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# SDET at Codal

- **Company:** Codal
- **Location:** Mexico City, Mexico
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** http://codal.jobs/?gh_jid=5415365008

## Job description

An Introduction to Codal

Codal is an award-winning web design and development consultancy that helps enterprise organizations solve complex problems and accelerate growth through elegant, data-driven digital solutions. Our areas of expertise include application modernization, eCommerce, UX/UI design, product strategy, data analytics, and artificial intelligence.

At Codal, you will collaborate with some of the most innovative organizations in the world and work on cutting-edge technologies that push the boundaries of design and software development. We promote long-term success, not just for our clients but for our team, helping you develop a professional roadmap that takes your career to new heights.

We are looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to lead our test automation efforts across modern web applications and API services. In this role, you will build and scale end-to-end (E2E) testing suites using Playwright paired with Python and TypeScript. You will collaborate closely with full-stack engineers to embed robust test coverage directly into our continuous delivery pipelines.

Who You’ll Be Working With:

You will work closely with Software Engineers, Product Managers, Architects, DevOps Engineers, QA/QE professionals, and client stakeholders across delivery teams.

As a Senior SDET, you will serve as a technical quality partner within the team — participating in discovery, solution design, development, and release activities while helping teams identify risks early and build quality into the product rather than testing it only at the end of development.

## What you'll be doing

Quality Engineering

- Partner with engineering and product teams to understand business workflows, system architecture, integrations, and technical dependencies. Independently identify quality risks and define an appropriate testing and automation strategy.
- Architect Scalable Automation Solutions. Design, develop, maintain, and continuously improve reliable automation frameworks and reusable test utilities for modern web applications, APIs, backend services, and integrated systems using technologies such as Playwright, TypeScript, and Python.
- Build the appropriate balance of API, integration, component, contract, data, and end-to-end automation, minimizing unnecessary dependence on UI-level testing.
- Participate in discovery, requirements refinement, technical design, and architecture discussions to identify edge cases, dependencies, testability concerns, and potential failure scenarios before development is complete.
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and establish effective quality gates. Optimize execution through parallelization, tagging, test selection, environment management, reporting, and failure diagnostics.
- Design robust API and integration validation for RESTful services and backend workflows, including request/response validation, authentication, error handling, service dependencies, and asynchronous processes.
- Validate data across databases, APIs, files, and integrated systems using SQL and programmatic approaches. Verify data integrity, transformations, reconciliation, and complex backend processing when required.
- Investigate failures using application logs, browser developer tools, network traces, API clients, database queries, and application telemetry. Distinguish between product defects, automation failures, test-data issues, infrastructure problems, and environment instability.
- Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly to accelerate test design, coding, debugging, documentation, and analysis while critically reviewing generated solutions and maintaining engineering standards.

## What you'll need to be successful (requirements)

- 5+ years of experience in an SDET, Software Engineer, Quality Engineer, Test Automation Engineer, or comparable engineering role, with experience delivering quality solutions for modern web applications, APIs, and integrated systems.
- Strong software-development skills in at least one modern programming language. TypeScript/JavaScript or Python is strongly preferred. You should be comfortable designing maintainable software, working with existing codebases, debugging applications, and applying software-engineering principles rather than simply writing test scripts.
- Ability to independently own quality engineering activities for a project or significant product area, proactively identifying problems and driving them to resolution without requiring detailed testing instructions.
- Ability to clearly communicate technical risks, constructively challenge assumptions, collaborate across technical and non-technical teams, and influence engineering decisions related to quality and testability.
- Strong experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks for web applications and APIs. Hands-on experience with Playwright is strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of testing at different layers, including unit, component, API, integration, contract, data, and end-to-end testing, with the ability to determine which testing approach provides the most value for a given risk.
- Strong experience testing REST APIs, JSON payloads, service integrations, backend workflows, and databases. Proficiency with SQL and experience validating data across integrated systems is highly valued.
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using platforms such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or equivalent, with an understanding of automated quality gates and continuous delivery practices.
- Strong working knowledge of Git, branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, coding standards, and collaborative software-development practices.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to take ambiguous requirements or complex system designs and independently identify risks, edge cases, failure scenarios, dependencies, and appropriate validation approaches.

Note: Codal only communicates with candidates through official @codal.com email addresses. We never request payment during the hiring process. Please be vigilant regarding recruitment scams.

At Codal, we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

## About Codal

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Codal is a global digital product consultancy specializing in product strategy, experience design, platform engineering, and AI to help businesses solve complex challenges.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped)
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Founded**: 2009 (originally as CMScentral, rebranded to Codal in 2013)
- **Founders**: Keval Baxi (CEO & Co-Founder) and Matthew Gierut (COO & Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Digital product development, experience design, eCommerce, cloud architecture, big data, AI, and platform engineering.
- **Target customers**: B2B, serving both small businesses and large enterprises across industries including healthcare, financial services, life sciences, manufacturing, automotive, and retail.
- **Mission statement**: "To solve our clients' most complex challenges with clarity and sustainability, putting exceptional people on meaningful projects."

## Products & Services
- **Product Strategy**: End-to-end consulting to define product vision, roadmap, and market fit.
- **Experience Design (UX/UI)**: Human-centered design and user research to create intuitive digital interfaces.
- **Platform Engineering**: Custom software development, cloud architecture, and API integration.
- **eCommerce Solutions**: Specialized in Shopify (Platinum Partner), BigCommerce (Elite Partner), and unified commerce platforms.
- **Artificial Intelligence / AI Strategy**: AI-driven product development and data analytics solutions.
- **Quality Assurance (QA)**: Comprehensive testing and quality engineering services.
- **Big Data & Cloud**: Advanced data engineering and cloud infrastructure (AWS Advanced Tier Partner).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (privately held, bootstrapped).
- **Key Metric**: 270+ employees globally; 100M+ lines of code written; billions in client revenue influenced.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Shopify (Platinum Partner), BigCommerce (Elite Partner), Contentstack (Preferred Partner), AWS (Advanced Tier Partner), Searchspring.
- **Growth Signals**: Expanded from a small team to 270+ employees across offices in Chicago, Toronto, Lincoln (UK), and Ahmedabad (India). Consistently winning industry awards, including BigCommerce Agency Partner of the Year 2023 and Clutch Top Python & Django Developers.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep Platform Expertise**: Tier-1 partnerships with leading eCommerce and cloud platforms (Shopify, BigCommerce, AWS) provide a strong competitive moat.
- **End-to-End Capability**: Covers the full product lifecycle from strategy through design, engineering, and ongoing support, allowing them to own complex, multi-year engagements.
- **People-First Culture**: Emphasizes transparency, accountability, and continuous learning, which drives high retention and quality output.
- **Proven Track Record**: 16+ years of experience with 200+ clients and a history of awards validating their impact.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI & Innovation**: Deepening capabilities in AI strategy and product engineering to help clients leverage generative AI and automation.
- **Global Expansion**: Continuing to scale its distributed team across the US, UK, Canada, and India to serve a diverse client base.
- **Unified Commerce**: Helping retailers bridge online and offline experiences through integrated eCommerce solutions.
- **Enterprise Growth**: Increasing focus on large enterprise clients while maintaining agility for smaller businesses.

## Why Work Here
- **Hybrid Work Schedule**: Flexible blend of in-office collaboration and remote work.
- **Global Team**: 270+ colleagues across 4 offices (Chicago, Toronto, Lincoln, Ahmedabad) offering a multicultural work environment.
- **Generous Benefits**: 401k with 4% employer match, comprehensive medical/dental/vision insurance, paid maternity & paternity leave, generous time-off policy.
- **Culture & Community**: Regular in-office events (happy hours, dinners), stocked kitchens, staff outings, and local philanthropy opportunities.
- **Career Growth**: Emphasis on continuous learning, mentorship, and working on meaningful, high-impact projects with top-tier clients.
- **Recognition**: Named a top workplace by Built In; employees highlight a supportive, collaborative, and innovative atmosphere.

## Sources
1. [codal.com - Careers](https://codal.com/careers/)
2. [codal.com - About Us](https://codal.com/about-us/)
3. [codal.com - Homepage](https://codal.com/)
4. [builtin.com - Codal Careers](https://builtin.com/company/codal)
5. [linkedin.com - Codal](https://www.linkedin.com/company/gocodal)

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