Senior SDET

Position Name – Senior SDET

Type of hiring – Fulltime

Location – Remote Canada

Salary – CAD $100-120K PA

Job Description:

The
Senior SDET
plays a critical role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and quality of web services and applications through a combination of manual and automated testing. This role works closely with developers, product owners, and other stakeholders to define testing strategies, validate functionality, identify defects, and continuously improve software quality.

The ideal candidate is a testing expert with strong
experience in RESTful API validation, UI testing,
and
test automation
. They bring independence, creativity, and a strong testing mindset, and are comfortable contributing to root cause analysis and design discussions. The role involves working with tools such as
Postman, Playwright,
and
PostgreSQL
to help shape robust and reliable software solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and manage JIRA stories related to testing activities.
• Perform manual testing for RESTful services and standalone UI websites.
• Create and maintain automation test scripts using Postman.
• Develop and maintain Playwright-based automation scripts using TypeScript.
• Conduct root cause analysis for defects and reported issues.

Required Hard Skills (Technical)

• Advanced proficiency in Postman for RESTful API testing.
• Strong experience with JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Basic to medium experience with the Playwright testing framework.
• Proficient in manual testing of RESTful services and UI applications.
• Experience creating complex SQL queries for PostgreSQL validation.
• Familiarity with Kafka, Spring Boot, and React frameworks.
• Experience using tools such as Visual Studio Code, GitHub, JIRA, Confluence, SonarQube, QMetry, Rancher, and Dynatrace.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API testing and system integration analysis.

Required Soft Skills

• Proactive and self-motivated approach to work.
• Collaborative and team-oriented mindset.
• Strong testing mindset with the ability to consider multiple scenarios.
• Creative problem-solving skills.
• Independent, responsible, and accountable.
• Hardworking and committed to delivering high-quality outcomes.

What Success Looks Like

• High-quality software releases with minimal defects.
• Efficient and reliable automated and manual test coverage.
• Clear communication and effective collaboration across teams.
• Proactive identification and resolution of quality issues.
• Continuous improvement of testing processes, tools, and practices.