SDET

Responsibilities

Kforce's client in Okemos, MI that seeking a hands-on Quality Engineer/SDET to help drive both automated and manual testing across modern web applications and APIs. This role requires someone who can build and maintain scalable automation solutions, investigate complex failures, validate backend data, and contribute to overall quality engineering strategy. The ideal candidate has strong experience with Playwright and TypeScript and understands how to design maintainable automation frameworks rather than simply creating or modifying test scripts. This individual will work closely with developers, product owners, and other technical stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle.Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain automated UI and API tests using modern automation frameworks and TypeScript
• Expand and improve existing automation frameworks, including reusable components, utilities, fixtures, and coding standards
• Build automated test coverage for modern web applications and RESTful APIs
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Investigate test failures using application logs, network activity, API responses, database queries, and automation diagnostics
• Validate application functionality and backend data using SQL
• Perform exploratory, functional, integration, regression, and risk-based manual testing
• Review requirements and acceptance criteria to identify gaps, edge cases, risks, and testability concerns
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and testers throughout story development
• Participate in code reviews and continuously improve the reliability and maintainability of automated test suites
• Identify and address flaky, redundant, slow, or low-value tests

Skills

• Hands-on experience with Playwright and TypeScript for UI and API automation
• Strong programming fundamentals and experience designing maintainable test automation
• Experience testing modern web applications
• Experience testing RESTful APIs
• Strong understanding of REST, JSON, authentication, response validation, and negative testing
• SQL experience for backend data validation
• Experience integrating or executing automated tests through CI/CD platforms
• Experience with Git-based source control and collaborative development workflows
• Ability to diagnose issues 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 clearly communicate defects, risks, and quality concerns
• Accountable for reviewing and validating all AI-assisted work to ensure correctness, security, maintainability, and alignment with established engineering standards

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.


We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.


Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.


This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.


Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.


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