SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) III

About the role

The Senior Quality Engineer (Senior QE) provides deep expertise within the Quality Engineering discipline. This role is accountable for the test planning, execution, and automation of moderately complex systems or large features. The Senior QE ensures comprehensive quality coverage across front-end, API, and backend components, and designs, builds, and maintains robust test automation framework components and libraries that are easily extensible for the team.

Responsibilities

• Own test planning, execution, and automation for moderately complex systems or large features, ensuring comprehensive coverage across front-end, API, and backend components.
• Design, build, and maintain robust test automation framework components and libraries that are easily extensible.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring tests run reliably and that failures are addressed promptly.
• Monitor test results, identify failures, log defects with detailed diagnostics, and work with the development team to ensure resolution.
• Mentor junior Quality Engineers by reviewing their test code and test cases, providing feedback to improve quality and consistency.
• Act as a subject matter expert in one or more testing domains such as UI automation, API testing, performance, security, or data validation.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and business analysts to clarify requirements, identify edge cases, and define acceptance criteria.
• Write and execute test cases for user stories, ensuring coverage of functional and non-functional requirements.
• Perform API testing using tools like Postman or automation libraries and validate integrations with databases and downstream systems.
• Contribute to test automation frameworks by writing reusable, maintainable test code.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience: 5+ years of experience in software quality engineering, with a demonstrated ability to design and execute test strategies for moderately complex applications.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in programming languages such as Java or JavaScript/TypeScript to write and maintain automated tests. Experience with test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., WebdriverIO, Selenium, Cypress). Experience testing RESTful APIs using tools such as Postman, supertest, or REST Assured. Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins).
• Working knowledge of Docker for test environment setup. Proficient in SQL and database concepts. Familiarity with performance testing concepts and security testing practices.

Qualifications

• Experience using WebdriverIO (JavaScript or TypeScript).
• Hands-on experience in a Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) environment using Gherkin / Cucumber.
• Experience performing accessibility testing (e.g., aXe).
• Experience working in a SAFe environment.
• Exposure to cloud technologies, preferably AWS.
• Experience with containerization (Docker) for managing test environments.
• Familiarity with observability tools (e.g., Splunk, Dynatrace) for supporting testing and defect diagnosis.

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Pay

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Schedule

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