Sr. SDET

Apex Systems; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 83,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth Apex is seeking a Senior SDET to design, implement, and scale automated testing across critical financial API platforms. The role focuses on API automation, contract testing, and CI/CD quality gates, with hands-on coding in modern languages and deep knowledge of REST, authentication, and distributed systems.

The candidate will drive automated test strategies for high-volume workflows, collaborate with developers and DevOps, and apply AI-assisted techniques to improve coverage and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of software quality engineering or SDET experience.
• Experience building automated API/test frameworks for backend services.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain reusable API and integration test automation frameworks.
• Define and implement CI/CD quality gates for PRs, merges and releases.
• Create formal test plans for major releases and partner integrations.
• Develop automated tests for REST APIs, backend services, and data validation.
• Establish contract testing, mocking, and service virtualization practices.
• Implement load, performance, and resiliency testing for high-volume APIs.
• Use AI-assisted tooling to generate tests and expand edge-case coverage.
• Build release-readiness dashboards and quality metrics.

Skills

API test automation

CI/CD pipelines

Programming languages

REST APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related

Tools

Postman

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Pact

WireMock

JMeter

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

## Job Description# Sr. SDETApply**Job#: 3056958****Job Description:**Senior SDET**Location:** Salt Lake City, Utah (On-site)Role OverviewThis organization is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test to establish and scale quality engineering practices across critical financial API platforms, specifically focusing on core integration frameworks. The successful candidate will design and implement the automation frameworks, CI/CD quality gates, test planning practices, and AI-assisted testing capabilities needed to support reliable product delivery. This hands-on technical role requires a professional who thinks like a developer, understands complex API and integration ecosystems, and can build durable test infrastructure.Key Responsibilities* Design, build, and maintain reusable API, integration, regression, smoke, contract, and end-to-end test automation frameworks.* Define and implement CI/CD quality gates for pull requests, merges, release candidates, and production readiness.* Create formal test plans for major releases, partner integrations, regulatory-impacting workflows, and transaction changes.* Develop automated tests for REST APIs, backend services, integration workflows, data validation, authorization logic, and partner-facing interfaces.* Establish contract testing, mocking, stubbing, and service virtualization practices for external providers and dependent systems.* Implement load, performance, resiliency, negative-path, and failure-mode testing for high-volume API workflows.* Utilize AI-assisted tooling to generate test scenarios, expand edge-case coverage, and accelerate regression suite creation.* Analyze automated test results using AI-assisted tools to validate failures, detect anomalies, and distinguish product defects from environmental issues.* Build release-readiness dashboards and quality metrics covering regression health, defect trends, performance, and release risk.* Partner with developers, product owners, DevOps engineers, and architects to define testable requirements and improve system observability.Required Qualifications**Education:** Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.**Experience:** Five or more years of experience in software quality engineering, software development engineer in test (SDET), test automation, or related software engineering roles.**Technical Skills:** Proven experience building automated test frameworks for APIs and backend services. Hands-on programming proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, C#, or Python. Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines utilizing Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins. Strong understanding of REST APIs, JSON, HTTP, authentication patterns, and distributed systems.Preferred Qualifications* Experience in financial technology, banking, payments, or other regulated financial services environments.* Experience testing microservices, event-driven architectures, message broker-based systems, or cloud-native environments.* Familiarity with Postman, Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Pact, WireMock, JMeter, k6, Docker, Kubernetes, or Kafka.* Experience utilizing AI or large language model tools to generate tests, review code, or improve test coverage. *Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.**Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at https://www.apexsystems.com/privacy-policy**Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.**Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.**If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [e-mail] or 804-523-8228. Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.**UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex Systems.***Employee Type:** Contract**Location:** Salt Lake City, UT, US**Job Type:****Date Posted:** November 2, 2026**Pay Range:** $60 - $75 per hour