Senior Software Developer in Test (SDET)

As a Senior Software Developer in Test (SDET) at AKKO, your primary focus will be on automation and manual testing of the suite of software products offered to customers. You will be responsible for ensuring that the software meets business requirements and provides a user-friendly experience. Your role will involve writing automated tests, maintaining them, and triaging failures. Additionally, you will be involved in manual testing for new initiatives. **Role Overview:** - Define risk-based test plans and acceptance criteria in collaboration with Product/Engineering, translating user stories into clear test cases. - Build and maintain automated tests (preferably using Cypress/TypeScript) across E2E, integration, and API layers. - Implement CI/CD test gates with parallelization, clear pass/fail signals, and tracking coverage and test health metrics. - Conduct targeted manual/exploratory testing for new features, edge cases, and UX flows, as well as drive regression for critical paths. - Create and manage test data, mocks/fixtures, and environment configurations to ensure deterministic and fast tests. - Collaborate with engineers to reproduce, triage, and debug issues, verify fixes, and prevent regressions. - Own post-deploy smoke testing and release sign-off for web and mobile apps, documenting results and risks. - Continuously improve the QA/SDET toolchain and practices including coding standards, coverage goals, flake budgets, and reporting dashboards. **Key Responsibilities:** - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software or related field (advanced degrees a plus). - 5+ years of software testing experience with a strong grounding in functional/regression testing and modern test design techniques. - Hands-on experience testing web and mobile applications end-to-end, including UX/UAT and bug verification. - 3+ years focused on test automation, designing scalable frameworks, and CI integration. - Proficiency with Cypress and JavaScript/TypeScript, experience with API testing and additional tools like Playwright, WebdriverIO, Jest, or Mocha. - Comfortable with CI/CD tools, Git, Docker, and environment management. - Strong analytical skills, fluency with SDLC/Agile, and ability to produce clear documentation. - Experience writing and maintaining automated tests with a focus on reliability and maintainability. As a contractor for this position, you will be expected to work during EST hours 9 AM - 5 PM EST. International applicants are welcome to apply. At AKKO, we value collaboration, ambition, diversity, customer focus, empathy, proactivity, integrity, data-driven decision-making, and continuous improvement. *CCPA disclosure notice at getakko.com/legal*,