SDET II
Location: Chicago, IL – (Hybrid 3x a week)
Job Type: W2 Contract (12 months, potential to extend)
Schedule: Monday – Friday, day shift
Pay Rate: Starting at $44/hourly with optional benefits plans including PTO, medical insurance, and 401k
Job Summary
Join our team as a SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) and play a key role in shaping the future of quality engineering! In this role, you’ll:
- Drive innovation by extending our cutting-edge automation framework using Java and JavaScript.
- Own the strategy by translating business requirements and acceptance criteria into smart, effective test plans.
- Make an impact by developing robust automation test cases that ensure flawless performance and deliver confidence in every release.
If you’re passionate about automation, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to work on projects that truly matter, this is your opportunity to lead and make a difference.
Typical Task Breakdown:
- Develop test automation code for Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), of systems, infrastructure, and test framework.
- Plan, design, develop, and maintain API test automation framework that facilitates automation scripting, execution, and analysis of results
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring for test engineers on multiple applications/projects onshore and offshore; train and mentor project team members to create, execute, analyze, and maintain automated regression suites
- Coordinate with product owner to resolve open issues/enhancements/upgrades and understand the use of a specific functionality as needed
- Develop automated functional scripts using tools such as Java, Karate, JMeter.
- Perform exploratory and manual testing of the product suite as appropriate
- Provide expertise in testing methodologies, best practices, and standards
- Position will be onsite hybrid starting day 1. Interviews may also be onsite
Education & Experience Required:
- Years of experience: 2-4 yrs experience
- Degree requirement: Bachelor’s degree and 2-4 years of experience
Required Technical Skills (Required)
- Strong design and development skills in two or more of the following technologies and tools: Java (2+ years) Cucumber (2+ years), JBehave or other BDD testing frameworks
- At least 2-4 years of test automation framework design
- Strong experience in testing Webservices (REST APIs) (2+ years)
- Proven experience developing test scripts, test cases, and test data
- The ability to write queries in SQL or other relational databases
- 2+ years of experience in developing scenario based performance testing using JMeter
- Experience testing full stack and integration testing with 3rd parties
- End-to-end system integration testing experience for software platforms
- Experience in Penetration testing (Pen testing)
(Desired)
- Hands on experience with Python
- Development experience in AWS Cloud technology
- Experience in TDD, continuous integration, code review practice is strongly desired
- Experience with Apigee or other API gateways is a plus
- Experience with DevOps concepts and tools (e.g., CI/CD, Jenkins, Git)
- At least 2 years working on an Agile team with a solid understanding of Agile/Lean practices.
- Understanding of a micro service Architecture
- Experience load and performance testing
- Strong documentation skills
Soft Skills (Required)
- Ability to adapt quickly to a complex environment
- Pro-active, flexible and creative
- Very strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with developers and business users