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Our AI agents learn from your best human agents and improve with every interaction, helping organizations understand their customers, deliver better experiences, increase operational efficiencies, and build a lasting competitive advantage.\nUnlike legacy systems built to route and answer, or standalone agentic bot vendors built to deflect, Dialpad was built to resolve. Our AI agents and human agents operate on a single platform with shared context, allowing Agentic AI to resolve issues, advance deals, and eliminate busywork through automation while seamlessly handing conversations to humans when needed, with full context preserved.\nMarket-leading brands, including Randstad, Motorola Solutions, Netflix, the San Diego Padres, the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, and Cal Athletics, trust Dialpad. Dialpad is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, GV, ICONIQ Capital, and T-Mobile.\nBeing a Dialer\nAt Dialpad, AI isn’t just a feature; it’s how our teams do their best work every day. 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And we go further, working cross-functionally and across projects, collaborating closely with developers and product managers to ensure every customer interaction is smooth, responsive, and delightful.\nYour role\nAs a Senior Software Developer in Test (SDET) in the Contact Center QA team, you're both a skilled developer who builds elegant, scalable test frameworks and a quality advocate who leads a team to optimal customer outcomes. You write the API, UI, capacity, security, and performance tests necessary to validate features work as expected. You build the instrumentation that makes non-deterministic AI behavior testable in the first place. Most importantly, you own quality for products and features end-to-end, keeping communications flawless for the banks, hospitals, veterinarians, and other businesses that trust Dialpad with every conversation.\nWhat you’ll do\nPlan and implement functional, regression, and end-to-end tests at the UI, API, and database levels\nDevelop, execute, and analyze test runs for the capacity of microservices and performance of key product scenarios\nOwn the test strategy for Dialpad’s latest AI Contact Center systems such as AI Routing, Digital Agent workflows, and Agentic Analytics\nLeverage agentic coding tools to generate test cases and build test software\nProvide detailed failure analysis to facilitate speedy product and test fixes\nDefine the KPIs that matter and communicate results across teams and business stakeholders\nParticipate in design discussions and reviews, addressing edge cases and inserting test hooks before development even begins\nWrite reliable, maintainable code and find creative, scalable solutions to hard problems\nMentor other engineers while staying on top of test and software development best practices\nWhat you’ll bring\nRelevant software development experience (typically 6+ years), preferably including building test automation frameworks for SaaS applications.\nStrong programming expertise in any top language, such as Python or Java\nStrong experience designing and building scalable test automation frameworks\nExtensive use of AI coding agents for test generation and optimization\nPolished written and verbal communication skills in English\nComfortable communicating cross-functionally and with teams in different geographies\nPrior experience applying different testing methodologies, including functional, integration, load, and performance testing\nDeep familiarity with cloud technologies, including the testing of REST services\nExperience injecting tests in CI pipelines\nProficiency in AI-driven evaluation methodologies, eval harnesses for non-deterministic systems, or validating enterprise-scale data infrastructure is helpful\nTechnologies we use\nGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP) including Cloud Run (GCR), Kubernetes (GKE, k8s) and Compute Engine (GCE)\nPython, Javascript, Go, Vue, GitHub, Qase, Jira\nPytest, Playright, REST Assured, Selenium\nFor exceptional talent based in Ontario, Canada the target base salary range for this position is posted below. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the target range for new hire salaries for the position. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in Ontario role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.\nOntario Salary Range\n$135,500—$158,000 CAD\nWhy Join Dialpad\nWork at the center of the AI transformation in business communications\nBuild and ship agentic AI products that are redefining how companies operate\nJoin a team where AI amplifies every employee’s impact\nCompetitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and real opportunities for growth\nWe believe in investing in our people. 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