Sr Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

DescriptionKforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) in Farmington, Hills, MI.Key Responsibilities:* Develop and maintain UI and API automated tests using Playwright and TypeScript* Expand and enhance automation frameworks by creating reusable fixtures, API clients, utilities, and coding standards* Build automated coverage for modern web applications and REST APIs* Integrate and execute automated tests through CI/CD pipelines* Investigate failures using test traces, application logs, network activity, API responses, and SQL validation* Validate application processing 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 other quality team members throughout the development lifecycle* Participate in code reviews and improve the reliability and maintainability of the automation suite* Identify flaky, redundant, slow, or low-value tests and address root causesAI-Assisted Quality Engineering:SDETs are expected to leverage 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* Identifying missing scenarios, edge cases, negative paths, and requirement gaps* Accelerating test-data creation, SQL queries, API requests, and reusable automation components* Analyzing failures, logs, stack traces, and test execution results* Refactoring repetitive, flaky, or difficult-to-maintain automation code* Creating technical documentation, test summaries, and defect details* Understanding unfamiliar application code and identifying areas of testing risk* Sharing effective AI-assisted testing practices with other team membersRequirements* Hands-on experience using Playwright with TypeScript for UI and API automation* Strong TypeScript programming fundamentals* Experience designing maintainable automation frameworks-not simply creating test scripts* Experience testing modern web applications* Experience testing REST APIs* Strong understanding of REST, JSON, authentication, response validation, and negative API testing* SQL experience for backend data validation* 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 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 clearlyJob TypeContractCompensation40 - $50