Lead SDET

About the role

This role is located at the client site 5 days per week in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, or Dallas. The successful candidate will develop and maintain comprehensive automation frameworks for API and web applications, implement automated tests across multiple layers, and collaborate with engineering teams to improve test coverage.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain comprehensive automation frameworks for API and Web applications
• Implement automated tests across multiple layers, including unit, component, integration, functional, performance, and scenario testing
• Architect and enhance automation test platforms to support long-term scalability and maintainability
• Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, including branching strategies, merging processes, version control, and deployment automation
• Support performance testing, chaos testing, and security testing activities
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve test coverage, release efficiency, and production system health
• Apply expertise in testing, testability, and secure engineering practices to influence software design and development
• Develop SQL queries and implement data seeding strategies to support automated testing
• Evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and frameworks and provide recommendations for adoption

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of relevant experience
• Proven experience designing and implementing QA strategies and automation frameworks
• Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Rest Assured, JUnit, TestNG, Maven
• Hands-on experience with Selenium, Cucumber, Karate, Postman, MongoDB and mocking services like HiJak
• Strong background in DevOps and CI/CD pipeline engineering (e.g., Jenkins Core)
• Proficiency with Git based source control systems (GitHub, Bitbucket)
• Programming skills in Java, JavaScript, and Node.js (nice to have)
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools (Splunk, Datadog)
• Experience with performance testing and chaos engineering practices
• Solid understanding of accessibility standards and testing accessible web experiences

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 9+ years of relevant experience
• Proven experience designing and implementing QA strategies and automation frameworks
• Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Rest Assured, JUnit, TestNG, Maven
• Hands-on experience with Selenium, Cucumber, Karate, Postman, MongoDB and mocking services like HiJak
• Strong background in DevOps and CI/CD pipeline engineering (e.g., Jenkins Core)
• Proficiency with Git based source control systems (GitHub, Bitbucket)
• Programming skills in Java, JavaScript, and Node.js (nice to have)
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools (Splunk, Datadog)
• Experience with performance testing and chaos engineering practices
• Solid understanding of accessibility standards and testing accessible web experiences

Skills

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Benefits

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Pay

A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $89,600.00 - $198,400.00.

Schedule

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