Hybrid SDET - Backend API Testing for AI Search Platform

Workday; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday is seeking an SDET for the Sana Search team in Dublin. You will test backend features, build automation, and validate large-scale distributed systems, collaborating with engineers and designers in a quality-first mindset.

You will participate in sprint planning, code reviews, and maintain automated test suites across both legacy and cloud environments, with a hybrid work model based in our Dublin office. Experience with ElasticSearch or OpenSearch is a plus.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in software testing or engineering (functional testing & API automation).
• 1+ years of programming in object-oriented or functional languages (Java, Python, Scala, C#, or C++).
• Automation Frameworks: TestNG, JUnit, PyTest, Selenium, Postman, or Robot Framework.
• CI/CD: Jenkins, Bamboo, GitLab CI, TeamCity.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
• Experience with testing deployments and migrations in AWS or GCP is a plus.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills; attention to detail.
• Eagerness to learn complex distributed systems and expand test engineering practices.
• Experience with ElasticSearch, OpenSearch, Vespa, Quadrant, PGVector, Pinecone is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Feature Execution & Automation: participate in test cycles, identify edge cases, and write automated test scripts.
• API & Backend Validation: validate backend services and logic through API testing.
• Cloud & Migration Validation: validate tenant data, behavior, and performance during data-center to cloud migrations (AWS, GCP).
• Test Suite Maintenance: maintain and update automated test suites for high coverage.
• Triage & Defect Reporting: investigate failures, log defects with root-cause analysis, verify fixes with developers.
• Team Collaboration: participate in sprint planning, code reviews, and quality discussions.
• Agentic Evaluations: building and maintaining Agentic Evals for Semantic Search pipelines.

Skills

API automation

Functional testing

Distributed systems

Debugging

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Tools

Postman

Selenium

JUnit

Job description

Workday is seeking an SDET for the Sana Search team in Dublin. You will test backend features, build automation, and validate large-scale distributed systems, collaborating with engineers and designers in a quality-first mindset.

You will participate in sprint planning, code reviews, and maintain automated test suites across both legacy and cloud environments, with a hybrid work model based in our Dublin office. Experience with ElasticSearch or OpenSearch is a plus.