Senior Software Development Engineer Test

RICEFW Technologies Inc; Michigan; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

RiceFW Technologies Inc. is seeking an hands-on Quality Engineer to own UI and API automation using Playwright with TypeScript. You will expand the framework, build reusable components, and ensure test coverage for Angular applications and Java REST APIs.

The role involves CI/CD integration, debugging across UI, API, and data layers, and close collaboration with developers and product owners. Strong automation design and independent communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Playwright and TypeScript for UI and API automation.
• Strong TypeScript programming fundamentals and maintainable automation design.
• Experience testing modern web apps (preferably Angular) and Java-based REST APIs.
• Solid understanding of HTTP, REST, JSON, authentication, and negative API testing.
• SQL experience for backend data validation, preferably with Oracle.
• Experience executing automated tests via Jenkins or similar CI/CD.
• Proficient with Git-based source control and collaborative workflows.
• Ability to diagnose failures across UI, API, database, test code, and environment.
• Experience with exploratory and manual testing in addition to automation.
• Strong written and verbal communication to convey defects and risks.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain UI and API automated tests using Playwright and TypeScript.
• Expand the Playwright framework with reusable fixtures, API clients, and utilities.
• Create automated coverage for Angular apps and Java REST APIs.
• Integrate and execute automated tests through Jenkins.
• Investigate failures using traces, logs, network activity, and SQL.
• Validate processing and data with Oracle SQL.
• Perform exploratory, functional, integration, regression, and risk-based testing.
• Review requirements to identify gaps and edge cases.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and testers throughout story development.
• Participate in code reviews to improve automation reliability.
• Identify flaky or low-value tests and address root causes.

Skills

Playwright with TypeScript

TypeScript proficiency

Automation design

Angular testing

REST API testing

SQL validation

Exploratory/manual testing

CI/CD pipelines

Debugging failures

Independent communication

Tools

Playwright

Jenkins

GitHub Copilot

Git-based workflows

Oracle

Job description

This hands-on quality engineering position combines Playwright automation, API testing, SQL validation, exploratory testing, and targeted manual testing. Candidates must be capable of writing maintainable TypeScript and contributing to automation architecture—not simply recording or modifying test scripts.

Our primary tools include Playwright with TypeScript, GitHub Copilot, Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Oracle.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain UI and API automated tests using Playwright and TypeScript.
• Expand the existing Playwright framework and establish reusable fixtures, API clients, utilities, and coding standards.
• Create automated coverage for Angular applications and Java-based REST APIs.
• Integrate and execute automated tests through Jenkins.
• Investigate failures using Playwright traces, application logs, network activity, API responses, and SQL.
• Validate application processing and data using Oracle SQL.
• Perform exploratory, functional, integration, regression, and risk-based manual testing.
• Review requirements and acceptance criteria for gaps, edge cases, risks, and testability.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and testers throughout story development.
• Participate in code reviews and improve the reliability and maintainability of the automation suite.
• Identify flaky, redundant, slow, or low-value tests and address their underlying causes.

AI-Assisted Quality Engineering

SDETs are expected to use GitHub Copilot and other approved AI capabilities in their daily work to improve speed, coverage, and effectiveness. This includes:

• Generating and refining Playwright TypeScript tests for UI and API scenarios.
• Identifying missing scenarios, edge cases, negative paths, and requirement gaps.
• Accelerating test data creation, SQL queries, API requests, and reusable automation components.
• Analyzing failures, logs, stack traces, and Playwright traces.
• Refactoring repetitive, flaky, or difficult-to-maintain automation code.
• Creating technical documentation, test summaries, and defect details.
• Understanding unfamiliar application code and identifying areas of testing risk.
• Sharing effective AI-assisted testing practices with other team members.

SDETs remain accountable for all AI-generated work. Candidates must independently review generated output for correctness, security, maintainability, test value, and alignment with established standards. AI-generated code must not be accepted simply because it compiles or passes once.

Required Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience using Playwright with TypeScript for UI and API automation.
• Strong TypeScript programming fundamentals.
• Experience designing maintainable automation—not simply creating test scripts.
• Experience testing modern web applications, preferably Angular.
• Experience testing Java-based REST APIs.
• Strong understanding of HTTP, REST, JSON, authentication, response validation, and negative API testing.
• SQL experience for backend data validation, preferably with Oracle.
• Experience executing automated tests through Jenkins or another CI/CD platform.
• Experience with Git-based source control and collaborative development workflows.
• Ability to diagnose failures across the UI, API, database, test code, test data, and environment layers.
• Experience with exploratory and manual testing in addition to automation.
• Ability to work independently and communicate defects and quality risks clearly.