SDET (3-month contract)

About the Position

We are elai.io, an innovative AI-driven startup specializing in video generation. Recently acquired by Panopto, we’re now part of a growing team of around 250 professionals focused on advancing learning through powerful, interactive video technology. We are looking for a hands-on Software Development Engineer in Test to design and implement our integration test automation strategy.

Responsibilities11

• Implement automated integration coverage across key system boundaries
• API integration tests for Express + MongoDB (Supertest + isolated DB)
• Frontend-to-backend integration tests for critical flows
• Integration coverage for audio/video pipelines and artifacts
• Build and maintain the integration automation infrastructure
• Integrate tests into CI/CD as defined in strategy
• Enable the dev team to own more integration tests
• Create clear documentation (how to write/run integration tests, patterns, examples, DoD expectations)
• Prepare templates/snippets for common integration test scenarios
• Run knowledge-sharing sessions/workshops and support developers during adoption
• Actively encourage and coach developers to write integration tests as part of feature work

Requirements7

• Strong hands-on experience implementing integration test automation (API + system/service integration)
• Solid JavaScript and TypeScript testing experience in React and Node.js environments
• Strong experience with Playwright (for integration-level smoke flows where needed)
• Experience with API testing (Supertest or equivalent) and database test isolation (MongoDB)
• Proven experience validating audio and video artifacts in automated tests
• CI/CD experience, including test gates, parallel execution, artifacts, and stable pipelines
• Strong communication skills with the ability to document clearly and guide engineers toward better testing practices

Benefits4

• Competitive salary based on qualifications and contributions
• Flexible working hours
• Opportunity to work with a highly qualified international, friendly team
• Fully remote work