SDET team lead at Valce Talent Solutions

, , Mexico -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

30 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

01 Apr, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Software Architecture, Microservices, Containerization, Cloud-Native, Python, Java, TypeScript, C#, Test Design Patterns, Automation Tools, Performance Engineering, CI/CD Orchestration, Cloud-Based Testing, Technical Analysis, Technical Communication, Leadership

Industry

IT Services and IT Consulting

Description

Job Expectations: ● Lead and coordinate day-to-day activities for the Mexico-based SDET team, ensuring alignment on deliverables and local operational needs. ● Coordinate with distributed teams across different time zones to ensure testing strategies are synchronized and project goals are met. ● Analyze and architect technical test solutions for complex user stories, ensuring deep coverage for integration points and distributed systems. ● Optimize and refactor existing automated regression suites to maximize reliability, reduce execution time, and eliminate flakiness. ● Refine and extend existing automation frameworks, ensuring they remain modular, scalable, and accessible for the wider engineering team. ● Directly expand API automation coverage, implementing robust validation for microservices, data integrity, and cross-service communication. ● Perform deep-dive technical analysis to refactor automation code and keep it aligned with evolving application architecture. ● Implement and maintain automated performance as integrated components of the continuous delivery pipeline. ● Execute root cause analysis on complex defects, providing developers with detailed technical insights and automated reproduction scripts. ● Drive technical gap analysis to identify untested code paths and proactively implement solutions to improve overall system testability. ● Partner with Dev and Product to provide technical feedback on requirements, ensuring acceptance criteria are precise and technically sound. ● Own the technical scaling of automation solutions, ensuring they support high-speed execution across multiple environments. ● Provide technical expertise during sprint grooming and bug triage to ensure complex defects are understood and prioritized correctly. ● Own and execute special technical projects, such as upgrading test infrastructure or optimizing CI/CD workflows. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: ● Deep understanding of modern software architecture, including microservices, containerization (Docker), and cloud-native environments. ● High proficiency in at least one major programming language (e.g., Python, Java, TypeScript, or C#) with a focus on writing clean, scalable code. ● Advanced knowledge of industry-standard test design patterns and the ability to apply them effectively to existing UI and API frameworks. ● Extensive experience with automation tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Appium, Postman, or RestAssured. ● Solid experience in performance engineering using tools like k6, JMeter, or Locust to identify system bottlenecks. ● Advanced proficiency with CI/CD orchestration tools (like Harness, BitBucket, or Jenkins) to optimize automated release cycles. ● High comfort level with cloud-based testing infrastructure like SauceLabs, BrowserStack, or AWS Device Farm. ● Strong technical analytical skills, the ability to interpret complex specs and discover edge cases through deep exploration of software behaviors. ● Expert technical communication skills, with the ability to translate complex quality risks into actionable engineering tasks. ● Proven leadership ability in managing day-to-day operations for local teams and coordinating with distributed stakeholders while providing technical mentorship to improve coding standards. Experience Requirements: ● Generally eight (8) plus years of experience in Software Engineering and Test Automation, with a proven track record of significantly improving existing automation ADVANCED ENGLISH REMOTE

Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate the Mexico-based SDET team, ensuring alignment on deliverables and operational needs. Optimize automated regression suites and implement robust API automation coverage.