Software Development Engineer in Test

SCIGON; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 71,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

SCIGON is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test to design, implement, and maintain automated tests for distributed applications and platform components. You will work on-site in Chicago, driving test coverage and reliability across services.

You will collaborate with engineering, product and quality teams to triage defects, monitor pipelines and logs, and continuously improve testing strategies. Experience with Playwright and AI-powered testing tools is a plus.

Qualifications

• Hands-on UI test automation experience with Playwright.
• Experience testing MQTT or similar Pub/Sub interfaces.
• Experience testing GraphQL APIs and complex queries.
• Knowledge of cloud environments and container deployments (Docker).
• Proficient with Git and CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins).
• Experience with log analysis and tracing across services.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated tests for distributed applications, services, and platform components.
• Lead efforts in drafting test scenarios and developing automated test coverage for new features and functional use cases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, product, and quality teams to triage defects and investigate failures across multiple environments.
• Monitor and maintain automated test pipelines, leveraging observability tools, test results, and application logs to identify and resolve issues.
• Clearly document and communicate defects while proactively driving discussions that facilitate issue identification, troubleshooting, and resolution.
• Analyze service interactions, system behavior, and application performance to improve product quality and reliability.
• Leverage modern AI-powered tools and technologies to enhance testing efficiency, streamline development workflows, and accelerate delivery velocity.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

Mocha

Playwright

MQTT testing

GraphQL testing

WebSockets / SSE

CI/CD

Git

Jira

Android test automation (Appium)

Logging & observability

Tools

Docker

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

CI/CD Pipelines

Job description

Software Development Engineer in Test

Salary: $71,250-$95,000

Skills

• Solid proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript; experience with test runners such as Mocha.
• Hands-on experience with UI test automation frameworks, including Playwright.
• Experience testing MQTT or similar Pub/Sub interfaces (e.g., WebSockets, SSE).
• Experience testing GraphQL APIs, including writing and maintaining tests for complex queries.
• Working knowledge of cloud environments and containerized deployments, including Docker images and container registries.
• Working knowledge of Git and Git-based workflows, including CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins).
• Experience analyzing and correlating application and service logs across multiple services (e.g., tracing errors, debugging test failures).
• Experience using Jira (or similar tools) for task and issue tracking.
• Familiarity with Android test automation using frameworks such as Appium.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated tests for distributed applications, services, and platform components.
• Lead efforts in drafting test scenarios and developing automated test coverage for new features and functional use cases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, product, and quality teams to triage defects and investigate failures across multiple environments.
• Monitor and maintain automated test pipelines, leveraging observability tools, test results, and application logs to identify and resolve issues.
• Clearly document and communicate defects while proactively driving discussions that facilitate issue identification, troubleshooting, and resolution.
• Analyze service interactions, system behavior, and application performance to improve product quality and reliability.
• Leverage modern AI-powered tools and technologies to enhance testing efficiency, streamline development workflows, and accelerate delivery velocity.