What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) position at Tek Inspirations LLC?
Job Description -
Job Title: Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Location: Okemos, MI - Hybrid (minimum of 4 days a week in Okemos, MI)
Mode of Interview: First Round In-Person required
- First Round In-Person interview is required.
- Must have: Playwright with TypeScript, GitHub Copilot, Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Oracle
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.
Required Qualifications:
- 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 the 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.
Salary : $55 - $56