SDET Intern

Copart • Dallas, TX

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About The Position

An SDET Intern joins an engineering team to learn quality engineering through hands-on work. This coding role, supported by mentorship, involves writing automation code for real services and interfaces, learning how business rules translate into test coverage, and following a release from development into User Acceptance Testing. It is not a manual testing role.

The intern contributes to automated testing for RESTful APIs, web interfaces, and web services; helps prepare test data and environments for UAT; and supports business stakeholders during UAT sessions. The role also includes exploring AI-assisted testing techniques and participating in Agile ceremonies, code reviews, and team quality discussions.

Requirements

• Foundational knowledge of Java development gained through academic work, personal projects, or a bootcamp, with some exposure to Spring Boot.
• Solid grasp of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) concepts and ability to write simple, modular, maintainable code.
• Good knowledge of SQL and ability to interact with relational databases such as MariaDB.
• Genuine interest in writing clean, efficient test automation code for APIs and user interfaces.
• Analytical ability to turn requirements into detailed test cases and scenarios.
• Understanding of modern software quality principles, including Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD).
• Willingness to learn complex business rules and ask questions until the logic is clear.
• Clear written and verbal communication, and comfort working with engineers and business users.
• Pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to test automation frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, or Cucumber.
• Basic familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and ReactJS.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git.
• Curiosity about AI and prompt engineering, and hands-on experience using LLM tools.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain automated tests for RESTful APIs and web interfaces under the guidance of an experienced SDET.
• Learn and contribute to existing automation frameworks, following established patterns and coding standards.
• Build UI test cases using Playwright, and API and integration test cases for web services.
• Convert user stories and acceptance criteria into detailed, executable test cases and scenarios.
• Query relational databases to verify data integrity by comparing expected and actual results.
• Assist with test data preparation and environment setup for UAT cycles.
• Shadow and support UAT sessions with business stakeholders, helping reproduce and document reported issues.
• Log clear, reproducible defects and track them through to resolution.
• Explore AI-assisted testing techniques, such as prompting a model to draft test cases or summarize failure logs, and evaluate the quality of its output.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, code reviews, and team quality discussions.

Benefits

• Medical

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern