SDET - Automation Engineer

Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, KnackHook, LLC, is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today!

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled SDET - Automation Engineer to lead,

optimize, and execute our automated and manual testing strategies. This role requires 10

years of hands-on experience in software development engineering in test (SDET), strong

programming and scripting expertise, and a deep understanding of test automation

frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and modern quality assurance methodologies.

You will be instrumental in improving our automation suites—specifically focusing on API

and UI testing—securing system quality and scaling our test environments across various

devices and platforms. You will work closely with engineering, development, and project

management teams to ensure the fast, secure, and reliable delivery of our applications

and services.

Key Responsibilities

• Requirement Analysis: Analyze complex software requirements and prepare
  
  

detailed query lists. Ask meaningful, targeted questions when requirements are

incomplete to yield necessary data and ensure effective testing.

• Test Design & Execution: Write and execute robust automated and manual test
  
  

cases to uncover critical system bugs, user interface (UI) anomalies, and usability

issues.

• Test Planning & Strategy: Provide expert inputs on high-level test scenarios,
  
  

project challenges, technical risks, resource allocation, and precise test

estimations during collaborative planning meetings.

• Automation Framework Management: Build, maintain, and expand test
  
  

automation tasks, utilizing modern tools to ensure comprehensive regression and

feature coverage.

• Compatibility Testing: Conduct thorough exploratory testing and verify absolute
  
  

functional consistency across various hardware devices and web browsers.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with development teams
  
  

throughout the SDLC—from reproducing reported issues and emphasizing fixes for

critical bugs to understanding the underlying code changes.

• Status Reporting: Prioritize and estimate task execution efficiently, ensuring daily
  
  

status reports articulate critical bug data and risk assessments clearly to clients

and stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• 10 years of professional experience in DevOps, Software Development
  
  

Engineering in Test (SDET), or Automation Engineering.

• Core Automation Skills: Extensive, hands-on experience with Selenium
  
  

Automation, Playwright automation (specifically for UI developed using

React/Storybook), and Rest API testing frameworks.

• Programming Proficiency: Strong development skills with deep expertise in Java,
  
  

JavaScript, and the JUnit framework.

• Data & Web Services: Solid fundamental programming skills, including writing
  
  

XML, utilizing web services, and executing SQL queries to extract data for test

verification.

• Testing Methodologies: Deep understanding of software testing concepts, Agile
  
  

environments, the complete bug life cycle, and various testing levels, methods, and

estimation techniques.

• Quality & Defect Management Tools: Proficient with quality management
  
  

platforms (e.g., TestRail, HP-ALM/QC, TFS, SpiraTest, or TestDirector) to plan,

execute, and interlink tests with release requirements.

• Infrastructure & Version Control: Experience using SCM tools for code
  
  

maintenance (Git, Bitbucket, or TFS) and modern IDEs (IntelliJ IDEA, VSCode, or

Visual Studio).

• Environment Tools: Competency utilizing desktop/mobile operating systems, web
  
  

proxies for cross-browser testing, simulators, emulators, and SQL clients.

• Soft Skills: Exceptional critical thinking, analytical prioritization skills, and clear
  
  

communication capabilities across technical and non-technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Security Testing: Foundational knowledge of security testing principles and
  
  

exposure to vulnerability assessment methodologies.

• Contract Testing: Hands-on experience or familiarity with contract testing tools
  
  

such as Pact or Spring Boot.

• Environment Exposure: Experience operating within fast-paced or startup
  
  

environments, executing testing workflows within public cloud infrastructures

(Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform)