Sr SDET – Data & Platform QualityLocation: Dallas, TX (Hybrid – 3 days per week in-office)
Interview Process: In-Person Interview
Locals & Non-Locals Can apply.
Role Overview We are seeking a Senior SDET to own automation quality for large-scale, data-heavy, event-driven platforms. This role focuses on backend, Kafka, and AWS data platform validation using Python-based automation frameworks. This is a hands-on engineering role, not a traditional QA position.
- No manual testing
- No UI / Selenium-only testing
- No basic ETL script validation You will design and own automation frameworks that validate Kafka-driven architectures, backend services, and cloud-native data pipelines, while partnering closely with data and platform engineers. Key Responsibilities Automation & Framework Ownership
- Design, build, and maintain Python-based test automation frameworks, not just individual test cases
- Define reusable test libraries for validating data platforms and distributed systems
- Drive automation standards, patterns, and best practices across teamsKafka & Event-Driven Systems Testing
- Validate Kafka-based event streams, including: Topic-level data validation Producer and consumer behavior Message schemas, payload integrity, ordering, and replay scenarios Failure handling, retries, and dead-letter scenarios
- Test asynchronous workflows and event propagation across services Data Platform & Backend Validation
- Validate end-to-end data flows across distributed services and pipelines
- Test backend APIs, service integrations, and asynchronous processing layers
- Perform schema validation, transformation checks, data consistency, and completeness validation AWS & Cloud Data Testing
- Test cloud-native data platforms built on AWS services such as: S3, Glue, Redshift, Lambda (or similar services)
- Validate ingestion, processing, storage, and downstream consumption of data
- Debug data and automation failures across multiple cloud services CI/CD & Quality Gates
- Embed automation into CI/CD pipelines
- Enforce quality gates and fail pipelines on critical data or platform issues
- Provide actionable feedback to engineering teams based on automation resultsCollaboration & Strategy
- Work closely with data engineers, platform engineers, and architects
- Define test strategies for event-driven and distributed data systems
- Proactively identify quality risks and gaps in platform design Required Experience (Non-Negotiable)
- Strong test automation engineering experience using Python
- Hands-on Kafka testing experience (real production systems, not theoretical knowledge)
- Proven experience testing distributed and event-driven systems
- Solid understanding of data validation concepts, including: Schemas and contracts Transformations and enrichment Data consistency, completeness, and accuracy
- Experience working in AWS-based data platforms
- Ability to debug and troubleshoot issues across multiple services, not just log defects
- Engineering mindset with ownership mentality Nice to Have
- Experience with schema registries (Avro / JSON / Protobuf)
- Knowledge of streaming vs batch data architectures
- Familiarity with observability, logging, and monitoring in distributed systems
- Experience working in high-volume, near-real-time data environments
Flexible work from home options available.
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