HackerEarth: Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET-1)

🌟 About HackerEarth

HackerEarth is an AI-powered developer assessment platform helping 1,000+ organizations—including Amazon, Walmart, Siemens, and GE—hire top tech talent through real-world coding challenges. We’re on a mission to make tech hiring smarter, faster, and fairer.

Join our dynamic QA team and play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and reliability of cutting-edge developer products.

🧪 What You’ll Do

As an SDET-1, you’ll:

• Develop and maintain automated test suites for web and API products

• Collaborate with developers, QA leads, and product managers to define test strategies

• Write, review, and execute manual and automated test cases

• Build UI and API test automation using tools like Selenium or Playwright

• Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines for every release

• Track, report, and troubleshoot bugs effectively across sprints

• Ensure high test coverage and reliability across staging and production environments

🧠 What We’re Looking For

• ✅ 1–2 years in QA Automation or SDET roles

• ✅ Solid understanding of testing methodologies and defect lifecycle

• ✅ Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, or Java

• ✅ Hands-on with UI/API automation frameworks

• ✅ Experience using tools like Selenium, Playwright, or similar

• ✅ Familiarity with Git and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, etc.)

• ✅ Strong attention to detail and great communication

• ✅ Ability to work in fast-paced/startup environments and own tasks end-to-end

🪄 Bonus Skills (Nice to Have)

• ☁️ Exposure to cloud platforms like AWS or GCP

• 🧩 Understanding of microservices testing

• 🔒 Awareness of security and accessibility testing principles

🚀 Why Join HackerEarth?

• Work with high-impact clients and products

• Join a mission-driven, remote-friendly team that values learning and innovation

• Be part of a rapidly growing product that touches thousands of developers daily