Sr. Software Developer in Test
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 26, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 25, 2026. Align Technology scores A on the Alion truth index.
We are looking for a Senior Software Developer in Test (SDT) to join a team responsible for developing and improving the cloud services platform built for automated treatment planning for our Invisalign product. You will work in close collaboration with colleagues from a larger Treatment Planning group and with clinical experts, focusing on algorithmic and mathematical solutions for orthodontic problems spread across different geographies. As a Senior SDT, you will design and extend automatic test systems for complex problem domains in a regulated medical environment.
Role expectations
- Interact closely with clinical experts, project managers, product owners, and software developers, to analyze specifications and deliver detailed requirements.
- Find advanced solutions for verifying open-ended clinical requirements.
- Develop functional, regression, performance, and integration testing solutions using test automation tools
- Perform exploratory testing to quickly uncover problems and to guide the development of more formal test scripts.
- Write and review automatic tests, and support software developers in writing tests early in the development process.
- Troubleshoot and triage manually reported problems and feedback.
- Contribute to documentation, architecture, project planning and sizing.
- Participate in release preparation: software verification, maintenance of test coverage, troubleshooting and production support.
- Act as QA lead for releases containing work from multiple teams: preparing test strategies, risk assessments, reviewing test plans, coverage, overseeing execution and documentation
- Set up, maintain, and improve reliable test environments and CI/CD pipelines.
- Set up, configure, maintain, and improve existing automation frameworks. Research new test tools, test methodologies, and trends, to upgrade existing practices and processes and to create new frameworks.
- Collaborate with other teams to improve automation, QA methodologies, and best practices throughout the company.
What we're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Mathematics or related field, or equivalent experience in commercial software development.
- 8+ years of professional experience in similar positions in an enterprise / commercial environment.
- Deep understanding and 6+ years of practical experience with tools, methodologies, and frameworks for automatic software testing.
- Using AI/LLM (Claude, Copilot) tools every day, for all aspects verification/testing
- Excellent knowledge and practical experience with Python.
- Experience in AWS cloud platform working with services like Lambdas, API Gateway, S3, AmazonMQ (RabbitMQ), App Config, CloudWatch, etc.
- Experience in agile SDLC.
- Working knowledge of GIT
- Experience with Build Management, Software Configuration Management, Change Management, and Release Management activities.
- Experience in writing and maintenance of technical documentation.
- Highly motivated, creative, self-starter, with excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills and a “can do” attitude. Thrives in a high-paced, multi-task environment.
Complementary skills
- Experience working in highly regulated industries (such as Banking, Financial, Healthcare, Medical Devices, Aerospace, etc.)
- Experience working with Atlassian stack Bamboo, Zephyr (TM4J), Bitbucket, JIRA, Confluence etc.
- Experience with working with GitHub stack, including GitHub Actions.
- Experience working with Splunk which our primary monitoring tool.
- Experience testing versioned REST API REST/web services, event streaming.
- Mathematical background, and knowledge of optimization methods, linear algebra, analytical geometry, and/or 3D graphics on a university level.
- Knowledge of modern C++ or C#.
Pay Transparency
If provided, base salary or wage rate ranges are the range in which Align reasonably expects to set a candidate’s pay for the posted position. Actual placement depends on the individual skills and experience level of a candidate plus the total compensation and equity across team members. For other locations outside of the primary location, the base salary range will be adjusted geographically.
For Field Sales roles, the salary listed is the base pay only and does not include the applicable incentive compensation plan. A cost of living adjustment may be added to base pay for higher cost areas in the U.S.
Our internship hourly rates are a standard pay determined based on the position and your location, year in school, degree, and experience.
This posting is for an existing vacancy within our organization. Canadian work experience is not required for this position. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
We use automated tools (including artificial intelligence “AI”) in our hiring process. This may include AI-based screening or assessment of applications. All final hiring decisions will be made by humans.