Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Hands-on SDET role in Lansing, MI (4 days on-site, US citizens with ADP clearance only): building and expanding Playwright/TypeScript UI and API automation for Angular apps and Java REST APIs, validating data with Oracle SQL, running tests via Jenkins, and using GitHub Copilot for AI-assisted testing.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Lansing, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Qa
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Must be local to Lansing, Michigan for on-site interviews and on-site work (4 days on-site, no remote)
- U.S. Citizenship or naturalized citizen; ADP I or II clearance eligibility
- Hands-on experience using Playwright with TypeScript for UI and API automation
- Strong TypeScript programming fundamentals
- Experience designing maintainable automation, not simply creating test scripts
- Experience testing modern web applications, preferably Angular
- Experience testing Java-based REST APIs
- Strong understanding of HTTP, REST, JSON, authentication, response validation, and negative API testing
- SQL experience for backend data validation, preferably with Oracle
- Experience executing automated tests through Jenkins or another CI/CD platform
- Experience with Git-based source control and collaborative development workflows
- Ability to diagnose failures across UI, API, database, test code, test data, and environment layers
- Experience with exploratory and manual testing in addition to automation
- Ability to work independently and communicate defects and quality risks clearly
- Use GitHub Copilot and other approved AI capabilities in daily work, with accountability for reviewing AI-generated output
Full description
- Must be local to Lansing, Michigan for on-site interviews and on-site work requirements.
- This job's duties may include task assignments to support, administer, or access systems, which contractually require ADP I or II clearance and U.S. Citizenship or naturalized citizen.
- No remote option.
- 4 days working on-site required.
- Please No C2C or 3rd Party Submissions.Summary
This hands-on quality engineering position combines Playwright automation, API testing, SQL validation, exploratory testing, and targeted manual testing. Candidates must be capable of writing maintainable TypeScript and contributing to automation architecture - not simply recording or modifying test scripts. Our primary tools include Playwright with TypeScript, GitHub Copilot, Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Oracle.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain UI and API automated tests using Playwright and TypeScript.
- Expand the existing Playwright framework and establish reusable fixtures, API clients, utilities, and coding standards.
- Create automated coverage for Angular applications and Java based REST APIs.
- Integrate and execute automated tests through Jenkins.
- Investigate failures using Playwright traces, application logs, network activity, API responses, and SQL.
- Validate application processing and data using Oracle SQL. Perform exploratory, functional, integration, recession, and risk-based manual testing.
- Review requirements and acceptance criteria for gaps, edge cases, risks, and testability.
- Collaborative with developers, product owners, and testers throughout story development.
- Participate in code reviews and improve the reliability and maintainability of the automation suite.
- Identify flake, redundant, slow, or low-value tests and address their underlying causes.
AI - Assisted Quality Engineering
SDETs are expected to use GitHub Copilot and other approved AI capabilities in their daily work to improve speed, coverage, and effectiveness. This includes:
- Generating and refining Playwright TypeScript tests for UI and API scenarios.
- Identifying missing scenarios, edge cases, negative paths, and requirement gaps.
- Accelerating test-data creation, SQL queries, API requests, and reusable automation components.
- Analyzing failures, logs, stack traces, and Playwright traces.
- Refactoring repetitive, flaky, or difficult-to-maintain automation code.
- Creating technical documentation, test summaries, and defect details.
- Understanding unfamiliar application code and identifying areas of testing risk.
- Sharing effective AI-assisted testing practices with other team members.