Junior SDET: Automate API/UI Tests & CI/CD

OrderMesh; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

OrderMesh Inc. in the United States seeks a Junior SDET to join our automation-first quality team, building test coverage across a modern microservices platform (Kafka, MongoDB, REST APIs, async workflows).

This is a hands-on entry point with mentorship to grow in test automation, observability, and distributed systems testing. You'll write and maintain automated tests using TypeScript, Node.js, and Playwright; contribute to CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions; and learn through collaboration

Qualifications

• 1-2 years in software testing or automation.
• Hands-on with AI-assisted engineering tools in testing workflows.
• Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript or a similar language.
• Exposure to CI/CD concepts; GitHub Actions/Jenkins/Azure DevOps a plus.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain automated tests for APIs, UI, and service-level validation using TS, Node.js, and Playwright.
• Support the build-out of load and resilience testing suites with Grafana k6.
• Help integrate test execution into GitHub Actions pipelines for commits, PRs, and deployments.
• Get hands-on exposure to distributed-systems testing: Kafka, mocks with Microcks, and contract validation.
• Maintain test observability dashboards in Grafana and read quality metrics alongside logs.
• Perform exploratory testing to complement automated coverage and catch edge cases.
• Collaborate with developers, SREs, and product managers; ask questions to learn the platform.

Skills

QA automation

JavaScript/TypeScript

Playwright

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Load testing

Grafana k6

API testing

Kafka

Istio

Debugging

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/related field

Tools

Playwright

Grafana k6

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Job description

OrderMesh Inc. in the United States seeks a Junior SDET to join our automation-first quality team, building test coverage across a modern microservices platform (Kafka, MongoDB, REST APIs, async workflows).

This is a hands-on entry point with mentorship to grow in test automation, observability, and distributed systems testing. You'll write and maintain automated tests using TypeScript, Node.js, and Playwright; contribute to CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions; and learn through collaboration