SDET Automation Engineer

Eliassen Group; City of Albany (NY); Remote; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consulting firm is seeking experienced SDET Automation Engineers to enhance UI and API test coverage across their applications. The role involves planning test strategies, collaborating with teams for automated solutions, and mentoring junior members. Candidates should have strong experience with Playwright, Cypress, and Selenium. Competitive compensation with a comprehensive benefits package is offered.

Benefits

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Qualifications

• Experience developing and executing UI automation scripts primarily using Playwright.
• Test UIs built in Angular across multiple internal web applications.
• Contribute to API testing and ensure application quality.

Responsibilities

• Plan and oversee testing approach across product suite.
• Drive improvement in testing processes.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver automated testing solutions.

Skills

Strong Playwright automation experience

Cypress experience

Selenium experience

Solid UI testing skills

SQL experience

Familiarity with VS Code

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Job description

SDET Automation Engineer

Anywhere

Type: Contract-to-Hire

Category: Quality Assurance (QA)

Industry: Financial Services

Workplace Type: Remote

We are seeking two experienced SDET Automation Engineers to join a high-impact team focused on enhancing UI and API test coverage across multiple internal web applications. Candidates should be proficient in coding test cases/scripts using existing frameworks, particularly Playwright (JavaScript/TypeScript). This is not a framework-building role.

Rate: $60 - $70 / hr. w2. We offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Responsibilities:

• Test strategy: Planning, implementation, and overall oversight and responsibility for testing approach across the product suite. Document test strategy and best practices and relentlessly drive improvement and implementation.
• Test process improvement: Continually review and assess current approach to testing, identify areas for improvement, and propose and implement process enhancements.
• Collaboration and leadership: Collaborate with technical peers, cross-functional teams, and business stakeholders to deliver industry-leading automated testing solutions.
• Technical testing leadership and guidance to the entire testing team and mentoring less experienced team members.
• Test tooling: Investigate and oversee rollout of open source and commercial automation testing tools where appropriate and aligned to Test strategy.
• Perform code reviews for automation tests and frameworks.
• Train others to improve the automated testing skills of the whole QA team.
• Provide technical vision for highly complex ideas and issues to varied audiences including various management levels.
• Initiate and lead strategic quality initiatives for the Operating Unit (OU) (e.g., test data management, environment virtualization, security testing, developer and unit test assistance, CI/CD process).
• Own and run current legacy UAT testing process and create a roadmap for modernization of the UAT process/approach.
• Testing and validating a complex front-end environment of dashboards and networked APIs that support multiple stakeholder groups

Experience Requirements:

• Experience developing and executing UI automation scripts primarily using Playwright (JavaScript or TypeScript).
• Cypress and Selenium experience.
• Test UIs built in Angular across multiple internal web applications.
• Contribute to API testing. Collaborate closely with QA and development teams to ensure application quality.
• Strong Playwright automation experience with JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Solid UI testing skills
• SQL experience
• Familiarity with VS Code and ability to have Playwright installed and ready to demo.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science (or similar) strongly preferred.

Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.