Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering in Test

Pune · IN Pune · 4+ years experience · Remote · Posted Sep 30, 2026

At a glance

Kaseya is the leading provider of AI-powered IT management and cybersecurity software, serving Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and internal IT organizations worldwide. Our comprehensive platform helps organizations efficiently manage, secure, and automate their IT environments, driving operational efficiency and long-term business success.
Backed by Insight Partners, a leading global software investor, Kaseya has experienced sustained double-digit growth and continues to expand its global footprint. Today, Kaseya supports customers in more than 20 countries and manages over 15 million endpoints worldwide.
Founded in 2000, Kaseya was built by builders - and we're still building. We look for people who create rather than wait, who see a hard problem and lean in, and who treat challenges as raw material. At Kaseya, everyone plays a role in shaping the future of IT: whether you're in engineering, product, sales, marketing, customer support, or operations, your work helps protect, defend, and optimize IT environments across the globe.
We're building teams that grow, perform, and make an impact. If you're driven by the itch to make things better - a product, a process, a career - you'll fit right in.
At Kaseya, we don't just raise the bar. We build it.
Position Summary

Kaseya is seeking a Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering in Test (SDET) to lead the quality engineering and test automation organization supporting endpoint management, device management, and enterprise SaaS platform solutions.
This leader manages SDET and automation engineering teams, drives quality strategy, defines test architecture, expands automated validation capabilities, and ensures the delivery of secure, scalable, and reliable software.

Lead and manage teams of SDETs, automation engineers, and technical leads responsible for delivering high-quality software and platform capabilities.
Build, mentor, coach, and develop engineering talent while fostering a culture of accountability, quality ownership, urgency, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Drive hiring, onboarding, career development, and performance management activities across the quality engineering organization.
Establish quality engineering best practices, standards, metrics, and operational excellence initiatives.
Define and execute the organization's quality engineering vision, test automation roadmap, and validation strategy.
Partner closely with Engineering, Product Management, Support, Operations, and Security teams to ensure successful delivery of roadmap initiatives.
Drive engineering process improvements across Agile delivery, DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, deployment automation, release readiness, and quality governance.
Create measurable quality objectives and reporting mechanisms to communicate risks, trends, coverage, and release readiness to senior leadership.
Lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable automation frameworks supporting functional, integration, regression, performance, resiliency, and system-level validation.
Champion the adoption of AI coding assistants and automation tools throughout the quality engineering lifecycle.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
8+ years of software engineering, SDET, quality engineering, or automation engineering experience.
4+ years of experience managing software engineering, SDET, or QA automation teams.
Strong experience building and scaling test automation frameworks and engineering validation platforms.
Solid software development experience using C#, Java, Kotlin, or related programming languages.
Deep understanding of at least one major operating system platform: Windows, Linux, or macOS.
Strong knowledge of operating system internals including processes, services/daemons, filesystems, networking, security models, and privilege management.
Experience supporting enterprise SaaS platforms, distributed systems, cloud-native applications, or endpoint management products.
Strong understanding of Agile development methodologies, DevOps practices, CI/CD, automated testing, deployment automation, and release management.
Proven experience partnering with cross-functional teams to drive successful software delivery.

Experience leading quality engineering organizations supporting enterprise endpoint management, RMM, security, MDM, UEM, or device management platforms.
Experience testing endpoint agents, systems software, device drivers, security software, or operating-system-level components.
Hands-on experience with virtualization technologies, lab automation, large-scale automated testing environments, and device provisioning systems.
Familiarity with Microsoft Intune, Apple MDM, Android Enterprise, Linux device management, or similar endpoint technologies.
Experience with PowerShell, Bash, Python, and operating system automation tools.
Strong understanding of application security testing, performance testing, resiliency testing, and reliability engineering.
Ability to understand deeply interconnected systems from a systems architecture perspective.
Proven ability to translate business priorities and product roadmap objectives into scalable quality engineering execution plans.