Senior Software Development Engineer in Test
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Summary
Senior SDET working on a client's senior living community software platform. Day to day: designing shift-left test strategies, writing TypeScript/Playwright automated tests, maintaining Dockerized CI/CD test pipelines, and mentoring junior QA contractors in a Kanban-based squad model.
The software platform was founded with a singular goal: to help senior living communities flourish. Our passion for harnessing technology to improve people’s lives has made us the leading senior living software provider for the largest and most diverse population of senior living communities today. Our comprehensive platform provides solutions that help residents thrive by delivering a more holistic approach to enriching the resident experience, not just through engaging content, but also through empowering the staff who support them and facilitating connections with their families—making senior care exceptional for everyone.
Technology stack & Development tools: Java 17+, Spring Boot, Spring AI, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, React, Node.js, Express.js
Responsibilities
- Design and drive test strategies that are embedded in the development workflow, catching defects early and protecting customers through shift-left quality practices
- Partner with engineers to verify that deliverables meet functional and technical specifications, contributing to code reviews and test ability improvements along the way
- Develop and maintain QA processes appropriate to a fast-moving product engineering team operating on a Kanban model
- Serve as a player-coach to junior QA contractors — reviewing their work, providing guidance, and helping them grow
- Build and maintain test case libraries and test infrastructure—including frameworks, test data strategies, CI/CD pipeline integrations, and test reporting dashboards—to support
- reliable continuous delivery
- Leverage AI tooling to assist with test case automation and to streamline the authorship and management of test documentation
- Perform manual and automated testing on complex product functionality, including edge cases and related functional areas
- Write new automated tests for both simple and complex functionality
- Develop expert-level functional and architectural knowledge of all products
- Understand and operate within Сustomers’s software development lifecycle and squad-based operating model
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience in software development in test
- Eagerness to adopt AI-assisted QA tools and workflows
- Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript and Playwright
- Experience in QA engineering with a track record of delivering quality product
- Proven experience designing and executing automated tests for microservices-based architectures.
- Strong practical knowledge of Docker, including creating and maintaining Docker files and Docker Compose manifests.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, including configuration, troubleshooting, debugging, and maintaining automated test pipelines.
- Ability to analyze complex technical issues, identify root causes, and troubleshoot test automation and pipeline failures independently.
- Strong communication skills — ability to bring value and insight to conversations and communicate overarching project status effectively to technical and non-technical people
- Player-coach mentality — experience mentoring and guiding junior QA team members
- Experience with Java or C#/.NET would be a plus.
Benefits
Professional development
- Highly experienced professional community: more than 50% employees have a senior level of competence
- Personal development plan and regular Performance Appraisal
- Clear rotation process with opportunity to switch between different roles, projects or technology stack
- Attendance of professional conferences, meetups and certifications (coverage upon on business needs)
- Internal training programs, free SmartTalks and TechTalks inside the company
- Access to Pluralsight
- Corporate English classes
Well-being
- Flexible schedule and possibility to work remotely: feel free to choose an option upon your preferences
- Paid vacation annually