Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Dewpoint; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Dewpoint in Lansing, MI is seeking an hands-on SDET/QA Automation Engineer to design, implement, and maintain automated UI and API tests using Playwright with TypeScript. You will expand the automation framework, build reusable fixtures, and ensure test coverage for Angular front-ends and Java REST APIs in a strictly on-site role.

Ideal candidates will have strong TypeScript skills, CI/CD experience, SQL validation with Oracle, and a proven record of diagnosing failures across UI, API, database,

Qualifications

• Hands-on Playwright with TypeScript for UI and API automation.
• Strong TypeScript programming fundamentals.
• Experience designing maintainable automation—not just scripts.
• Experience testing modern web apps, preferably Angular.
• Experience testing Java-based REST APIs.
• Strong understanding of HTTP, REST, JSON, auth, and validation.
• SQL experience for backend validation, preferably Oracle.
• Experience with CI/CD, Jenkins or similar.
• Experience with Git-based workflows and collaboration.
• Ability to diagnose failures across UI, API, DB, and environment.
• Exploratory and manual testing experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain UI and API automated tests using Playwright and TypeScript.
• Expand the existing Playwright framework and establish reusable fixtures and API clients.
• Create automated coverage for Angular applications and Java REST APIs.
• Integrate and execute automated tests through Jenkins.
• Investigate failures using traces, logs, network activity, API responses, and SQL.
• Validate processing and data with Oracle SQL; perform exploratory and functional testing.
• Review requirements for gaps, edge cases, risks, and testability.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and testers during story development.
• Participate in code reviews and improve automation reliability.
• Identify flaky or low-value tests and address root causes.

Skills

Playwright TypeScript

TypeScript

Automation design

CI/CD

Angular testing

Java REST APIs

SQL validation

Jenkins

Git

Exploratory testing

Manual testing

Tools

Playwright

TypeScript

Jenkins

Git

Oracle

Copilot

Job description

1. Must be local to Lansing, Michigan for on-site interviews and on-site work requirements.
2. This job's duties may include task assignments to support, administer, or access systems, which contractually require ADP I or II clearance and U.S. Citizenship or naturalized citizen.
3. No remote option.
4. 4 days working on-site required.
5. Please No C2C or 3rd Party Submissions.

Summary

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, recession, and risk-based manual testing.
• Review requirements and acceptance criteria for gaps, edge cases, risks, and testability.
• Collaborative with developers, product owners, and testers throughout story development.
• Participate in code reviews and improve the reliability and maintainability of the automation suite.
• Identify flake, 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.