Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Dewpoint

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Okemos, MI
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities
    1. Must be local to Lansing, Michigan for onsite reviews and on-site work requirements.
    2. This job's duties may include task assignments to support, administer, or access systems, which contractually require ADP I or II clearance and U.S. Citizenship or naturalized citizen.
    3. No remote option.
    4. 4 days working onsite required.
    5. Please No C2C or 3rd Party Submissions.

    Summary

    This hands-on quality engineering position combines Playwright automation, API testing, SQL validation, exploratory testing, and targeted manual testing. Candidates must be capable of writing maintainable TypeScript and contributing to automation architecture - not simply recording or modifying test scripts. Our primary tools include Playwright with TypeScript, GitHub Copikot, Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Oracle.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Develop and maintain UI and API automated tests using Playwright and TypeScript.
    • Expand the existing Playwright framework and establish reusable fixtures, API clients, utilities, and coding standrads.
    • Create automated coverage for Angular applications and Java based REST APIs.
    • Integrate and execute automated tests through Jenkins.
    • Investigate failures using Playwright traces, application logs, network activity, API responses, and SQL.
    • Validate application processing and data using Oracle SQL. Perform exploratory, functional, integration, recession, and risk-based manual testing.
    • Review requirements and acceptance criteria for gaps, edge cases, risks, and testability.
    • Collaborative with developers, product owners, and testers throughout story development.
    • Participate in code reviews and improve the reliability and maintainability of the automation suite.
    • Identify flake, redundant, slow, or low-value tests and address their underlying causes.

    AI - Assisted Quality Engineering

    SDETs are expected to use GitHub Copilot and other approved AI capabilities in their daily work to improve speed, coverage, and effectiveness. This includes:

    • Generating and refining Playwright TypeScript tests for UI and API scenarios.
    • Identifying missing scenarios, edge cases, negative paths, and requirement gaps.
    • Accelerating test-data creation, SQL queries, API requests, and reusable automation components.
    • Analyzing failures, logs, stack traces, and Playwright traces.
    • Refactoring repetitive, flaky, or difficult-to-maintain automation code.
    • Creating technical documentation, test summaries, and defect details.
    • Understanding unfamiliar application code and identifying areas of testing risk.
    • Sharing effective AI-assisted testing practices with other team members.

    SDETs remain accountable for all AI-generated work. Candidates must independently review generated output for correctness, security, maintainability, test value, and alignment with established standards. AI-generated code must not be accepted simply because it compiles or passes once.

    Required Qualifications

    • Hands-on experience using Playwright with TypeScript for UI and API automation.
    • Strong TypeScript programming fundamentals.
    • Experience designing maintainable automation—not simply creating test scripts.
    • Experience testing modern web applications, preferably Angular.
    • Experience testing Java-based REST APIs.
    • Strong understanding of HTTP, REST, JSON, authentication, response validation, and negative API testing.
    • SQL experience for backend data validation, preferably with Oracle.
    • Experience executing automated tests through Jenkins or another CI/CD platform.
    • Experience with Git-based source control and collaborative development workflows.
    • Ability to diagnose failures across the UI, API, database, test code, test data, and environment layers.
    • Experience with exploratory and manual testing in addition to automation.
    • Ability to work independently and communicate defects and quality risks clearly.

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