SDET - QA Engineer

Zinkworks; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is looking for a highly motivated SDET / QA Engineer to join their dynamic engineering team. In this hands-on technical role, you'll work closely with developers and DevOps engineers to deliver high-performing microservices and backend APIs. Your expertise in automation and quality assurance will be crucial as you design and maintain automated test frameworks, perform backend API testing, and validate SQL queries. This position offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies in a collaborative environment, ensuring software quality and operational efficiency for clients in the telecommunications and financial sectors. If you are passionate about quality and automation, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Java development for test automation and API testing.
• Solid SQL knowledge with experience in microservices testing.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain automated test frameworks for microservices and APIs.
• Collaborate with developers to define test coverage and debug issues.

Skills

Java

API testing

SQL

Cucumber

JUnit

Maven

Spring Boot

Spring Batch

Unix/Linux commands

Microservices

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

UDeploy

Jenkins

Docker

Kafka

Redis

Job description

Who We Are

Zinkworks is a global leader in innovation, headquartered in Athlone, Ireland, with three offices locations worldwide. We utilise the latest cutting-edge technologies to bring industry-leading expertise to our Telecommunication and Financial services clients. We are adept at developing custom innovations that streamline our clients’ workflows and improve operational efficiency. With a commitment to quality and customer satisfaction, we have earned a reputation as a trusted partner for businesses seeking reliable software services.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly motivated SDET / QA Engineer with a passion for quality and automation to join our growing engineering team. You’ll be embedded within an agile delivery squad, working closely with developers, architects, and DevOps engineers to deliver high-performing, scalable microservices and backend APIs.

This is a hands-on technical QA role – perfect for engineers who love building robust automation, diving deep into systems, and ensuring software works flawlessly under real-world conditions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for microservices, APIs, and data pipelines
• Perform Backend API testing, Database validation, and Integration testing
• Write BDD tests using Cucumber in a Java-based test framework (JUnit, Maven, Gradle)
• Automate tests for Spring Boot and Spring Batch applications deployed to OpenShift / Kubernetes clusters
• Validate SQL queries, stored procedures, and complex data transformations
• Integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines (UDeploy, Jenkins, etc.)
• Collaborate with developers to define test coverage, quality metrics, and debug issues
• Use Unix/Linux commands for log analysis, deployment, and validation in distributed environments
• Work with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes, OpenShift
• Interact with distributed systems including Kafka, Redis, etc.

Must-Have Skills & Technologies

Java development for test automation
Cucumber, JUnit, Maven or Gradle
Strong API testing experience (REST, JSON, etc.)
Experience testing microservices in production-scale systems
Solid SQL knowledge – writing queries, validating stored procedures
Spring Boot and Spring Batch familiarity
Comfortable with Unix/Linux commands for debugging/logging
OpenShift or Kubernetes cluster experience
Experience with UDeploy, Redis, and Kafka

Desirable Experience (Nice to Have)

• Performance or load testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling)
• Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• CI/CD tooling beyond UDeploy (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab)
• Docker-based containerization