📅 Aug 28
Leads test automation strategy and delivery for complex features, improving testing infrastructure, CI/CD reliability, and release confidence while mentoring engineers and partnering across QA and engineering.
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) – US Recent Grad (Remote)
🕒 3 days ago
Software Development TestingAutomated TestingTypeScriptPython
📜 Description
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks using TypeScript, Python, Pytest, and Playwright.
- Create and maintain API tests with Postman.
- Collaborate with engineering and QA teams to define testing strategies and ensure comprehensive coverage.
- Identify automation opportunities and explore AI tools for test generation, defect prediction, and test optimization.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and release processes; troubleshoot failures with development teams.
- Improve QA processes, test frameworks, and tooling through clean, reusable test code.
🛠️ Requirements
- At least 5 years of proven experience as an SDET, QA Engineer, or Software Engineer with a focus on automated testing
- Strong programming skills in TypeScript or Python
- Hands‑on experience with Playwright, Pytest, and Postman
- Experience with IDEs like Cursor or equivalent for test development and workflow efficiency
- Understanding of AI concepts and how they can be applied in testing and automation
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and triggering automated tests
- Ability to design test frameworks, write reusable test code, and identify automation opportunities
- Strong problem‑solving skills and attention to detail
- Comfortable working independently in a fully remote, distributed team environment
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across time zones
Full job description
About Us
Zact is a Fintech innovator dedicated to a singular idea : Organizations need simpler expense and payment management systems that align the spending employee with finance and accounting while providing inherent guardrails and continuous reconciliation with financial systems.
Zact enables all parts of the company to Pay by the Rules.
About the Role
We are looking for a talented SDET recent graduate to join our global team and help build scalable, reliable, and intelligent testing solutions for our product. You will work closely with engineers, product managers, and QA teams to design, implement, and maintain automated test frameworks while exploring opportunities to leverage AI in improving testing efficiency and coverage.
Location
Zact is a global company with multiple locations across US, Europe and India.
We provide 100% Remote Working Option.
What You’ll Do
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks using TypeScript, Python, Pytest, Playwright, and related technologies
- Create and maintain API tests using Postman
- Collaborate with engineers and QA teams to define testing strategies and ensure comprehensive coverage
- Identify tests and workflows that can benefit from automation or AI‑assisted testing
- Explore and leverage AI tools to improve test generation, defect prediction, and test optimization
- Write clean, maintainable, and scalable test code using best practices
- Work with CI/CD pipelines to trigger automated tests and integrate them into release processes
- Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve test failures in coordination with development teams
- Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, test frameworks, and tooling
What We’re Looking For
- At least 5 years of proven experience as an SDET, QA Engineer, or Software Engineer with a focus on automated testing
- Strong programming skills in TypeScript or Python
- Hands‑on experience with Playwright, Pytest, and Postman
- Experience with IDEs like Cursor or equivalent for test development and workflow efficiency
- Understanding of AI concepts and how they can be applied in testing and automation
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and triggering automated tests
- Ability to design test frameworks, write reusable test code, and identify automation opportunities
- Strong problem‑solving skills and attention to detail
- Comfortable working independently in a fully remote, distributed team environment
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across time zones
- Recent grads are welcome to apply
Nice to Have
- Experience with other test automation frameworks or languages
- Exposure to AI‑assisted test generation or analytics tools
- Knowledge of SaaS, B2B, or enterprise software environments
- Understanding of performance, security, or accessibility testing
Minimum Education Requirement
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field or equivalent practical experience
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