Senior SDET - Test Automation and Performance Engineering
About The Position
intelliSPEC is an enterprise SaaS platform for industrial inspections, asset integrity, condition monitoring, and turnaround workflows, delivered through configurable, multi-tenant web and mobile applications. Its platform is designed to support safe, reliable, and efficient industrial operations, including work in low-connectivity environments. The Senior SDET leads automated testing and performance engineering across intelliSPEC. The role sets quality strategy, mentors junior SDETs, and partners with developers, product, and DevOps teams to turn testing findings into verified improvements. The position is based in The Woodlands, Texas, and reports to the President of intelliSPEC. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 40 hours per week, with at least three days in the office (Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday). Travel is minimal, approximately 5%.
Requirements
- 4–5 years of experience in software testing or SDET roles, including 3+ years of automation and 1+ year of performance/load testing.
- Strong JavaScript/TypeScript skills, Git, and code-review experience.
- Hands-on Playwright automation experience, including reliable locators, isolated test data, and clear failure diagnostics.
- REST API testing experience covering authentication, authorization, negative scenarios, and data integrity, using Vitest, Jest, Supertest, or similar.
- Experience with k6, JMeter, or Gatling, including workload modeling and latency-percentile analysis.
- CI/CD, Docker, and MongoDB experience; Azure DevOps is preferred.
- Experience mentoring engineers or leading automation initiatives.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- React and Node.js/Fastify experience.
- React Native testing with Maestro or Appium.
- Observability experience with Prometheus, Grafana, or Azure Monitor.
- Accessibility testing experience with axe.
- Security testing experience.
- Industrial inspection or asset-management domain knowledge.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain Playwright tests in TypeScript for inspection forms, calculations, approvals, dashboards, attachments, and reports.
- Expand API, integration, and regression test coverage with Vitest and Supertest, validating responses and persisted data.
- Test tenant isolation, permissions, authentication, and metadata-driven forms and workflows.
- Design k6 load, stress, spike, and soak tests; measure p95/p99 latency, throughput, and error rates; and verify fixes with developers.
- Integrate tests and performance thresholds into Azure DevOps pipelines and eliminate flaky tests.
- Support mobile offline and synchronization testing, log defects in Jira, and communicate release risks.
- Define automation and performance testing strategy, framework standards, and release quality gates.
- Mentor junior SDETs through pairing, code reviews, and appropriately scoped tasks.
- Partner with engineering and product leads on release readiness and quality KPIs, making evidence-based go/no-go risk calls.
- Evaluate and introduce tools, including AI-powered testing, to improve team velocity.
- Use AI assistants to generate tests, test data, and k6 scripts and speed failure triage, then review and verify results.
Benefits
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Health benefits.
- Dental benefits.
- Vision benefits.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
- Health Savings Account (HSA).
- Company match 401(k).
- Company-paid life insurance.
- Company-paid short- and long-term disability.
- Company-paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Competitive pay depending on experience.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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