QA Automation Engineer - SDET LOCAL TO TX

[Shashidhar Reddy]

QA Automation Engineer - SDET 

Location : Houston, TX

Rate: $55/hr on C2C

Visa : No opt,cpt,GC

MANDATORY : Oil and gas mandatory, Playwright and Python mandatory

What You Will Do:

• Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end (E2E), integration, and system-level automated tests
• Build and extend Playwright-based UI automation for Orion UI and related web applications
• Develop robust Python-based automation frameworks following strict linting, formatting, and type‑checking standards
• Implement testing around event-driven and messaging systems, including MQTT-based workflows
• Create and maintain Dockerized test environments for local, integration, and CI execution
• Integrate automated tests into Azure DevOps pipelines, ensuring reliable quality gates
• Collaborate with product, UI, backend, and DevOps teams to identify test gaps and improve system testability
• Participate in code reviews with a strong focus on test quality, maintainability, and reliability
• Support and evolve internal tools such as CLI utilities, simulators, and test orchestration scripts
• Troubleshoot flaky tests and improve test stability across environments

What You Will Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or similar areas with sufficient experience is acceptable.
•  5 – 10 years of experience in software development and test automation (SDET).

Test Automation & Languages

• Python (advanced) for automation framework and tooling development
• Strong experience with end-to-end UI testing, preferably using Playwright
• Familiarity with type checking (mypy), linting (ruff), and automated formatting
• Experience designing scalable and maintainable test frameworks

Infrastructure & Tooling

• Docker & Docker Compose for test environment orchestration
• Experience testing distributed systems and microservices
• Familiarity with Redis, messaging systems, or simulators
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps Pipelines (YAML)

Cloud & DevOps

• Working knowledge of Azure (ACR, pipelines, environment configuration)
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD workflows
• Understanding of secrets management and environment-based configuration

APIs & Messaging

• Experience testing MQTT-based systems or other event-driven architectures
• API testing and validation in automation-heavy environments

[Shashidhar Reddy]