Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET)
On-site · Chicago, Illinois, United States or New York City, New York, United States
Job Summary
Senior SDET responsible for owning test framework architecture, automation strategy, API validation across Angular and .NET apps, and quality engineering best practices. Design and maintain enterprise-scale test automation frameworks using Playwright and TypeScript; build end-to-end, regression, integration, and API testing solutions; develop automated quality gates integrated into CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment reliability; create reusable automation libraries and framework components; drive API testing strategy and validation of complex business workflows; establish testing standards, metrics, reporting, and coverage; collaborate with software engineers to improve testability and maintainability; support modernization toward GitHub Actions and cloud-native delivery; ensure testing practices and documentation align with regulated environments; highly visible individual contributor role with ownership of automation strategy and execution; 5+ years of relevant experience; strong familiarity with Jira, Confluence, and Agile environments; remote-work environment with proximity requirement to major US offices.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience as an SDET, Software Engineer in Test, or Test Automation Engineer
- Expert-level experience with Playwright and TypeScript
- Proven experience building and maintaining scalable automation frameworks
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and coding expertise
- Experience testing Angular-based web applications
- Experience validating .NET applications, APIs, and backend services
- Deep expertise in API testing, REST services, authentication models, and integration testing
- Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, and quality engineering best practices
- Hands-on experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, source control, and release automation
- Experience validating complex datasets, data transformations, and business-critical workflows
- Strong documentation, test planning, and test case design experience
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, and Agile software development environments
- Prior experience within regulated, compliance-driven, or highly audited environments is strongly preferred
Desired Qualifications
- Playwright experience
- TypeScript
- Angular experience
- .NET API testing
- CI/CD experience
- GitHub Actions
- Azure DevOps
- Regulated environment experience
- Test automation framework design
- End-to-end, regression, integration testing
- Contract testing
- Experience with Jira and Confluence
- Automation libraries and framework components
- Excellent documentation and test planning
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