SDET

We're looking for an SDET who's passionate about quality; not just as a phase, but as a core part of how great software gets built. In this role, you'll help shape what great looks like for our engineering teams, including setting test standards, supporting engineers and making sure quality is everyone's responsibility. This role requires strong software development skills, a deep understanding of distributed systems, and the ability to influence quality across the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC). You'll be embedded in a collaborative environment where software is shipped fast, iteratively, and often. Your work will focus on making sure things don't just work but work well together.

You'll bring clarity, structure and confidence to the way we test by balancing automation with human insight and keeping the end-user in mind. You would drive the automated testing efforts covering contract testing, smoke testing, regression testing, and end-to-end testing, ensuring that we deliver fast with full confidence. You'll bring your considerable knowledge of test automation to help us build new products that are reliable, secure, performant, and resilient. If you're curious, love asking the awkward questions, and want to support software engineers in building and iterating quickly, you'll thrive here.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain test automation frameworks from scratch or extend existing ones, ensuring integration into our CI/CD pipelines.
• Define and uphold the standards for test quality, ensuring consistency and confidence in our releases.
• Write high-quality, maintainable integration and end-to-end tests that follow production engineering standards.
• AI-first mindset required: leverage AI assistants and tools as part of day-to-day SDET workflows (test design, automation, analysis, and continuous quality improvement).
• Build reusable test utilities, mocks, and simulators.
• Contribute to and help evolve the overall test strategy for one or more products or services.
• Partner with engineers, product managers, and delivery leads to embed quality thinking from day one, and not as an afterthought.
• Design and oversee test strategies that combine automation, exploratory testing, and regression coverage.
• Drive the implementation and evolution of automated testing frameworks.
• Own the structure and health of test suites and regression packs, helping teams keep them lean, relevant, and valuable.
• Actively test front-end, back-end, API, and distributed microservices using tools like Playwright, Jest, Supertest, Cypress, Postman, RestAssured and other modern frameworks.
• Perform and organise performance testing with tools such as K6 and JMeter.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure cross-squad functionality and integration are properly tested.
• Get involved in the testing cycle, helping to investigate issues, write tests, support manual QA, and sign off changes.
• Investigate defects and production issues; ensure fixes are validated through automation.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience in Test Automation.
• Strong hands-on experience in building and maintaining test automation frameworks and API testing tools, not just executing them.
• Confident writing automated tests in TypeScript.
• Expertise in designing and Executing End-to-End Test Strategies that align with Agile delivery.
• Solid experience embedding quality early in the SDLC by working closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Principal Engineers and Delivery Managers.
• Experience working in agile continuous delivery teams, including daily coordination with cross-functional stakeholders to evaluate, prioritise, and drive resolution of defects based on reproducibility, business impact, and release scope.

Preferred:

• Computer Science or Information Technology degree, Diploma or similar.
• CSTAE or ASTQB ISTQB Advanced Certification.
• Certified Automation Tester (with experience on Selenium, Playwright, RestAssured).
• Familiarity with pipeline and event-driven systems (Kafka, AWS EventBridge, AWS Step Functions, queues, streams, SnapLogic).

Personal Attributes:

• Quality mindset - deeply values software quality and strives for continuous improvement across teams.
• Collaborative nature - works well and constructively challenges engineers, product managers, and delivery managers to embed quality early in the SDLC.
• Proactive attitude toward continuous improvement, always seeking better ways to optimise automation.
• Critical thinker - approaches testing with curiosity and rigour; digs deep to uncover root causes.
• Adaptability - comfortable with change and able to pivot priorities in fast-paced, agile environments.
• Detail-oriented - thorough in reviewing test cases, strategies, and outcomes without losing sight of the bigger picture.
• Ownership-driven - takes responsibility for the overall health of the QA process and quality outcomes.
• Learner - willing to learn and adapt as systems and tools evolve.