SDET Automation Lead: Playwright & TypeScript

Fasttek; Okemos (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Dental

Vision

PTO

Long Term Disability

Life Insurance

401(k) with match

Job summary

Okemos, Michigan—FastTek Global seeks a Software Development Engineer in Test to lead test automation strategy and accelerate quality releases. The ideal candidate will build scalable frameworks with Playwright and TypeScript, migrate from legacy Selenium + Java, and partner with Agile teams to embed QA in CI/CD pipelines while guiding manual testing where needed.

You will mentor peers, design data validation with SQL, and contribute to QA governance and traceability across HIPAA/security

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Playwright (TypeScript preferred) or Cypress.
• Migration experience from Selenium + Java or Postman to modern frameworks.
• Familiarity with test reporting, dashboards, and quality metrics in a DevOps environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Agile teams to understand user stories, define acceptance criteria, and promote a test-first mindset.
• Build, maintain, and evolve test automation frameworks for API and UI testing.
• Drive the transition from legacy frameworks to unified automation aligned with CI/CD strategy.
• Collaborate with developers to ensure test cases are executed in CI pipelines and provide fast feedback.
• Design exploratory testing and validation of complex workflows not yet automated.
• Develop and maintain automated API tests and end-to-end tests for functional and non-functional needs.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to test architecture decisions for reliability and scalability.
• Write and maintain SQL queries to validate data and support test data creation.
• Serve as a quality engineering champion, mentoring peers and improving QA practices.
• Ensure traceability between requirements, tests, and defects, and support policy compliance.

Skills

Playwright

TypeScript

CI/CD

Tools

Selenium

Postman/Newman

qTest

TestRail

Job description

Okemos, Michigan—FastTek Global seeks a Software Development Engineer in Test to lead test automation strategy and accelerate quality releases. The ideal candidate will build scalable frameworks with Playwright and TypeScript, migrate from legacy Selenium + Java, and partner with Agile teams to embed QA in CI/CD pipelines while guiding manual testing where needed.

You will mentor peers, design data validation with SQL, and contribute to QA governance and traceability across HIPAA/security