Senior SDET Engineer — Remote, CI/CD & Microservices

TestDevJobs; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an experienced SDET Engineer to advance automation frameworks and embed quality across the SDLC. You will design, build, and improve test code, while partnering with product and engineering teams to deliver robust distributed systems.

The role demands strong programming skills and deep testing knowledge across unit, integration, end-to-end, performance, and security testing, with leadership in code and design reviews and mentorship of junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 12 or more years of experience as an SDET or in test-focused software engineering roles.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major UI automation framework (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright).
• Solid experience automating REST and/or gRPC APIs.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines for test automation.
• Solid SQL skills and experience with database validation.
• Strong understanding of microservices, distributed systems, and modern web architectures.
• Excellent debugging, communication, and documentation skills.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and build robust, scalable test automation frameworks for web, API, mobile, and microservice testing.
• Implement contract testing using Pact or similar tools to validate service contracts in microservice ecosystems.
• Build comprehensive CI/CD test pipelines integrated with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Develop performance test suites using JMeter, Gatling, k6, or Locust, including realistic load models and result analysis.
• Implement security testing fundamentals including dependency scanning, SAST, DAST, and OWASP-based checks.
• Lead test strategy discussions, including risk-based testing, exploratory testing, and shift-left practices.
• Collaborate closely with developers, product owners, and architects to identify quality risks early.
• Perform root-cause analysis of production incidents, and translate findings into automated regression tests.
• Drive continuous improvement of test coverage, test reliability, and time-to-feedback.
• Mentor junior QA engineers and uphold engineering rigor in the testing community.
• Maintain comprehensive test documentation, traceability, and reporting dashboards, applying disciplined engineering practices and partnering closely with stakeholders to ensure outcomes are durable, well-documented, and aligned with broader team and platform standards.
• Contribute to internal testing tools and reusable libraries, applying disciplined engineering practices and partnering closely with stakeholders to ensure outcomes are durable, well-documented, and aligned with broader team and platform standards.

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an experienced SDET Engineer to advance automation frameworks and embed quality across the SDLC. You will design, build, and improve test code, while partnering with product and engineering teams to deliver robust distributed systems.

The role demands strong programming skills and deep testing knowledge across unit, integration, end-to-end, performance, and security testing, with leadership in code and design reviews and mentorship of junior engineers.