SDET Engineer (Open for strong OPT consultants)

Summary: The SDET Engineer role focuses on building and modernizing test automation for JavaScript-based web applications. The position involves designing QA automation strategies, creating test scripts, and ensuring quality control within CI/CD processes. Additionally, the role includes mentoring junior team members and collaborating with internal teams and clients. This position is open to strong OPT consultants, indicating a preference for candidates with relevant experience and skills in automation testing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build test automation for JavaScript-based web applications.
• Design QA automation strategy for assigned projects.
• Modernize and refactor existing automated test suites; create clear, actionable bug reports.
• Write clean, well-documented automated test code.
• Establish project test strategies, methodologies, test plans, and execute test scripts.
• Create manual and automated test scripts using requirements documentation (wireframes, comps).
• Drive quality control within CI/CD pipeline processes and implementations.
• Participate in project discoveries, kickoffs, proposal presentations, and statements of work.
• Collaborate with customers and internal creative teams to finalize approved wireframes and mock-ups.
• Establish and track critical paths, milestones, and delivery dates; review deliverables for client acceptance criteria.
• Understand and manage security requirements for systems, testing frameworks, data requirements, and data privacy compliance.
• Review QA test plans to ensure compliance with security requirements.
• Coach and mentor junior team members, sharing knowledge through training, documentation, and meetings.

Key Skills:

• 5+ years of QA Automation experience.
• 3+ years of testing JavaScript applications.
• Hands-on experience using Rest Assured.
• Strong JavaScript or TypeScript skills with experience in building automation test frameworks from scratch using Playwright, Cucumber, Jest, Cypress, WebdriverIO, or other open-source tools.
• Experience testing reusable web components with Storybook, CSS, HTML, and a basic understanding of Lit-html.
• Highly proficient in automated visual testing using Applitools with JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Ability to write and configure automated tests using Applitools and Storybook from scratch.
• Strong understanding of Applitools for baseline and regression visual testing.
• Experience configuring, running, and debugging automated visual tests in CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
• Ability to perform manual testing on Storybook components and create bugs in JIRA when needed.
• Proficiency with GitHub and version control best practices.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT