QA Automation Engineer - SDET
Quest Global · Houston, TX · 2 mo ago
Quality AssuranceFull-time
Job Requirements
The achievers and courageous challenge-crushers we seek, have the following characteristics and skills:
- Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end (E2E), integration, and system-level automated tests
- Build and extend Playwright-based UI automation for Orion UI and related web applications
- Develop robust Python-based automation frameworks following strict linting, formatting, and type-checking standards
- Create and maintain Dockerized test environments for local, integration, and CI execution
- Implement testing around event-driven and messaging systems, including MQTT-based workflows
- Integrate automated tests into Azure DevOps pipelines, ensuring reliable quality gates
- Collaborate with product, UI, backend, and DevOps teams to identify test gaps and improve system testability
- Support and evolve internal tools such as CLI utilities, simulators, and test orchestration scripts
- Troubleshoot flaky tests and improve test stability across environments
What You Will Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or similar areas with sufficient experience is acceptable.
- 5 – 10 years of experience in software development and test automation (SDET).
- Strong experience with end-to-end UI testing, preferably using Playwright
- Familiarity with type checking (mypy), linting (ruff), and automated formatting
- Experience designing scalable and maintainable test frameworks
- Experience with Docker & Docker Compose for test environment orchestration
- Familiarity with Redis, messaging systems, or simulators
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps Pipelines (YAML)
- Working knowledge of Azure (ACR, pipelines, environment configuration)
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD workflows
- Understanding of secrets management and environment-based configuration APIs & Messaging
- Experience testing MQTT-based systems or other event-driven architectures
- API testing and validation in automation-heavy environments
Pay Range
$80,000-$90,000/Annum
Compensation decisions are made based on factors including experience, skills, education, and other job-related factors, in accordance with our internal pay structure. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, paid time off, and retirement plan.
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- Employer paid Life Insurance, Short- & Long-Term Disability