SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test)

Quick Facts

• Role: SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test)

• Employment: Contract

• Work hours: 8am–5pm

• Location: Westlake, Texas

• Salary: $64–$65 per hour

• Education: Bachelor’s degree

Description

Contract SDET role designing, developing, documenting, and maintaining automated tests and in-house software utilities. You’ll work in an Agile environment to deliver value incrementally, collaborate across teams, and apply test-driven design concepts to test and debug automation solutions. The goal is accurate, maintainable code while continuously improving the automation platform.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, document, and maintain automated tests and in-house software utilities

• Adhere to established software engineering best practices and standards

• Collaborate with other technical resources

• Suggest improvements for processes, best practices, and standards

• Design and develop automated tests and/or software tools

• Understand requirements and convert them into test automation

• Identify opportunities to improve maintainability of automation platforms

• Apply test driven design concepts to test and debug automated solutions and software utilities

• Deliver accurate and maintainable code for test automation and software utilities

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent

• 10+ years of Testing/Development experience automating across the technology stack, including front-end UI, mid-tier APIs, and backend data stores

• Proven programming experience in Java, Python, and SQL

• Experience with Karate and Playwright (or other test automation frameworks)

• Experience with AWS Services

• Experience with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, uDeploy, or other tools)

Benefits

• Medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings

• Short-term disability

• 401(k) plan (eligibility-based)