SDET Automation Engineer

Eliassen Group; Hagåtña Municipality (GU); Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking experienced SDET Automation Engineers for remote work. The role focuses on enhancing UI and API test coverage. Candidates should be adept in Playwright (JavaScript/TypeScript) and possess a strong background in automation testing. This position offers a competitive hourly rate and an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, and 401k matching.

Benefits

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in automation testing.
• Proficient in developing and executing UI automation scripts primarily using Playwright.
• Strong testing skills and a deep understanding of test processes.

Responsibilities

• Plan and oversee the test strategy across the product suite.
• Conduct code reviews for automation tests and frameworks.
• Train and mentor less experienced team members.

Skills

SDET Automation Engineering

UI Automation Testing

Playwright (JavaScript/TypeScript)

Cypress

Selenium

SQL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Tools

Playwright

VS Code

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.