SDET / Engineer in Test

SQDM; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

SQDM is seeking a hands-on SDET / Engineer in Test to build a robust automated regression framework for an Event-Driven Architecture environment. This is a contract/project-based role focusing on backend test automation, not UI testing.

You will work with Solace PubSub+ or equivalents like Kafka/RabbitMQ, Boomi/MuleSoft/Tibco, Python or Node.js, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins or Azure DevOps to validate end-to-end message flows and troubleshoot distributed systems.

Qualifications

• Strong coding skills in Python (preferred) or Node.js for backend test automation (not Selenium-only).
• Experience testing APIs and integration flows (integration/system/contract testing).
• Solid understanding of EDA / Pub/Sub concepts (topics/queues, acknowledgments, retries, correlation IDs).
• Experience with Docker, Git, and CI/CD (Jenkins or Azure DevOps).
• Strong troubleshooting skills in distributed environments (log-driven debugging, root-cause analysis).

Responsibilities

• Build an automation framework (Python or Node.js) to publish/subscribe and validate end-to-end flows through a message broker.
• Validate EDA regressions (e.g., correlation IDs, timeouts, retries, ordering, idempotency).
• Generate JSON test payloads from schemas to cover boundary values, invalid cases, and load scenarios.

Skills

Python

Node.js

API testing

EDA concepts

Docker

Git

CI/CD

Troubleshooting

Tools

Solace PubSub+

Boomi

MuleSoft

Tibco

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Kafka

RabbitMQ

ActiveMQ

Job description

We're modernizing our enterprise integration landscape and are looking for a hands-on SDET / Engineer in Test to build a robust automated regression testing framework for an Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) environment. This is not a UI testing role.

Contract Contractor / Project-based (extension potential)

Core Tech Stack

Solace PubSub+ (or equivalent broker), Boomi (or MuleSoft/Tibco), Python (preferred) or Node.js, Docker, CI/CD (Jenkins/Azure DevOps), Git

What you will build / own

• A headless test harness that can act as both Publisher and Subscriber to validate message flows.
• Automated regression strategies for asynchronous patterns:
  • fire-and-forget
  • request-reply
  • event chaining
• Test data generation to create complex payloads programmatically and cover edge cases.
• CI/CD integration so tests run automatically (containerized via Docker) on every deployment.

Key responsibilities

• Build an automation framework (Python or Node.js) to publish/subscribe and validate end-to-end flows through a message broker.
• Validate EDA regressions (e.g., messages sent to Topic A produce expected outcomes on Topic B), including:
  • correlation IDs
  • timeouts
  • retries
  • ordering
  • idempotency
• Generate JSON test payloads from schemas to cover boundary values, invalid cases, and load scenarios.
• Containerize tests with Docker and integrate into Jenkins / Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Troubleshoot failures across distributed systems using logs (e.g., Boomi process logs + broker events) to isolate root causes.

Must-have requirements

• Strong coding skills in Python (preferred) or Node.js for backend test automation ( not Selenium-only ).
• Experience testing APIs and integration flows (integration/system/contract testing).
• Solid understanding of EDA / PubSub concepts (topics/queues, acknowledgments, retries, correlation IDs, etc.).
• Experience with Docker, Git, and CI/CD (Jenkins or Azure DevOps).
• Strong troubleshooting skills in distributed environments (log-driven debugging, root-cause analysis).

Nice to have

• Hands-on with Solace PubSub+ (or Kafka/RabbitMQ/ActiveMQ).
• Familiarity with Boomi (or MuleSoft/Tibco).
• Experience building testing tooling for asynchronous/event-driven systems.
• Comfortable using AI coding assistants (Copilot, etc.) for accelerating boilerplate/test-data generation.