Senior Software Developer in Test (SDET)
AKKO
IndiaremotePosted 1 month ago
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Key highlights
- Contract position
- 5+ years software testing experience
- EST working hours (9 AM - 5 PM)
- Open to international applicants
- Proficiency in Cypress/TypeScript preferred
Role overview
AKKO is a #1 ranked provider of digital insurance experiences, focusing on protecting devices through innovative and seamless protection solutions. They are seeking a Senior Software Developer in Test (SDET) to focus on automation and manual testing of their software product suite to ensure business requirements are met and a user-friendly experience is provided. The primary role is heavy on writing automated tests, maintaining them, and triaging failures, while also including manual testing work for newer initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Define risk-based test plans and acceptance criteria in partnership with Product/Engineering; translate user stories into clear test cases.
- Build and maintain automated tests (Cypress/TypeScript preferred) across E2E, integration, and API layers; create reusable utilities/page objects and stabilize flaky tests.
- Implement and own CI/CD test gates (smoke/regression) with parallelization and clear pass/fail signals; track coverage and test health metrics.
- Perform targeted manual/exploratory testing for new features, edge cases, and UX flows; drive regression for critical paths.
- Create and manage test data, mocks/fixtures, and environment configurations to keep tests deterministic and fast.
- Coordinate with engineers to reproduce, triage, and debug issues using logs/metrics/trace tools; verify fixes and prevent regressions.
- Own post-deploy smoke testing and release sign-off for web apps and mobile apps; document results and risks.
- Continuously improve the QA/SDET toolchain and practices (coding standards, coverage goals, flake budgets, reporting dashboards).
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Software or related field.
- 5+ years in software testing with strong grounding in functional/regression and modern test design techniques (BC, EP, pairwise, etc.).
- Hands-on experience testing web applications and mobile apps end-to-end, including UX/UAT and bug verification across browsers/devices.
- 3+ years focused on test automation, including designing scalable frameworks and CI integration.
- Proficiency with JavaScript/TypeScript; experience with API testing (Postman/Newman, supertest, REST/GraphQL) and at least one additional tool (Playwright/WebdriverIO/Jest/Mocha).
- Comfortable with CI/CD (GitHub Actions/CircleCI/GitLab), Git, and basic Docker; familiarity with env management and secrets.
- Strong analytical skills; fluency with SDLC/Agile and tooling (Atlassian suite or similar).
- Ability to produce clear documentation (test plans, traceability, results) and communicate risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience writing and maintaining automated tests (unit/integration/E2E) with a focus on reliability and maintainability.
Nice to have
- Advanced degrees.
- Proficiency with Cypress (preferred), specifically selectors, fixtures, commands, intercepts, parallelization.
Additional details
- The position disclosed is a contract position looking to be filled immediately.
- The contractor will be expected to work during EST hours 9 AM - 5 PM EST (New York, USA).
- This position is open to international applicants.
- Core values: Embrace Relentless Ownership, Move Fast, Build Smart, Win Together, Focus On Outcomes, Not Activity, Earn Trust Every Day.
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