Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Category: Testing/Quality Assurance

Main location: United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh

Position ID:J0526-1767

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Description:

This is an onsite position located at our client site five days a week in Pittsburgh, PA, Cleveland, OH, or Dallas, TX.

For this role on this particular client engagement, employer sponsorship of immigration related visa and/or green card status as part of the PERM process will not be available.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

. Develop and maintain comprehensive automation frameworks for API and Web applications
. Implement automated tests across multiple layers, including unit, component, integration, functional, performance, and scenario testing
. Architect and enhance automation test platforms to support long term scalability and maintainability
. Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, including branching strategies, merging processes, version control, and deployment automation
. Support performance testing, chaos testing, and security testing activities

Collaborate with engineering teams to improve test coverage, release efficiency, and production system health

. Apply expertise in testing, testability, and secure engineering practices to influence software design and development
. Develop SQL queries and implement data seeding strategies to support automated testing
. Evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and frameworks and provide recommendations for adoption.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

. Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of relevant experience.
. Proven experience designing and implementing QA strategies and automation frameworks
. Hands on experience with automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Rest Assured, JUnit, TestNG, Maven.
. Hands on experience with Selenium, Cucumber, Karate, Postman, MongoDB and mocking services like HiJak.
. Strong background in DevOps and CI/CD pipeline engineering (e.g., Jenkins Core)
. Proficiency with Git based source control systems (GitHub, Bitbucket)
. Programming skills in Java, JavaScript, and Node.js (nice to have)
. Experience with observability and monitoring tools (Splunk, Datadog)
. Experience with performance testing and chaos engineering practices
. Solid understanding of accessibility standards and testing accessible web experiences

Other Information:
CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit-based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $51,600.00 - $139,300.00.
CGI's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
. Competitive compensation
. Comprehensive insurance options
. Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
. Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
. Paid parental leave
.Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
. Wellness and Well-being programs

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Skills:

• Cucumber
• DevOps
• JUNIT Framework
• MongoDB
• Playwright
• Postman
• Quality assurance
• Selenium