Software Developer in Test

Kavaliro; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kavaliro is seeking a Software Developer in Test for a direct hire in Salt Lake City. The role combines hands-on QA with leadership, focusing on API testing, AI/ML model evaluation, and robust automation frameworks.

You will work with developers, product managers, and DevOps to ensure testability and quality across distributed systems. Qualified candidates will have 10+ years in QA, strong backend/API testing experience, and hands-on proficiency with Python, PyTest, and CI/CD tools.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of QA engineering delivery with backend/API focus.
• Experience testing AI/ML or AI-enabled systems preferred.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD and GitLab workflows.
• Working knowledge of AI-enabled development tools and their impact on SDLC and quality governance.
• Strong experience testing REST APIs, backend microservices, and distributed systems.
• Experience with blockchain technologies (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) is preferred.
• CI/CD tooling knowledge, especially GitLab CI/CD.
• Experience with Python, Behave, PyTest, Postman, JMeter.
• Experience with GitLab, Git, Jenkins, and Docker.
• AI Integration experience is preferred.
• Exposure to banking or finance environments is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automated test suites for API and backend services.
• Design test strategies for AI/ML models and AI-enabled applications, including validation of model outputs, prompt behavior, determinism, and regression across releases.
• Establish automated evaluation frameworks for AI systems and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines.
• Partner with AI/ML Engineers, Platform teams, and Governance stakeholders to ensure responsible AI practices, including testability, traceability, and production readiness of AI features.
• Integrate automated test suites into existing GitLab CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
• Maintain and improve automation frameworks to accommodate evolving system architecture, including blockchain based components.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and DevOps engineers to ensure testability and quality across distributed systems.
• Create and manage defect workflows integrated with tools such as JIRA, ensuring clear communication and traceability.
• Define, track, and publish meaningful QA metrics to support automated test development, execution, and overall quality reporting.
• Build and maintain performance and load testing suites for critical backend services and smart contract interactions where applicable.
• Perform all types of testing as needed like Functional, API, Automation, Performance, and Integration testing.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, tooling, and best practices within an Agile environment.

Skills

QA engineering

Backend API testing

CI/CD pipelines

Python

PyTest

Docker

GitLab CI

JIRA

AI testing metrics

AI tools exposure

Tools

Postman

JMeter

Git

Jenkins

JMeter

GitLab

Git

Jenkins

Docker

Job description

Position Summary

Our client is seeking a Software Developer in Test for a direct hire opportunity. The Software Developer in Test will bring practical knowledge of agile development methodologies and engineering best practices. This role will work closely with the Development and Testing team. The ideal candidate is a combination of a hands‑on test engineer who has some managerial experience, and who can understand existing automation test frameworks and has an ability to enhance and implement the same and should also be able to work with other engineers and product managers to support feature‑based testing.

Responsibilities

• Build and implement robust automated test suites for API and backend services.
• Design and implement test strategies for AI/ML models and AI enabled in‑house applications, including validation of model outputs, prompt behavior, determinism, and regression across releases.
• Establish automated evaluation frameworks for AI systems (i.e. accuracy, consistency, hallucination detection, bias, and drift) and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines.
• Partner with AI/ML Engineers, Platform teams, and Governance stakeholders to ensure responsible AI practices, including testability, traceability, and production readiness of AI features.
• Integrate automated test suites into existing GitLab CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
• Maintain and improve automation frameworks to accommodate evolving system architecture, including blockchain based components.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and DevOps engineers to ensure testability and quality across distributed systems.
• Create and manage defect workflows integrated with tools such as JIRA, ensuring clear communication and traceability.
• Define, track, and publish meaningful QA metrics to support automated test development, execution, and overall quality reporting.
• Build and maintain performance and load testing suites for critical backend services and smart contract interactions where applicable.
• Perform all types of testing as needed like Functional, API, Automation, Performance, and Integration testing.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, tooling, and best practices within an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience with QA engineering delivery experience with strong focus on backend or API testing.
• 6+ years of delivery within Agile SDLC teams ideally with CI/CD Experience testing AI/ML or LLM?powered systems, including model validation, prompt testing, regression testing of AI behavior, and evaluation of non?deterministic outputs.
• Familiar with AI testing techniques and metrics such as precision and recall, drift detection, bias assessment, and offline vs online evaluation approaches.
• Working knowledge of AI?enabled development tools or platforms (i.e. AI coding assistants, test?generation tools, or internal AI platforms) and their impact on SDLC and quality governance.
• Strong experience testing REST APIs, backend microservices, and distributed systems.
• Experience working with blockchain technologies (i.e. smart contracts, distributed ledgers, blockchain node interaction) is preferred.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD tooling and pipelines, especially GitLab CI/CD.
• Experience with Python, Behave, PyTest, Postman/REST Tools, JMeter or similar performance tools.
• Experience with Gitlab, Git, Jenkins, and Docker.
• AI Integration experience is preferred.
• Exposure to banking or finance environments is preferred.

Kavaliro provides Equal Employment Opportunities to all employees and applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Kavaliro is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Kavaliro will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please respond to this posting to connect with a company representative.