SDET & Test Automation Jobs

Position Title: Senior Full Stack SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test)

Location: Vienna, VA, Pensacola, FL or San Diego, CA(Hybrid)

Clearance Requirements: None (Open to US Citizens, Green Card Holders, TN Visa, Green Card EADs)

Position Status: Contract

Pay Rate: $60/hr on W2
Top Skills:
Full Stack SDET (Front-End and Back-End Automation Test Exp Required)

Top 3 Required Skills:
• Hands-on development/coding (Java)
• Hand on experience with UI+API+DB automation testing
• Hands experience on a wide variety of testing techniques and types and STLC process

Top 3 Desired Skills:
• Hands-on development/coding (Java)
• Hand on experience with UI+API+DB automation testing
• Hands experience on a wide variety of testing techniques and types and STLC process

Job Description:
Mid -Senior Level Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Basic Purpose:
The Digital Delivery team develops innovative member and team member experiences that leverage the latest technologies in open source and the Azure cloud. Digital Delivery team is responsible for engineering modern web applications to implement a complete UI and micro services for multi device, multi-platform mobile and desktop web applications. As a member of this team your role will be a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) working in a Scrum environment, you will test software applications and features using test suites and scripts, perform anomaly reporting, software analysis, develop automated software test packages using various technologies, perform functional and performance testing.
Additionally, SDET is responsible for providing support for one or more existing software applications. This includes application issue-analysis/resolution, configuration, managing security/permissions, and providing assistance to users. They would also collaborate with other divisions of Navy Federal primarily ISD Cloud team.
Responsibilities:
• Work with engineers to troubleshoot and remediate automation issues in

Job Title: Senior Software Development Engineer (SDET)
Location: Hybrid Work Model Reporting to Vienna, VA, Pensacola, FL, San Diego, CA
Pay Rate: Open to Both C2C and W2 options
Position Type: Multiyear Contract

Responsibilities
• Work with engineers to troubleshoot and remediate automation issues in testing and deploying environments
• Work alongside developers as well as the business stakeholders and strive to automate the acceptance criteria
• Understand, and implement agile development methodologies while working with teams using the Sprint/Scrum methodology of agile
• Understand project documents, customer demands, and product objectives to create and execute test cases
• Test complex API, web and mobile based applications that reference database back-end systems
• Support non-functional requirements such as, performance testing
• Set up, maintain, and perform test automation frameworks on multiple application platforms, such as Mobile, Desktop, and Web, and building test scenarios and acceptance tests
• Participate in all agile ceremonies (standups, planning, backlog refinement, reviews, etc.) ensuring QA and testing is continuously represented and effectively incorporated into all aspects of the project
• Own end-to-end test strategy, analyze requirements, build test plan, design test cases and implement test automation for applications of moderate to high complexity
• Manage the final quality on production release
• Develop, execute, and maintain automation test scripts to meet software release deliverables, project testing requirements and other quality considerations
• Develop smoke, functional, regression, and integration test suites for UI, API Services, and databases
• Develop and execute manual test cases to detect issues that cannot be detected through automated means (when needed)
• Design customer centric automation test processes for all existing and new product development
• Apply a strong understanding of software testing/delivery to build and

Reston, VA

Contract

Mar 9, 2026

Senior SDET -
Highly experienced Senior SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) to help deliver test automation across our software development lifecycle. This role is ideal for someone with deep expertise in test automation, software development, and testing. You will work closely with developers, product managers, and DevOps to ensure our products meet the highest standards of reliability, performance, and scalability.

Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and maintain robust test automation frameworks for UI, API, DB and backend services.
• Drive quality initiatives across teams, including test strategy, coverage analysis, and CI/CD integration.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define acceptance criteria and ensure testability of features.
• Lead root cause analysis and debugging of complex issues in production and test environments.
• Advocate for shift-left testing and continuous quality improvements throughout the SDLC.
• Evaluate and integrate new tools and technologies to enhance testing efficiency and coverage.

Required Qualifications
• 10+ years of experience in software testing and automation.
• Strong programming skills in languages such as Java and or Python
• Expertise with Selenium, Selenide, Rest-Assured, JUnit/TestNG, Karate frameworks.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab).
• Solid understanding of software architecture, microservices, and cloud platforms (AWS).
• Proven ability to design scalable and maintainable test frameworks.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).