# Software Development Engineer in Test III - Core Modules

**Company:** [GoHighLevel](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/gohighlevel)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** QA Engineering
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, REST APIs, K6
**Posted:** 2025-07-28

> Builds and scales automation frameworks, QA tooling, observability, and performance-testing infrastructure for a large SaaS platform. The role requires 5+ years of testing or automation experience and strong programming, CI/CD, cloud, API, and distributed-systems skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own and evolve the test automation platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, and ease of use.
- Design and maintain robust automation frameworks across UI, API, and backend layers.
- Build and enhance internal QA tools that improve test efficiency.
- Drive adoption of automation best practices, coding standards, and efficient test design.
- Implement and maintain test observability systems for reporting, analytics, and defect insights.
- Conduct performance, load, and scalability testing for key features and services.
- Develop and maintain test infrastructure supporting containerized and distributed environments.
- Collaborate closely with developers, QA, and DevOps to embed quality throughout the delivery pipeline.
- Improve test reliability and flakiness detection through intelligent retry and failure analysis systems.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of tooling, test data management, and CI/CD quality gates.
- Research and implement emerging technologies, including AI/ML, LLMs, and smart test generation, to advance test automation capabilities.
- Advocate for shift-left quality and influence design and architecture discussions for better testability.
- Maintain clear documentation and onboarding materials for test frameworks and platform usage.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in software testing or automation for web applications, SaaS platforms, or large-scale systems.
- Proven expertise designing and maintaining test automation frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium.
- Strong programming skills in TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python, with the ability to write scalable, maintainable automation code.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab, and containerized environments including Docker and Kubernetes.
- Working knowledge of GCP or AWS for test infrastructure and environment setup.
- Deep understanding of RESTful APIs, request validation, and integration testing.
- Experience with performance-testing tools such as k6, Locust, or JMeter.
- Familiarity with test reporting dashboards, metrics tracking, and alerting using tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, and Slack integrations.
- Strong ability to diagnose failures in distributed systems and identify root causes.
- Solid understanding of system design, microservices, databases, and data flow across layers.
- Excellent communication, documentation, and collaboration skills with a cross-functional mindset.
- Ownership-driven mindset, curiosity about platform scalability, and passion for building tools that enable others to test better.

## Nice to Have
- Exposure to AI-assisted testing or LLM-based test generation.

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