Senior SDET II, Quality Engineering (Remote Canada)
About The Position
Optro is looking for a full-time Senior SDET II. The ideal candidate will be capable of delivering on multiple competing priorities. This role will help architect, design and build automation, and integration tests to support backend services and infrastructure engineering quality and testing initiatives. The responsibilities include creating detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and scripts based on API- and client-driven design specifications outlined in stories. Success will be measured by driving adoption of standards and best practices for software test development, with material impact on product scalability, end user reliability, defect detection, and velocity of successful delivery of innovation. To be successful as a Senior SDET II, you should have excellent time management and organizational skills, as well as strong communication and technical leadership skills. You should have a passion for designing, developing, and testing code, as well as embracing and learning new technologies.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in engineering (CS or EE) or equivalent experience
- 9+ years proven work experience in Software Development in Test
- 4+ years of experience using Playwright or Cypress required
- 4+ years of experience coding with JavaScript and/or TypeScript (preferred)
- 4+ years of experience in test automation in SaaS and/or B2B facing internet-based applications
- 3+ years of experience with building test automation on technologies like NodeJS, NPM, etc
- Experience building infra-as-code automation technologies like: Terraform, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, etc
- Demonstrable experience in researching new technologies that might help improve the application, infrastructure, and/or team productivity
- Demonstrable experience with debugging complex issues across multiple services or layers within an application stack
- Strong technical skills and track record of architectural decisions
- Experience with testing web applications on AWS, Azure, or other Cloud services
- Experience with Agile-Scrum and other Agile methodologies
- Good analytical skills to work with developers for troubleshooting and peer review
Responsibilities
- Own technical components of test frameworks, test infrastructure and test tooling
- Design, create, maintain, and optimize test automation frameworks for Optro web applications
- Develop and lead synthetic data & generative AI strategy
- Design and implement high-level architectural roadmap to transition legacy test frameworks into self-healing, AI-driven ecosystems
- Develop deep understanding of the system’s code structure and component interactions
- Evaluate, prototype, and implement cutting-edge agentic tooling to enhance test automation frameworks and test tooling
- Manage technical communications and provide technical mentorship for more junior SDETs
- Collaborate with horizontal (infrastructure, platform, architecture) teams and product teams
- Provide technical feedback on product design and architecture
- Offer feedback on the testability of functional elements
- Research test tools, frameworks, testing methodologies, and trends, and upgrade existing practices and processes to meet the ever-evolving technological landscape
Benefits
- $200/mo (USD) for anything that enhances your life
- Comprehensive employee health and life insurance coverage
- Competitive compensation & bonus program
- Statutory vacation + Flexible vacation
- Time off for your birthday & volunteering
- Employee resource groups
- Opportunities for team and company-wide get-togethers!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
