PandaDoc is seeking a Staff Engineer to join our Automation Team, part of the Platform Track, with a mission to scale developer experience and product quality across the entire engineering organization.
At PandaDoc, our engineering org is structured around:
- Product teams focused on delivering customer-facing functionality
- And the Platform Track, which provides the infrastructure, tools, and workflows that enable them to build, test, and ship with speed and confidence
As a Staff Engineer (Tech Lead) in the Automation Team, you'll drive company-wide test automation strategy, design systems with quality built-in, and lead efforts that impact how 35+ product teams build and deliver software every day.
This is a high-impact, strategic role. You’ll work closely with leadership, mentor engineers, and help shape the future of how we approach testing, tooling, and developer workflows at scale
In this role, you will:- Define and implement a company-wide test automation strategy for scalable, distributed, cloud-native web applications
- Lead the design and evolution of test infrastructure, frameworks, and tooling used across all engineering teams
- Architect self-service tools and reusable libraries that improve testability and empower teams to ship with confidence
- Continuously improve our CI/CD workflows, integrating automated tests, metrics, and quality gates into pipelines
- Define and monitor key quality metrics (coverage, execution time, flakiness, MTTR) to drive continuous improvements
- Partner with Platform, Product, and SRE teams to embed testability and observability into system design
- Mentor senior engineers in automation best practices, fostering a culture of quality and experimentation
- Evaluate and introduce new frameworks, methodologies, or approaches that align with our DevEx and quality goals
- Collaborate with engineering leadership to scale automation in a way that’s aligned with product delivery needs
Our stack:
- Architecture: Service-oriented, including legacy code and monolithic services
- Languages: Python (AsyncIO, Django), Java (Spring Boot)
- CI/CD: GitLab CI, Jenkins
- Cloud: AWS, Kubernetes
- Messaging: Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS, gRPC
- Testing: PyTest, Selenium, Playwright, SonarQube, Allure TestOps
- Monitoring: Grafana/LGTM, Prometheus
About You:
- 7+ years of experience in software engineering, including 3+ years in test automation for large-scale web systems
- Proven experience designing enterprise-grade test automation solutions
- Expertise in Python (preferred), Java
- Strong knowledge of industry-standard frameworks such as PyTest, Selenium, Playwright, and others
- Deep understanding of test architecture (unit, integration, system), mocking/stubbing strategies, and CI/CD systems
- Experience building and optimizing pipelines in tools like GitLab CI, Jenkins, and integrated with cloud platforms (AWS)
- Familiarity with Kubernetes and container-based environments
- Experience implementing monitoring and alerting for quality and test systems
- A strategic mindset: able to align automation efforts with business and product goals
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills; ability to influence across teams without formal authority
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal, English), with the ability to advocate for quality across technical and non-technical audiences
Nice to have:
- Experience building or contributing to internal DevEx platforms or developer portals
- Experience integrating AI/ML into testing or other workflows
- Open-source contributions in the testing or DevEx space
Why Join Us?
- Lead initiatives that have a direct impact on 35+ engineering teams
- Shape the foundation of how we deliver high-quality software at scale
- Work with top engineers in a culture that values autonomy, innovation, and continuous improvement
- Be part of a company that invests in engineering excellence and developer enablement
We'd love to hear from you if you’re excited about making a difference and driving automation at scale!
Apply now to join our team and help us deliver exceptional products faster.
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What We Do
Since its founding in 2013, PandaDoc has been on a mission to empower growing businesses to thrive by taking the work out of document workflows. PandaDoc provides an all-in-one document workflow automation platform with eSignature capabilities that helps fast scaling teams accelerate the ability to create, manage and sign digital documents, including proposals, quotes and contracts and more. More than 30,000 customers are using PandaDoc to improve document workflow, insights and speed while providing an amazing experience for the end users. PandaDoc is backed by leading venture firms and corporate investors, including OMERS Growth Equity, G-Squared, Altos Ventures, Rembrandt Venture Partners, One Peak Partners, M12 (Microsoft), and HubSpot. PandaDoc is proudly a remote-first global company.
Why Work With Us
Maintaining and preserving our company culture is imperative as we continue to grow, especially as a remote-first company. Our culture is centered on hiring the best and empowering them to do their jobs - provide employees the right technology to succeed, encourage risk taking, and foster an environment built on transparency, trust and empathy.
