Senior SDET: Cloud & AI Testing (Remote)

Hyatt Taleo; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free hotel stays

Flexible schedule

Headspace subscription

Family assistance program

401K with company match

Job summary

Hyatt is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join our Digital — Marketing Technology Organization, with a remote-friendly setup and Chicago location. You will design and scale automated test solutions for AWS-based services, focusing on data quality, personalization logic, and AI-driven decisioning.

You will partner with platform, data, and product teams to embed quality from design through production, build reusable test libraries, and promote a culture of

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 5 years of experience in software engineering, test automation, or quality engineering
• Strong programming skills in Java, Kotlin, Python, or TypeScript
• Experience designing and implementing service level and API test automation
• Hands on experience testing systems deployed in AWS, including microservices and serverless architectures
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Strong understanding of test strategy across the testing pyramid and distributed systems

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks for cloud native services, APIs, and event driven workflows running in AWS
• Develop integration, contract, and end to end tests validating interactions across data platforms, personalization engines, campaign orchestration, and downstream channels
• Embed automated testing and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines to support fast, reliable releases
• Validate personalization, segmentation, and eligibility logic across channels, regions, brands, and guest journeys
• Create reusable libraries and tooling that enable engineering teams to self service testing at scale
• Build automated tests for AI and ML driven systems, including recommendation outputs, decision logic, and optimization flows
• Ensure correctness and stability of guest data pipelines, identity resolution, and activation outputs
• Implement automated checks for schema changes, data anomalies, latency, and failure scenarios
• Partner with engineering teams to improve testability, observability, and resilience of services
• Leverage AWS native tooling and logs to support test diagnostics, debugging, and root cause analysis
• Participate in incident reviews and contribute to prevention through automated quality controls and tooling
• Promote a culture of quality engineering, automation, and shared ownership across the MarTech organization
• Coordinate larger testing efforts and sharing of best practices across teams and organizations

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Python

TypeScript

Test automation

AWS

CI/CD

Data quality testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

AWS

CI/CD tooling

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Hyatt is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join our Digital — Marketing Technology Organization, with a remote-friendly setup and Chicago location. You will design and scale automated test solutions for AWS-based services, focusing on data quality, personalization logic, and AI-driven decisioning.

You will partner with platform, data, and product teams to embed quality from design through production, build reusable test libraries, and promote a culture of