About this Software Developer in Test II role at Caseware
What you will do:
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Designs, implements and executes automated tests across the platform, and owns the automated testing of new features developed within the squad.
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Creates, owns and reviews peers’ automation scripts, and takes ownership of keeping them green.
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Investigates and fixes automation failures by debugging daily automation runs and reports, without needing that work assigned.
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Contributes to quality releases and reduced time to market by adding meaningful automation coverage and by converting manual tests to automated ones.
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Contributes to improvements within the test pyramid — shifting away from sole reliance on UI validation toward lower levels of testing to increase reliability.
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Improves the stability and speed of E2E tests through better test data setup, test isolation and execution reliability; champions practices that reduce flaky tests and noisy signals.
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Performs root-cause analysis of defects using logs, browser dev tools, API calls and data inspection.
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Challenges acceptance criteria for each persona during refinement, and identifies during planning what should be automated.
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Handles on-call effectively and promptly, and reliably reproduces production defects.
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Assists during hotfix rollouts and other time-sensitive initiatives.
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Creates accurate, informative Jira tickets with the data needed to reproduce an issue.
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Gives credible automation effort estimates during refinement.
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Participates in and improves code review practice across the team.
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Contributes toward key delivery and quality metrics — test coverage, defect trends, test effectiveness, execution health, flakiness and regression rates — and uses them to refine practice.
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Collaborates with squad Development, Product, UX and Documentation members, and presents sprint demos to the squad and team.
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Mentors SDET I and co-op team members, and assists with onboarding new hires.
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Works with agentic testing capability and AI test harnesses applied within the quality engineering space, and contributes to evaluating what actually works.
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Works with DevOps to build and enhance the CI/CD pipeline.
What you will bring:
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2+ years of experience in quality engineering teams, ideally within a modern SaaS or platform organisation in a cloud-native environment (AWS).
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Solid hands-on experience in TypeScript, HTML and CSS; Java and JavaScript depending on the platform.
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Core automation skills and a working understanding of the frameworks and tools used for web application and microservices testing — in-depth knowledge of Cypress with TypeScript, or the willingness to get there quickly.
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Knowledge of testing strategies and tools across the pyramid, from unit through to E2E, including API contract and integration testing (Pact, K6).
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Understanding of cloud, microservice and third-party-integration-based architecture, and of databases.
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Extensive knowledge of version control systems such as Git and their application to managing test artifacts.
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Working knowledge of GitHub Actions or Jenkins, and experience working with DevOps to build and enhance a CI/CD pipeline.
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Familiarity with observability tooling and with practices that improve test signal and pipeline feedback loops.
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Experience working in a fast-paced agile environment with changing priorities.
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Strong communication, time management, interpersonal and team-building skills.
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A keen eye for detail and well-developed problem-solving skills.
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Practical interest in AI-powered testing tools such as GitHub Copilot and Claude, and the judgement to know where they help and where they do not.
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Nice to have: experience testing Angular / AngularJS applications with Cypress-class frameworks; IntelliJ; and working knowledge of the accounting, auditing or financial domain.
