Director, SDET

Thank you for considering Progyny!

As a Director SDET, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and scalability of Progyny’s technology platform. You’ll design and implement robust test strategies, drive automation, and help shape our engineering culture—directly supporting the family building journey of millions.

What you’ll do...

• Steer and execute test strategies that bridge gaps between teams and disciplines
• Champion TDD (Test-Driven Development) and modern quality practices across engineering teams 
• Build scalable functional quality automation solutions (Selenium, Playwright, API frameworks)
• Drive non-functional testing strategies and tooling in support of security, accessibility, and performance
• Support release operational readiness: validate deployment pipelines, rollback strategies, and post-release monitoring
• Review designs and deployment models to ensure automated quality assurance 
• Establish and manage SLOs/SLAs, leveraging automated test evidence 
• Collaborate with DevSecOps to enhance CI/CD pipelines, automated validation, and operational readiness 
• Synthesize defects, client feedback, and system data and steer continuous learning on quality and system improvements
• Develop test data management integrations and tooling in support of automated testing

About you...

• 8+ years in moderate-to-large software engineering organizations 
• 8+ years in software/platform quality assurance, with hands-on experience in functional test automation (Selenium, Playwright, API frameworks) 
• 6+ years in a SDET role 
• 5+ years in non-functional testing and tooling (Security, Accessibility, and Performance)
• Proficiency in Java and/or Python
• Demonstrated experience with TDD and scaling test automation across teams 
• Familiarity with release management, operational readiness, and test evidence reporting 
• Strong background in test data management

Please note: This is not a digital nomad or remote international position; candidates must be based in the United States. Progyny is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in United States without the need for sponsorship, now or in the future.  

About Progyny:   

Progyny (Nasdaq: PGNY) is a global leader in women’s health and family building solutions, trusted by the nation’s leading employers, health plans and benefit purchasers. We envision a world where everyone can realize dreams of family and ideal health. Our outcomes prove that comprehensive, inclusive and intentionally designed solutions simultaneously benefit employers, patients and physicians. 

Our benefits solution empowers patients with concierge support, coaching, education, and digital tools; provides access to a premier network of fertility and women's health specialists who use the latest science and technologies; drives optimal clinical outcomes; and reduces healthcare costs.  

Our mission is to empower healthier, supported journeys through transformative fertility, family building and women’s health benefits.  

Headquartered in New York City, Progyny has been recognized for its leadership and growth as a TIME100 Most Influential Company, CNBC Disruptor 50, Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work in Healthcare, Forbes' Best Employers, Financial Times Fastest Growing Companies, Inc. 5000, Inc. Power Partners, and Crain's Fast 50 for NYC. For more information, visit www.progyny.com. 

Our perks:  

• Family friendly benefits: Paid family and parental leave, preconception, fertility and family building benefits (including egg freezing, IVF, and adoption support), family and pet care fund, and Parents’ Employee Affiliation Group 
• Menopause and midlife care

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance options for employees and family  

• Free in-person, virtual and text-based mental health and wellness support  

• Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, personal days and summer flex time  

• Company equity  

• Bonus program  

• 401(k) plan with company match

• Access to on-demand legal and financial advice   
• Learning and development programs to help you grow professionally and a mentorship program

• Company social events to include annual volunteer day and donation matching

• Flex days (3 days a week in the office) and onsite meals and snacks for employees reporting into our NY office 

In compliance with New York City's Wage Transparency Law, the annual salary [wage] range for NYC-based applicants is: $175,000 - $200,000. There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. Progyny offers a total compensation package comprised of base salary, cash bonus, and equity.   

Progyny is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, status as a protected veteran, criminal history consistent with legal requirements or any other basis protected by law. 

If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance or an accommodation during the recruiting process, please send an e-mail to [email protected]. 

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