- 3+ years of experience in test automation or software development in test

- Strong programming skills in one or more languages such as Python or JavaScript/TypeScript