Software Development Engineer in Test

About Calm Calm is the leading mental health brand on a mission to make the world happier and healthier. Known for its flagship consumer app—ranked #1 in its category with over 180 million downloads and availability in ten languages across 190 countries—Calm helps people sleep better, stress less, and live more mindfully through content and tools from experts and beloved celebrity voices. Building on this foundation, Calm has created a broader portfolio including evidence-based solutions like Calm Health , offered through employers, health plans and providers, designed to expand access to mental health and sleep support, boost benefits engagement, and drive positive health outcomes. Today, Calm supports more than 3,500 organizations and reaches over 42 million covered lives through Calm Health. Calm has been recognized as a TIME100 Most Influential Company and one of Fast Company’s Brands That Matter . Learn more at calm.com .

What We Do

We build Calm’s product, guide Calm’s analysis, secure Calm’s data, and operate the platforms that underpin it all. We’re product-minded, team-oriented, and grounded in the mission of meeting everyone where they’re at on their mental health journey. We work in fast-moving, small pods, and as an SDET you’ll make sure what we ship is reliable, well-tested, and ready for the millions of people who rely on Calm.

What You’ll Do

Millions of people rely on Calm every day, and you’ll help make sure every release earns their trust. As an SDET, you’ll build the automation and pipeline checks that catch issues early, lead our QA efforts, and partner with engineering, product, and design to ship the Calm app and our internal tools with confidence.

Specifically, you will:

Set the testing strategy and quality bar for the Calm app and our internal content and admin tools

Architect and build automated test frameworks and suites (UI, API, mobile, and integration) that run reliably in our CI/CD pipelines

Review requirements, specs, and pull requests early so issues are caught in-sprint rather than at the end

Work with all of our consumer product teams on release planning and certification, and monitor release health after launch

Partner with product and design (roughly 30% of your time) to define acceptance criteria and keep release timelines on track

Manage and direct our offshore QA team, shifting their work toward automation and higher-value testing over time

Triage and document defects with clear, actionable detail, and drive them to resolution

Track and report on quality metrics such as coverage, flakiness, escaped defects, and release stability

Use AI-assisted tooling to speed up test creation, maintenance, and analysis

Contribute to feature development in Android, iOS, backend, or web as the role grows

Who You Are

3+ years of experience as a software engineer, SDET, or QA automation engineer

Strong programming skills in Java and JavaScript/TypeScript

Hands-on experience building test automation frameworks and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines

Experience testing mobile apps (iOS and/or Android)

Experience leading QA efforts and owning release readiness, ideally with distributed or offshore teams

Comfortable using AI-assisted tools in your testing and development workflow

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