Senior SDET

Senior SDET

Posted 6 days ago by 1765370182

Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Reston, United States

Summary: The Senior SDET role involves working within a growing platform engineering team, focusing on quality engineering with a strong emphasis on performance testing, API testing, and test data management. The position is critical for ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and reliable software systems across complex applications. The candidate will be responsible for designing testing strategies and automating processes to enhance software quality. This role requires a blend of technical expertise and collaboration with engineering teams to optimize system performance.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and execute comprehensive performance and load-testing strategies.
  • Use tools such as JMeter, Gatling, or LoadRunner for benchmarking and scalability analysis.
  • Identify bottlenecks and partner with engineering teams to optimize system performance.
  • Build and maintain automated API test suites using Postman, RestAssured, or SoapUI.
  • Validate API responses, schemas, error handling, and authentication flows.
  • Champion shift-left testing practices to improve early-stage test coverage.
  • Create and implement strategies for reliable test data provisioning across complex applications.
  • Work with tools like Delphix, IBM Optim, or Informatica TDM.
  • Ensure compliance with data masking, privacy, and security requirements.
  • Develop and maintain automated tests using Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
  • Integrate and optimize test suites within CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps).
  • Support efficient test execution in cloud and containerized environments.

Key Skills:

  • 5+ years of experience in Performance Testing, API Testing, or Test Data Management.
  • Proficiency in scripting or programming languages (Python, Java, or JavaScript).
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Strong analytical ability to diagnose performance issues and API failures.
  • Hands-on experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Understanding of security testing and regulatory compliance best practices.
  • Background in large-scale or high-complexity systems is helpful.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Reston

Country: United States

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:
Ref: #71470

Senior SDET

About the Role
A growing platform engineering team is looking for a skilled Quality Engineer (QE) with strong experience in Performance Testing, API Testing, and Test Data Management. This role is central to ensuring high-quality, scalable, and reliable software systems across complex applications.

What You’ll Do

Performance & Load Testing

  • Design and execute comprehensive performance and load-testing strategies

  • Use tools such as JMeter, Gatling, or LoadRunner for benchmarking and scalability analysis

  • Identify bottlenecks and partner with engineering teams to optimize system performance

API Quality & Automation

  • Build and maintain automated API test suites using Postman, RestAssured, or SoapUI

  • Validate API responses, schemas, error handling, and authentication flows

  • Champion shift-left testing practices to improve early-stage test coverage

Test Data Management

  • Create and implement strategies for reliable test data provisioning across complex applications

  • Work with tools like Delphix, IBM Optim, or Informatica TDM

  • Ensure compliance with data masking, privacy, and security requirements

Automation & CI/CD

  • Develop and maintain automated tests using Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright

  • Integrate and optimize test suites within CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps)

  • Support efficient test execution in cloud and containerized environments


Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in Performance Testing, API Testing, or Test Data Management

  • Proficiency in scripting or programming languages (Python, Java, or JavaScript)

  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

  • Strong analytical ability to diagnose performance issues and API failures

  • Hands-on experience with SQL and NoSQL databases

  • Understanding of security testing and regulatory compliance best practices

  • Background in large-scale or high-complexity systems is helpful

Tools You’ll Work With

  • Performance: JMeter, Gatling, LoadRunner

  • API Testing: Postman, RestAssured, SoapUI

  • Automation: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright

  • TDM: Delphix, IBM Optim, Informatica TDM

  • CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps

  • Cloud & Containers: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes

  • Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB