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# Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) / Senior SDET at Drivetrain

- **Company:** Drivetrain
- **Location:** India
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2024-07-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/drivetrain/19a2250b-2c65-451b-b18c-e714aedacb36

## Job description

Drivetrain is on a mission to empower businesses to make better decisions. Our financial planning & decision-making platform helps companies scale and achieve their targets predictably.

Drivetrain is a remote-first company headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 2021 by a couple of ex-Googlers, Drivetrain is a fast-growing company on a trajectory for success with backing from leading venture capital firms.

Drivetrain provides a great culture for its employees to thrive in and be happy.

💜 Remote-friendly: Drivetrain brings together the best and the brightest, no matter where they are and provides them a great degree of autonomy. We trust our people. 🗣️ Open & transparent:  We know that when our creators have access to all the information they need, their best work will emerge. 👏 Idea-friendly:  We provide an environment to explore new ideas, to take risks, to make mistakes, and to learn, so you can succeed. Anyone in the company can come up with great ideas and become a catalyst for positive change. We let the best ideas win. 👥 Customer-centric:  We follow a product-led growth strategy, continuously  learning from our customers and collaborating to build the amazing software that Drivetrain is.

## About the role

We are looking for a talented Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) / Senior SDET who is going to take a role of evaluating and refining the quality strategy for our projects that currently consists of extensive automation suite, as well as manual testing.

In this role you will design and enhance automation testing frameworks and automation test scripts using Python & Javascript.

## What you’ll be doing

- Establish and deliver the quality strategy for a product based on the ideal blend of automation and manual testing
- Train & mentor a quality team consisting of SDETs, Test Analysts and QAE Interns
- Accountable for the quality of deliverables, workflows and relationships.
- Work closely with development technical directors and program managers to align on the quality strategy
- Adhere and manage the product's test schedules, dependencies and resources
- Champion and influence software development best practices and the customer experience
- Work with the QA manager on identification, design and delivery for technical solutions (frameworks, tests, API hooks, tools) increasing test effectiveness and coverage, while reducing the cost of test execution
- Share insights, solutions, and best practices within the team and across Drivetrain

What you'll bring to the role:

- Passion for Quality Assurance and software engineering
- Strong, proven programming skills (Python, Java, C#)
- 2+ years of software engineering experience in a professional environment
- 2+ years of hands on testing experience
- Strong knowledge of software testing methodologies, tools, and techniques.
- Experience with test automation frameworks such as Pytest, Selenium, Playwright or Appium.
- Experience in API automation

Sounds exciting? Apply at careers@drivetrain.ai. It may just be the next best decision you’ve ever made!

## About Drivetrain

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Drivetrain is an AI-native strategic finance platform that helps finance teams modernize planning, reporting, and decision-making.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A, $15M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: Sunnyvale, California, United States (also offices in New York, San Francisco, Toronto, and Bengaluru)
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Alok Goel (CEO & Co-founder), Tarkeshwar Thakur (CTO & Co-founder), Saurav Bhagat (Head of Product & Co-founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) software / SaaS for corporate finance.
- **Target Customers**: B2B – CFOs, finance teams, and strategic finance leaders at mid-market and enterprise companies.
- **Mission/Purpose**: “Enable businesses to make better decisions” by replacing spreadsheets and legacy systems with a modern, AI-driven platform.

## Products & Services
- **[Drivetrain Platform](https://www.drivetrain.ai)**: AI-native FP&A platform that unifies budgeting, forecasting, reporting, financial modeling, and variance analysis (BvA). Integrates with 90+ data sources (ERPs, CRMs, HRIS, billing systems) to deliver real-time, data-driven insights.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Annual Revenue**: $5M (Wellfound, 2025 estimate).
- **Total Funding**: $15M (Series A, October 2022).
- **Key Investors**: Jungle Ventures (lead), Ironwood Ventures (co-lead), Elevation Capital, General Catalyst India, Foster Ventures.
- **Notable Customers**: Whatfix, Airmeet, Mindtickle.
- **Growth Signals**: 83 employees (+28.2% YoY); LinkedIn followers 9,833 (+43.5% YoY); 12 active job postings; expanding presence across North America, India, and UAE.

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-native architecture**: Built from the ground up with AI/ML, unlike legacy FP&A tools (e.g., Anaplan, Planful) that have older technology.
- **Deep integrations**: Supports 94+ tech stack components (Snowflake, Netsuite, Salesforce, Workday, Stripe, etc.) for seamless data ingestion.
- **Strategic finance focus**: Designed to turn finance teams into strategic partners for CEOs and leadership.
- **High employee satisfaction**: 4.6/5 rating on LinkedIn (62 reviews) with strong culture (4.5) and career development (4.1).

## Strategic Focus
- **Product development**: Continued investment in AI capabilities (e.g., Gen AI for FP&A platform, automation, and predictive modeling).
- **Market expansion**: Growing customer base in mid-market and enterprise segments, especially in North America and India.
- **Talent acquisition**: Actively hiring for engineering, product, sales, and solutions consulting roles to support growth.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Rated highly (4.5/5) – collaborative, data-driven, and fast-paced. Emphasis on strategic impact rather than just transactional finance.
- **Remote & hybrid options**: Offices in Sunnyvale, San Francisco, New York, Toronto, and Bengaluru; remote roles available (e.g., many jobs listed as “Remote — Full Time India”).
- **Perks & environment**: Startup agility with strong funding and investor backing. Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI/ML applications in finance. Career growth and learning from experienced leadership (ex-Google, ex-VC).
- **Engineering culture**: Strong technical team (27% tech, 20% consulting); recent hires from companies like Planful, Vena Solutions, Oracle, Freshworks.

## Sources
1. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/drivetrainai)
2. [Wellfound (AngelList) Profile](https://wellfound.com/company/drivetrain)
3. [CB Insights Company Profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/drivetrain-1)
4. [Built In Company Page](https://builtin.com/company/drivetrain)
5. [Drivetrain Official About Page](https://www.drivetrain.ai/about)
6. [Drivetrain Careers Page (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/drivetrain)

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