Software Development Engineer in Test

Top Hat is used and adored by over 500 Universities and over a million students worldwide. As we set our sights on increasing the adoption of our products to all 4000+ post-secondary institutions in North America, we’re looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to guide and scale our Test Platform. 

Reporting to the Engineering Manager in Test, you’ll play a critical role in maturing and refining Top Hat’s approach to continuous testing. By actively seeking out ways to improve Top Hat’s testing ecosystem and building the platform to support those improvements, you’ll act as an enabling force; allowing developers to deliver value to our customers quickly and safely.

You’ll work closely with Engineering, Product, Design, and Support to ensure teams have the tools, training, and coaching to ship features that meet Top Hat’s high bar for quality. Working with other Engineering leaders and your team of Test Engineers, you’ll define a vision and roadmap to help quality at TopHat scale.

You Will: 

• Work cross-functionally with Infrastructure, Engineering, Agile, and Product to design and deliver tools, test automation frameworks, and pipelines that support development and testing within Top Hat’s continuous delivery environment

• Gather continuous feedback about TopHat’s testing ecosystem to ensure we’re solving the right problems for Engineering

• Work closely with Engineering to measure and increase Top Hat’s test coverage and release confidence

• Guide test engineers in writing effective, scalable and maintainable automated tests

• Define and implement domain-level quality and performance metrics, dashboards, and monitoring tools

• Support onboarding and adoption of new test automation tools and frameworks 

• Follow industry best practices to ensure scalability, maintainability and efficiency of test automation

You are: 

• You have 4+ years of experience delivering test automation solutions at scale; infrastructure, pipeline, environments, test orchestration

• You are proficient in at least one programming or scripting language (JavaScript, Typescript, Java, Python)

• You have 3+ years of experience with modern test automation tools (Playwright, Puppeteer, Cypress)

• You have extensive experience working with API, Integration, and visual regression testing tools (Postman, REST-assured, Pact, Percy, Applitools)

• You have experience working directly with product teams in an agile environment

• You have a proven ability to design and implement large-scale projects

• You have exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Why team members love working at Top Hat:

• A noble mission that creates meaningful, fulfilling work

• A team that cares deeply for customers and for each other

• Professional learning and development for all role levels

• An awesome and welcoming Toronto HQ

• Competitive health benefits that start on day one

• A management team focused on performance, growth, engagement and connection

• Our winning strategy and market potential

• Innovative PTO policy with lots of time and space for self-care

• Passionate customers that believe in us—and what we do

• A chance to work with new tech like generative AI - and see the customer impact