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Sr. SDET – Python Automation & Data Testing
Santa Monica, California, United StatesHybridContractSenior$100–$100 /hrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available
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Santa Monica, CA
Onsite/ Hybrid/ Remote:
Hybrid (4 days onsite per week, no flexibility)
Duration:
10 Months
Rate Range:
Upto $100/hr on W2
Work Authorization:
GC, USC, All valid EADs except OPT, CPT, H1B
Must Have:
- Python
- Test automation framework development
- API testing
- UI testing
- Integration testing
- End-to-end acceptance testing
- CI/CD pipeline integration
- Jenkins or Spinnaker
- Gherkin / BDD / TDD
- SQL
- Database testing
- Backend testing
- Selenium
- ETL / data accuracy validation
- Big data exposure such as Spark or Hadoop
Responsibilities:
- Partner with software engineers to understand the advertising platform and define effective test strategies.
- Build and maintain automated test frameworks and test suites across UI, API, integration, and end-to-end layers.
- Participate in design discussions to improve platform testability and strengthen defect detection and prevention.
- Support issue triage, root cause analysis, and cross-team defect resolution.
- Create and execute manual test cases where automation is not practical.
- Convert manual test coverage into automated coverage wherever feasible.
- Validate backend workflows, database logic, and data accuracy across systems.
- Contribute within distributed Scrum teams operating in 2-week sprint cycles.
Qualifications:
- 4+ years of hands-on software test development experience across functional and non-functional testing.
- Strong Python proficiency with solid backend testing experience.
- Experience designing, building, and enhancing test automation frameworks.
- Strong experience in API, UI, integration, database, and end-to-end testing.
- Proficiency with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Spinnaker, or similar.
- Experience with Gherkin and BDD/TDD practices.
- Strong SQL skills, including query writing and optimization for database validation.
- Experience validating ETL pipelines, data quality, and data accuracy.
- Familiarity with distributed Agile/Scrum delivery environments.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
Nice to Have:
- Big data testing experience with Spark or Hadoop
- Server-side application testing experience
- Advertising technology domain experience