Senior Python SDET — API Web Automation, Hybrid

Network Optix; Burbank (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Paid time off

Flexible working hours

Employer-sponsored health coverage

International team

Job summary

Network Optix in Burbank, CA is seeking a Senior SDET for web automation to advance API-level testing, optimize CI pipelines, and scale automation across large test suites. You will partner with development teams to shift quality left and deliver fast, reliable feedback through robust Python frameworks.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted tooling, container/VM environments, and deep debugging with logs and traces, ensuring zero-flake executions and maintainable automation across the web stack.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial experience in software engineering or test automation.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining automated tests for web applications.
• Proven experience designing and implementing API-level test automation.
• Preferred: containers and virtual machines for environment setup and debugging (SSH/WinRM).
• Preferred: memory dumps, backtraces and OS-level troubleshooting.
• Preferred: GUI automation for Qt-based desktop apps.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the technical direction of the web automation roadmap with a focus on efficiency and reliability.
• Lead API-level automation expansion to validate web applications at the efficient testing layer.
• Optimize large test suites for fast, reliable CI cycles at Merge-Request scale.
• Collaborate with development teams to shift quality earlier in the lifecycle.
• Maintain and evolve Python-based automation frameworks for growth.

Skills

Python programming

API-level testing

CI/CD

Debugging

Container/VM operations

Remote debugging

Qt GUI automation

Tools

Playwright

Job description

Network Optix in Burbank, CA is seeking a Senior SDET for web automation to advance API-level testing, optimize CI pipelines, and scale automation across large test suites. You will partner with development teams to shift quality left and deliver fast, reliable feedback through robust Python frameworks.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted tooling, container/VM environments, and deep debugging with logs and traces, ensuring zero-flake executions and maintainable automation across the web stack.