Work Mode: Remote

Employment Type: Part-Time | Freelance

We are looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with strong hands-on expertise in Playwright, TypeScript, API automation, and SQL validation. The ideal candidate should be capable of designing scalable automation frameworks rather than simply writing or modifying test scripts.

Key Responsibilities:

- Develop and maintain UI and API automation tests using Playwright and TypeScript.
- Design and enhance reusable automation frameworks, fixtures, API clients, and utilities.
- Automate testing for Angular applications and Java-based REST APIs.
- Integrate and execute automated test suites through Jenkins pipelines.
- Perform backend data validation using Oracle SQL.
- Conduct exploratory, functional, integration, regression, and manual testing.
- Analyze test failures using Playwright traces, application logs, network activity, and API responses.
- Identify and resolve flaky, redundant, and inefficient automated tests.
- Participate in code reviews and establish automation coding standards.
- Collaborate with developers, product owners, and QA teams to identify quality risks.

AI-Assisted Quality Engineering:

- Use GitHub Copilot and approved AI tools to generate and improve automation scripts.




- Leverage AI to identify missing test scenarios, edge cases, and negative test paths.
- Use AI to accelerate test-data creation, SQL queries, and API validation.
- Analyze logs, stack traces, and automation failures using AI assistance.
- Review and validate AI-generated code for accuracy, security, and maintainability.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

- Robust hands-on experience with Playwright and TypeScript.
- Excellent TypeScript programming fundamentals.
- Experience building and maintaining scalable automation frameworks.
- Experience testing Angular-based web applications.
- Strong API automation and testing experience with Java-based REST APIs.
- Knowledge of HTTP, REST, JSON, authentication, and negative API testing.
- Experience with Oracle SQL and backend database validation.
- Hands-on experience with Jenkins or other CI/CD tools.
- Familiarity with Git, Bitbucket, and collaborative development workflows.
- Experience with exploratory, functional, regression, and integration testing.
- Working knowledge of GitHub Copilot or other AI-assisted development tools.

Preferred Technical Environment:

Playwright | TypeScript | Angular | Java REST APIs | Oracle SQL | Jenkins | Bitbucket | GitHub Copilot

📌 Freelance Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) (India)
🏢 IndiTech Consulting
📍 India