Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET IV)

About DAT

DAT is an award-winning employer of choice and a next-generation SaaS technology company that has been at the leading edge of innovation in transportation supply chain logistics for 45 years. We continue to transform the industry year over year, by deploying a suite of software solutions to millions of customers every day - customers who depend on DAT for the most relevant data and most accurate insights to help them make smarter business decisions and run their companies more profitably. We operate the largest marketplace of its kind in North America, with 400 million freights posted in 2022, and a database of $150 billion of annual global shipment market transaction data. Our headquarters are in Denver, CO, and Beaverton, OR, with additional offices in Seattle, WA; Springfield, MO; and Bangalore, India. For additional information, see www.DAT.com/company

Job Application Deadline: 10/30/2025

The Opportunity

The Software Development Engineer in Test IV is a recognized technical leader and innovator with a broad, strategic influence on quality across the entire DAT Engineering organization. They operate with a high degree of autonomy, tackling the most complex and ambiguous quality challenges. Their work sets the technical vision for testing and quality and directly contributes to DAT's long-term engineering and business objectives. You are a key voice in architectural decisions and a mentor to senior technical contributors across the organization.

What You Will Do

• Own the long‑term vision and strategy for software quality and test engineering at DAT, aligned with company goals.
• Research, prototype, and champion new testing technologies, methodologies, and industry best practices to solve critical business and technical problems.
• Partner with Principal Engineers and Architects to make quality, testability, and reliability first‑class concerns in all architectural and system design decisions.
• Partner with Product to ensure we consider every angle and build the right thing.
• Lead resolution of complex, systemic quality issues that span services, teams, and technology stacks.
• Mentor and develop engineers and testers, acting as a force multiplier that raises the technical bar across the organization.

Skills and Experience

• Exhibited testing leadership in both technology and process
• Execution experience on a long term strategy for large engineering organizations
• Ability to influence the advise product owners and principal engineers on complex data driven decisions
• Expert analytics skills
• Real world expertise with AWS cloud infrastructure and microservice architectures
• Expert understanding of CI/CD processes and how to leverage them for testing
• Exceptional problem solving, with a track record of providing solutions for ambiguous, high‑impact challenges.
• 12+ years of experience on a professional software team

Why DAT?
DAT is an award winning employer of choice.

For starters, we have a hybrid work environment, but we also know what makes a great workplace. We have a time-tested and resolute set of operating values predicated on integrity, mutual respect, open communication, and executing with excellence. These values inform our strategic vision as much as any one of our products does. We’ve been an employer of choice in the Portland metropolitan area for four decades, and within one year of opening our Denver office, DAT was #26 on Built In Colorado’s 100 Best Places to Work In Colorado.

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance
• Parental Leave
• Up to 20 days of paid time off starting in year one
• An additional 10 holidays of paid time off per calendar year
• 401k matching (immediately vested)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Short- and Long-term disability sick leave
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Additional programs - Employee Referral, Internal Recognition, and Wellness
• Free TriMet transit pass (Beaverton Office)
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Work on impactful projects in a cutting-edge environment
• Collaborative and supportive team culture
• Opportunity to make a real difference in the trucking industry
• Employee Resource Groups

For Oregon-based candidates, in compliance with Oregon's Pay Equity and Transparency Act (effective January 2024), the salary range for this role is $119,000.00 - $154,000.00 + target bonus. DAT considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education and training, core skills, internal equity, and market and business elements when extending an offer.

DAT embraces the value of a diverse workforce, and believes it is a core strength of our company that we encourage those values in every DAT employee, at every level of our organization, regardless of tenure or rank. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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