About the role
We are looking for a Senior SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) to improve software quality across the engineering organization through automation, testing platforms, quality standards and engineering enablement. This is not a feature-testing role. The focus is on building scalable quality solutions and helping teams own quality.
Our Stack
Programming language: Python
DB: MySQL / Mongo DB
DevOps: AWS / Jenkins / K8S
Web: PlayWright
What you'll be doing
Build and maintain test automation frameworks
Develop reusable testing tools and libraries
Improve test reliability and reduce flaky tests
Manage test data and testing infrastructure
Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines
Implement release quality gates
Improve deployment confidence and testing efficiency
Define testing strategies and best practices
Support teams with complex testing challenges
Review solutions from a quality and reliability perspective
Coach engineers on testing and quality ownership
Create standards, documentation and guidelines
Drive adoption of quality practices across teams
Analyze incidents and prevent regressions
Track quality metrics and identify improvement opportunities
What you'll bring
5+ years of testing experience
Strong coding skills (Python or any other programming language, but willing to write on Python)
Experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar (we use Playwright)
Experience with CI/CD pipelines
Understanding of software architecture and distributed systems
What’s in it for you
Pleased is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability
A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter
28 days paid annual leave
Our core working hours are 10am-3pm in your local time zone with flexibility outside of this
Referral bonuses & flash bonuses
Top of the line equipment
Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities
Interview process
Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team
Live coding interview
Remote video interview with Team Members (60 Mins)
Final discussion with the hiring manager (60 mins)
If you're interested, we encourage you to apply! Every application is reviewed by a member of our team (AI is not used in our recruitment process), and we aim to respond within 48 hours.
Sporty Group is a remote-first technology company focused on software development and quality engineering. The company emphasizes sustainability and operates with a distributed team across multiple time zones, particularly in the EU region. Based on their job postings, Sporty builds scalable software solutions using modern tech stacks including Java, Python, microservices architecture, and cloud-native technologies on AWS and Kubernetes. The company values quality ownership across the engineering organization and invests in testing automation, CI/CD practices, and developer enablement.
