What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Development Engineer In Test / SDET position at Heady?
About the role:
Heady is looking for an experienced, well-rounded Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) to join our growing team. In this position, you will own responsibility for the quality of our work and work closely with a strong, cross-functional, and cross-geographical team of engineers, product managers, and designers and help cultivate a quality mindset, coach and advocate for quality while assisting teams with software testing practices.
Responsibilities:
- Create automation frameworks and implement various design patterns
- API and UI automation scripting and maintenance
- Test integration with CI
- Test integration with the cloud platform
- Build health analysis
- Interact with clients as needed to ensure that we are delivering what they require
Qualification & Skills:
- A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience, with 5 years of automation experience.
- 3 years of coding expertise using TypeScript or JavaScript.
- 3 years of hands‑on experience with Playwright for web automation.
- 2 years of experience in mobile app testing using Appium (Android/iOS).
- 1 year of experience working with MCP (Playwright MCP or Appium MCP).
- 2 years of experience writing API automation scripts and unit test scripts.
- Strong working knowledge of Git and CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitLab CI.
- Excellent familiarity with automation design patterns, including POM, FPOM, FDP, Singleton, and other scalable framework patterns.
- Experience using AI‑assisted automation tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, etc.) is a strong advantage.
- Strong attention to detail, effective multitasking ability, and the capability to work both independently and collaboratively.
Bonus points if you have:
- Hands-on experience with XCUI with Swift, Cypress, WebdriverIO, RestAssured, and JMeter
- Experience in Security Testing
About Heady:
We offer a multitude of services – strategy, user experience design (UX), user Interface design (UI), software engineering, testing, marketing, analytics, and maintenance – all of which come together to form a successful product.
We use a hybrid model: Our engineers are based in India, while our UX, UI, strategy, and lead management are in the US. We are not an outsourcing agency; having both regular meetings and a local presence is important to us, just as it is to our clients.