Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Kodify is a company with over 15 years of success in producing video content and managing high-traffic websites. They focus on innovation, quality, and a strong company culture, offering a fully remote work environment for EU-based candidates.

Location: EU (fully remote)

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and improve automated test suites for UI and API testing
• Collaborate with developers and QA team members to ensure meaningful, risk-based test coverage
• Integrate and maintain automation within CI/CD pipelines
• Analyse test results, identify trends and risks, and provide actionable feedback to engineering teams
• Contribute to automation strategy, tooling decisions, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensure automation is scalable, maintainable, and efficient, identifying opportunities for optimisation
• Balance long-term automation goals with short-term quality needs when required
• Communicate clearly and constructively during code reviews and technical discussions
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, retrospectives)
• Stay up to date with modern testing techniques, tools, and engineering best practices

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in QA automation/SDET or a similar role
• Strong programming experience with JavaScript / TypeScript
• Hands-on experience with modern automation frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, TestCafe, WebdriverIO, Jest, Mocha, or similar
• Solid understanding of API testing (REST, GraphQL)
• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.)
• Working knowledge of microservices architectures and how they impact testing strategies
• Working knowledge of cloud-based and containerised environments (e.g. AWS, Docker, Kubernetes), sufficient to test, debug, and collaborate effectively with engineering teams
• Working knowledge of edge or traffic-layer platforms such as Cloudflare, including how caching, routing, security rules, or rate limiting can impact testing and automation
• Strong understanding of Git-based workflows
• Excellent analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively in a remote, distributed team
• Clear communication skills and a collaborative mindset
• A strong sense of ownership and responsibility for quality

Benefits

• Fully remote position or working in Barcelona office
• Agile environment
• Top-notch tech stack
• Upskill Fridays
• Flexible working hours + core hours
• 10% on top of salary for learning and development
• Latest MacBook Pro
• Company Amazon book account
• Kodify off-sites, on-sites, events, and team activities
• International team
• 1 day off on birthday
• Generous vacation and personal days
• 1 month paid sabbatical after 3 years
• Extended parental leave
• Health & Wellness budget
• Mobile phone reimbursement

Additional Information

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