Software Development Engineer in Test

Dutch; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Dutch is seeking an SDET to own test infrastructure and drive quality strategy for its applications. You will partner with engineering to design test frameworks, set testability standards, and build automation that catches regressions across the full testing pyramid.

The role focuses on Playwright-based framework design, data-testid contracts, and CI integration, with responsibilities across unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software engineering or SDET with strong programming fundamentals.
• Proficiency in TypeScript or JavaScript and understanding of the testing pyramid.
• Hands-on experience building test frameworks from scratch (Playwright preferred).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and API testing.
• Experience with mobile test automation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own test infrastructure and quality strategy across applications.
• Design test frameworks, drive testability standards, and build automation to catch regressions across the full testing pyramid.
• Design and maintain Playwright-based framework architecture, including page object patterns, test data management, and CI integration.
• Drive a testability contract with developers (data-testid standards, API test hooks) and advocate for testable architecture in design and code reviews.
• Own the testing strategy across the pyramid — ensure the right tests exist at the right layer (unit, integration, E2E).
• Build and maintain tiered CI pipelines: smoke on deploy, regression nightly, full suite weekly.
• Automate revenue-critical and marketing-critical flows (checkout, registration, analytics/tracking, SEO validation).
• Write production monitoring tests that verify system and vendor availability (Stripe, Calendly, fulfillment integrations).
• Identify, triage, and track bugs with clear reproduction steps and root cause analysis.
• Partner with engineering, product, and customer support to review requirements and provide early feedback on testability and risk.

Skills

SDET 5+ yrs

TypeScript/JavaScript

Test pyramid

Test automation

CI/CD pipelines

Testability contracts

API testing

Mobile test automation

Engineer collaboration

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

GitHub Actions

CircleCI

Appium

Maestro

Job description

• We are seeking an SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) to own test infrastructure and quality strategy across our applications
• You’ll work as a partner to the engineering team — designing test frameworks, driving testability standards, and building automation that catches regressions across the full testing pyramid. You will report to the Director of Quality Assurance
• Design and maintain the Playwright-based test framework architecture, including page object patterns, test data management, and CI integration
• Drive a testability contract with developers (data-testid standards, API test hooks) and advocate for testable architecture in design and code reviews
• Own the testing strategy across the pyramid — ensure the right tests exist at the right layer (unit, integration, E2E) rather than pushing everything to the browser
• Build and maintain tiered CI pipelines: smoke on deploy, regression nightly, full suite weekly
• Automate revenue-critical and marketing-critical flows (checkout, registration, analytics/tracking, SEO validation)
• Write production monitoring tests that verify system and vendor availability (Stripe, Calendly, fulfillment integrations)
• Identify, triage, and track bugs with clear reproduction steps and root cause analysis
• Partner with engineering, product, and customer support to review requirements and provide early feedback on testability and risk

TypeScript or JavaScript proficiency — you’ll be writing framework code, not just test scripts5+ years in a software engineering or SDET role with strong programming fundamentalsUnderstanding of the testing pyramid and a track record of pushing tests to the appropriate layerFamiliarity with monitoring, availability testing, or SRE-adjacent practices is a plusHands-on experience building test frameworks from scratch (Playwright preferred, but equivalent experience with Cypress or similar accepted)Experience with mobile test automation (Maestro or Appium) is a plusExperience designing CI/CD test pipelines (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or similar)Familiarity with API testing, network-layer assertions, and mocking/stubbing third-party integrationsExperience partnering with developers on testability standards (data-testid contracts, API test hooks, code review for test coverage)