Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) | 100 Remote | LATAM

About us

Prometeo Talent is a recruitment firm with a strong presence across the Americas and Europe. We specialize in connecting companies with highly specialized technology professionals.

Were parthering with leading automotive group with a strong presence in the regional market specializing in vehicle sales aftersales services financing solutions and comprehensive customer support.

About the Role

Were looking for a highly skilled Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) who combines strong manual testing expertise with modern automation practices. This role is ideal for someone who sees quality as a shared responsibility and actively collaborates with engineering and product teams to build reliable scalable systems.

Youll play a key role in designing testing strategies building automation frameworks and ensuring high-quality releases across multiple platforms and environments.

What Youll Do

Own Quality Across the Lifecycle

• Embed early in the development process and contribute to requirement refinement

• Identify risks gaps and testability issues before development begins

• Advocate for quality using data metrics and insights

Manual Testing Excellence

• Design comprehensive test cases including edge cases and exploratory scenarios

• Execute regression testing with a strategic balance of manual and automated efforts

• Lead acceptance testing (UAT) with stakeholders

• Write clear reproducible bug reports with full context

Build and Scale Test Automation

• Develop and maintain UI automation using Playwright

• Write unit and integration tests using Jest

• Design and maintain scalable test frameworks (from scratch when needed)

• Ensure test reliability maintainability and CI integration

API & Data Validation

• Validate REST APIs (status codes contracts edge cases)

• Perform database validation using SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL)

• Work with NoSQL databases (MongoDB/DynamoDB)

• Implement data-driven testing strategies

Cross-Platform Testing

• Ensure coverage across browsers (Chrome Firefox Safari Edge)

• Test across devices (desktop tablet mobile)

• Validate behavior across multiple environments (local staging production-like)

Debugging & Troubleshooting

• Analyze logs and trace issues across systems

• Use browser DevTools for UI debugging and performance insights

• Run and troubleshoot applications locally (Docker full-stack setups)

• Read and understand / TypeScript codebases

Collaborate Closely with Engineers

• Participate in PR reviews from a quality perspective

• Pair with developers to debug complex issues

• Help improve unit test coverage and testing practices

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  What Were Looking For

Experience

• 46 years in QA or SDET roles

• Strong balance of manual testing and automation experience

Technical Skills

• UI Automation: Playwright

• Testing Frameworks: Jest (unit & integration)

• API Testing: Postman Supertest or similar

• Databases: SQL NoSQL

• CI/CD: GitHub Actions GitLab CI or similar

Testing Expertise

• Exploratory regression and acceptance testing

• Test architecture and framework design

• Risk-based testing and quality metrics tracking

Tools

• Jira (test management & bug tracking)

• Confluence (documentation)

• CI pipelines (test reporting & execution)

• Requirements (list the technologies or minimum requirements)

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  Nice to have

• Mobile testing experience (real devices emulators or cloud platforms)

• Experience with cloud-based testing tools (BrowserStack Sauce Labs)

• Familiarity with AI-assisted testing tools

AI & Efficiency

• Use AI tools to accelerate test creation and automation

• Critically evaluate AI-generated outputs to ensure quality and accuracy

What do we offer

Competitive Salary in USD

100% Remote (LATAM)
Work from anywhere in Latin America with a distributed team.

Modern Tech Stack
Use tools like Playwright Jest and CI/CD to build scalable test automation.

Quality-Driven Culture
Automation-first shift-left testing and AI-augmented QA practices.

Growth Opportunities
Own quality initiatives and grow your expertise in automation and testing strategy.