What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior SDET I position at LVT (LiveView Technologies)?
About Lvt
LVT is redefining how businesses operate in the physical world, moving beyond traditional security solutions to deliver AI-driven, actionable intelligence that makes sites smarter, safer, and more secure. Since pioneering our first mobile, solar-powered units, our commitment to scrappy, hands-on innovation has made us an established leader and one of the fastest-growing companies in intelligent site technology. We are building the next generation of solutions—from our physical units in the field to a powerful Agentic AI platform—that allows our customers to gain unprecedented visibility and control over safety, compliance, and operations. This is your chance to join a cutting-edge team that isn't just watching the world change, but actively building the technology that is changing it.
We’re a team that’s focused on growth and innovation, and we’re proud that our crew, products, and leadership are being recognized for it.
As a Senior SDET I on our Software Quality team, you will play a critical role in driving the quality, performance, and scalability of LVT's software products. Collaborating directly with software engineers, product managers, and fellow SDETs, you will design robust automation frameworks, elevate testing infrastructure, and champion best practices across our multi-service architecture. Your expertise will directly impact overall product stability and deployment velocity, ensuring our applications meet the highest performance and reliability standards before reaching production.
This role is based in-office out of our Headquarters in American Fork, Utah.
Role Responsibilities
We believe you do your best work when your whole life is supported. We invest in our crew’s health, families, and financial futures with a benefits package designed to support you inside and outside the office. Full-time benefits include, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits (401k match up to 4%), and flexible PTO.
LVT IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. All candidates must pass a drug screening and background check upon employment. Some roles may also require passing a federal background check and fingerprinting. Must be authorized to work in the U.S. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, and/or to perform essential job functions, please reach out to your recruiter.
LVT is redefining how businesses operate in the physical world, moving beyond traditional security solutions to deliver AI-driven, actionable intelligence that makes sites smarter, safer, and more secure. Since pioneering our first mobile, solar-powered units, our commitment to scrappy, hands-on innovation has made us an established leader and one of the fastest-growing companies in intelligent site technology. We are building the next generation of solutions—from our physical units in the field to a powerful Agentic AI platform—that allows our customers to gain unprecedented visibility and control over safety, compliance, and operations. This is your chance to join a cutting-edge team that isn't just watching the world change, but actively building the technology that is changing it.
We’re a team that’s focused on growth and innovation, and we’re proud that our crew, products, and leadership are being recognized for it.
- A Top-Tier Growth Company: Named one of the Financial Times’ Fastest Growing Companies 2025 and #10 on the Inc. 5000 Rocky Mountain Regional list for 2025.
- Innovative Leadership: Our CEO, Ryan Porter, was named an EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2025, and our CTO, Steve Lindsey, was inducted into the Silicon Slopes CTO Hall of Fame in 2024.
- Product & Software Excellence: We were named one of The Software Report’s Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 and are a winner of the Security Today Govies Award for 2025.
As a Senior SDET I on our Software Quality team, you will play a critical role in driving the quality, performance, and scalability of LVT's software products. Collaborating directly with software engineers, product managers, and fellow SDETs, you will design robust automation frameworks, elevate testing infrastructure, and champion best practices across our multi-service architecture. Your expertise will directly impact overall product stability and deployment velocity, ensuring our applications meet the highest performance and reliability standards before reaching production.
This role is based in-office out of our Headquarters in American Fork, Utah.
Role Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable, distributed automation frameworks from scratch for Web, Mobile, and API services using modern patterns.
- Integrate automated test suites directly into DevOps CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins), ensuring high-velocity, reliable feedback loops.
- Lead quality initiatives for complex, multi-service projects, providing architectural guidance and establishing rigorous code-review standards for test suites.
- Conduct deep-dive root cause analysis on intermittent distributed system failures across microservices, network configs, and cloud infrastructure.
- Design and execute performance, stress, and load testing to guarantee application resilience and peak-traffic stability.
- Build custom internal tooling, mock services, and automation dashboards to optimize developer productivity, environment orchestration, and test-data management.
- Maintain manual test strategies when full automation is not viable, ensuring comprehensive test coverage across critical user flows.
- Mentor junior-to-mid-level SDETs, raising the technical floor and fostering a culture of engineering excellence across the quality organization.
- Experienced Quality Engineer: 5 years of dedicated hands-on experience in software automation, quality engineering, and backend testing infrastructure.
- Programming Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in Python or TypeScript with a focus on writing clean, maintainable, object-oriented, and reusable code.
- Automation & Framework Depth: Proven experience building modern test frameworks using Playwright, Selenium, Appium, PyTest, or Postman across web, mobile, and REST/GraphQL APIs.
- Distributed Systems Architecture: Strong understanding of microservices communication, data validation, and NoSQL/SQL database ecosystems (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB).
- DevOps & Cloud Ecosystems: Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP), and CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
- Systems Debugger: Passionate about debugging complex system issues using observability tools (ELK, Datadog, Splunk) and network protocol concepts (HTTP/S, TCP/IP).
- Security & Quality Minded: Familiarity with OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, automated security scanning concepts (SAST/DAST), and shift-left quality methodologies.
- Technical Leader & Mentor: Excellent cross-functional communication skills, with a track record of mentoring team members and driving quality-first development cultures.
We believe you do your best work when your whole life is supported. We invest in our crew’s health, families, and financial futures with a benefits package designed to support you inside and outside the office. Full-time benefits include, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits (401k match up to 4%), and flexible PTO.
LVT IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. All candidates must pass a drug screening and background check upon employment. Some roles may also require passing a federal background check and fingerprinting. Must be authorized to work in the U.S. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, and/or to perform essential job functions, please reach out to your recruiter.