
SDET Lead
- Philadelphia, PA
- $60,000-135,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Collaborate with developers and product owners during sprint planning to understand upcoming features and user journeys.
- Identify E2E test scenarios early, even before full implementation is complete.
- Define test data requirements, dependencies, and environment needs
- Build modular, reusable, and scalable automation scripts for E2E flows.
- Use mock services or stubs to simulate unavailable components.
- Automate API and UI layers in parallel to development using tools.
- Integrate E2E tests into the CI/CD pipeline to run on every build or feature branch.
- Ensure fast feedback to developers by prioritizing critical path tests.
- Use test tagging (e.g., smoke, regression, feature-specific) for efficient execution.
- Work closely with developers to understand technical constraints and integration points.
- Provide early feedback on defects, integration issues, and performance bottlenecks.
- Participate in code reviews and pair programming for testability improvements.
- Create and manage test data scripts for consistent and repeatable test runs.
- Collaborate with DevOps to ensure stable test environments.
- Use containerized environments (e.g., Docker) for isolated test execution.
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