SDET Automation Engineer

Eliassen Group; United States; Remote; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consulting firm seeks two experienced SDET Automation Engineers for remote positions. The ideal candidates will enhance UI and API test coverage using Playwright. Responsibilities include overseeing testing approaches, mentoring team members, and leading quality initiatives. A bachelor’s degree in computer science and strong Playwright automation skills are preferred. Competitive hourly rate with great benefits package included.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Qualifications

• Experience developing and executing UI automation scripts primarily using Playwright (JavaScript or TypeScript).
• Strong Playwright automation experience with JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Familiarity with VS Code and ability to have Playwright installed.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement and oversee testing approach across the product suite.
• Identify areas for improvement in testing processes and propose enhancements.
• Collaborate with technical peers and business stakeholders to deliver automated testing solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the testing team.
• Investigate and oversee testing tool implementations aligned with the Test strategy.

Skills

UI automation scripting with Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

SQL

Solid UI testing skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar

Tools

VS Code

Job description

Location: 100% 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.

We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $60 - $70 / hr. w2

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.