Senior Automation Engineer (SDET) – Dynamics 365 & Azure

PLATO; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Inclusive hiring practices

Accommodation during recruitment

Mentorship and knowledge sharing

Job summary

PLATO is Canada’s largest Indigenous-owned software testing and technology services company. We are seeking a Senior Automation Developer to support a critical backend validation initiative involving Dynamics 365 and enterprise integrations.

You will design and build reusable automation frameworks, validate complex business rules and data integrity, and support large-scale automation across backend systems.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in test automation development.
• 4+ years of Python experience.
• 2+ years working with Playwright.
• Strong experience with Dynamics 365 / Dataverse.
• Proven expertise in API and backend automation.
• Experience with Azure integrations (Service Bus, Logic Apps, Power Automate).
• Demonstrated ability to build automation frameworks from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable automation frameworks focusing on architecture, design patterns, maintainability, and performance.
• Build robust Python-based automation components, including frameworks, libraries, API clients, validation engines, and utilities.
• Develop enterprise-grade automation using Playwright (Python) for both UI and API testing.
• Validate business rules, data integrity, and integrations across Dynamics 365 / Dataverse environments.
• Work extensively with Dataverse entities, relationships, business rules, and security models to ensure accurate backend validation.
• Retrieve and validate data using OData APIs, including cross-entity data correlation and validation.
• Design and execute API and integration tests across distributed systems and services.
• Validate event-driven and asynchronous integrations using Azure Service Bus (queues, topics, subscriptions).
• Support and test integration workflows built with Azure Logic Apps and Power Automate.
• Integrate automation into Azure DevOps pipelines, including test execution, reporting, and CI/CD enablement.
• Contribute to automation standards, framework design, and best practices across teams.

Skills

Python

Playwright

Dynamics 365/Dataverse

API automation

Azure services

Backend automation

Automation framework design

OData APIs

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

PLATO is Canada’s largest Indigenous-owned software testing and technology services company. We are seeking a Senior Automation Developer to support a critical backend validation initiative involving Dynamics 365 and enterprise integrations.

You will design and build reusable automation frameworks, validate complex business rules and data integrity, and support large-scale automation across backend systems.