Senior Software Development Engineer in Test, SDET
FirmPilot
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $135,000 - $162,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Design and implement automated testing frameworks for backend services and APIs.
- Develop strategies and implement solutions for testing AI-driven workflows, including validating RAG outputs and agent behavior.
- Develop integration, contract, and end-to-end tests for event-driven systems.
- Partner with engineers to improve system testability and observability.
- Define and enforce quality gates in CI/CD pipelines.
- Identify systemic quality risks before they impact production.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in test automation or quality engineering.
- Strong programming experience in TypeScript, Python, or .NET.
- Experience testing distributed, asynchronous, or event-driven systems.
- Experience with API testing (REST and GraphQL).
- Familiarity with AWS-based systems and CI/CD pipelines.
- Ability to think like both an engineer and a systems-level skeptic.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
test automationquality engineeringTypeScriptPython.NETAPI testingRESTGraphQLevent-driven systemsCI/CD pipelinesautomated testing frameworks
Soft skills
critical thinkingcollaborationproblem-solvingsystem-level skepticism