Software Automation Test Engineer II (Lehi, UT - Hybrid or Boston, MA – Hybrid, Mishawaka, ID - Hybrid)

Digi International•Boston, MA

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join a high-performing, tight-knit team at a fast-growing company using the Internet of Things (IoT) to transform how organizations maintain compliance, enhance safety, and reimagine operations. SmartSense by Digi and Jolt are trusted by some of the world’s most recognizable brands including CVS Health, Walgreens, Walmart, McDonald’s, Jack in the Box, Hartford HealthCare, and Children’s Minnesota to protect their operations and the people they serve. We’re looking for team-oriented change agents who want to help shape the future of IoT. Our Software Test Automation Engineer will play a key role in scaling test automation across API‑driven and event‑driven systems, contributing to the evolution of our testing frameworks, and ensuring robust, reliable, and efficient validation of end‑to‑end product behavior.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field; or equivalent work experience.
Proven 3+ years in designing and implementing API test frameworks.
Strong proficiency in Python, especially for writing maintainable automation.
Solid experience with API testing, including verifying request/response correctness, security, and error handling.
Experience writing test cases and designing testing scenarios from user requirements.
Familiarity with event-driven architectures and testing asynchronous behavior.
Experience using tools like Postman, Bruno, or similar API testing utilities.
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and test orchestration.
Basic understanding of frontend/UI testing workflows.
Ability to work in a self-directed manner while collaborating closely with developers and test engineers.
Strong communication skills and willingness to provide input on process improvements.
Curiosity, quality-focused mindset, and motivation to continually grow your testing expertise.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Cypress test framework
Hands-on experience with test design for scalability, reliability, or distributed systems.
Exposure to Agile delivery processes (Scrum, Kanban).
Knowledge of secure testing practices or performance considerations.

Responsibilities

Develop reliable, maintainable automated integration tests using the pytest framework.
Write advanced Python-based automated tests for REST APIs, GraphQL APIs, service interactions, and event-driven workflows.
Contribute to designing test cases based on requirements, architecture diagrams, and system behaviors.
Test event-driven system interactions (e.g., pub/sub messaging, asynchronous processing).
Perform manual and exploratory API testing as needed using Postman, Bruno, or similar tools.
Execute and enhance automated and manual UI/UX test flows for full end-to-end validation.
Analyze test results, troubleshoot failures, and collaborate with developers to identify root causes.
Improve documentation, test plans, and traceability practices.
Participate in code reviews for automated tests and assist in improving test coding standards.
Contribute ideas for improving test frameworks, automation stability, tooling, and processes.
Support continuous integration practices to ensure automated tests run reliably as part of the delivery pipeline.