Sr. Sdet, Tvscientific

Pinterest Pinterest · Consumer · San Francisco, CA · tvScientific

Senior SDET role focused on quality assurance for Pinterest's web platform and APIs, with an emphasis on testing and validating AI-assisted features and workflows. The role involves designing and executing manual and automated tests, collaborating with engineers, and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines. While the company uses AI and the role requires evaluating AI-assisted work, the core function is not building AI models but ensuring the quality of the overall product which may include AI components.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own and drive quality for web platform features, spanning UI, APIs, and backend services
  2. Design and execute manual test cases and exploratory testing for complex web and API workflows
  3. Build and maintain automated test suites for: Validate frontend–backend integration, data consistency, and error handling
  4. Collaborate with engineers during design, implementation, and code reviews to improve testability and catch issues early
  5. Analyze test failures, investigate root causes, and drive issues to resolution

Skills

Required

  • QA / Quality Engineering experience with a strong focus on web platforms and APIs
  • Manual testing of complex, consumer-facing web applications
  • Building and maintaining API tests using tools such as Postman, REST-assured, Supertest, or similar
  • Web automation frameworks (Playwright, Cypress)
  • Solid understanding of HTTP, REST and API design principles
  • Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language (JavaScript, TypeScript)
  • Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
  • Debugging, analytical, and communication skills
  • Strategic partnership with stakeholders / Cross-functional collaboration that is high-trust and high-velocity
  • Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in your day-to-day workflow for relevant outputs
  • Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work (e.g., testing, source-checking, data validation, peer review)
  • High integrity and ownership: you protect sensitive data, avoid over-reliance on AI, and remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables

Nice to have

  • Experience testing large-scale, high-traffic web platforms
  • Familiarity with React or modern frontend frameworks
  • Experience with performance, load, or reliability testing for APIs and web applications
  • Exposure to feature flags, experimentation platforms, or observability tools

What the JD emphasized

  • Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work
  • avoid over-reliance on AI
  • remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables