Company Name: Dropzone AI

Job Details: Hiring,Remotely,in,United,States,Remote,150K-175K,Annually,Senior,level

Job Url: https://builtin.com/job/senior-or-principal-quality-software-engineer/7893230

Job Description: About Dropzone AIDropzone’s mission is to scale cybersecurity beyond human limits, and augment every single human security engineer/analyst with an army of AI security specialists. Humans alone cannot sufficiently protect our digital future, and AI augmentation is the only way for defenders to reclaim the high ground. We are an award winning company disrupting the $200B+ cybersecurity market. Powered by Gen AI advancements, our technology offloads repetitive day-to-day work and frees human analysts to focus on real threats and higher-value projects. We are venture-backed, and our team has a rare blend of deep experience across cybersecurity, AI/ML, and SaaS product development. Join us if you want to be on the ground floor of using Gen AI to transform cyber defense. Learn more at www.dropzone.ai.Your MissionAs the first engineer dedicated to quality, you will establish the foundation for how we validate AI driven systems. Quality is already integrated across engineering, and this role advances it by introducing new methodologies and defining the long term quality roadmap. While overall product quality is a shared responsibility, you will elevate the entire engineering organization so that strong quality practices scale with the product. This role provides the opportunity to work on cutting-edge software solutions while driving quality improvements What you'll doQuality Engineering Strategy: Designing and maintaining testing systems for deterministic logic and AI influenced, non deterministic behavior, integrating these validations directly into CI, release pipelines, and review workflowsCollaboration and Shift Left: Engaging early with engineering to surface risks before implementation, strengthening team wide quality skills, and promoting testability as a core design requirementTest Methodology Expansion: Broadening our verification approach beyond unit tests into integration, system, stress, and full workflow testing across the entire stackEnvironment Readiness: Maintaining dependable test environments with strong instrumentation for rapid diagnosis, enhancing observability and logging to shorten the path from failure to root causeData and Tooling: Building tools, fixtures, and supporting libraries that generate stable and repeatable test conditions, enabling reliable validation of complex scenarios without ad hoc data creationRequired Qualifications5+ years experience in software quality engineering, test engineering, or a closely related disciplineStrong investigative instincts and a deep interest in understanding failures, identifying root causes, and preventing recurrenceSkill in isolating external dependencies during integration tests by mocking third party services using custom code or established toolsHands on experience evaluating systems powered by LLMs, AI processing pipelines, or other probabilistic technologiesProficiency with Python and modern test frameworks within container based environmentsDemonstrated success designing automated test suites across multiple layers of a contemporary application stackExperience working within fully containerized development and execution workflows Being data-driven is part of your DNAEarly-stage startup mindset. You thrive on ambiguity and move with lightspeed executionDesired QualificationsExperience with cloud based monitoring and metrics platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatchBackground with container orchestration and deployment systems including Kubernetes, GitLab pipelines, or ArgoCDFamiliarity with modern frontend technologies, particularly React and TypeScriptInterest or experience in security focused testing and broader cybersecurity practicesAbility to thrive in a rapidly evolving startup environmentComfort using AI assisted coding and development toolsWork Environment/TravelWe are a 100% remote company where you will work from your home with company-provided equipment to set you up for success. Semi-frequent travel to professional office settings and other events locally and nationally; some overnight travel expected.CompensationIn the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base salary range below, exclusive of fringe benefits or potential bonuses. If you are hired at Dropzone your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience. In addition to those factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a generous benefits package, including company paid health insurance, 401K Plan with employer match, Self-Managed PTO, parental leave, and more.