[Hiring] Software Development Engineer in Test @8am

Role Description

8am is hiring a Software Development Engineer in Test to embed within our SaaS Platform team, the group that owns customer identity, authentication, provisioning, roles and permissions, risk profiling, and the APIs every other 8am product consumes. You will own the test automation strategy for that team and partner with engineers from requirements through release.

Your focus is end-to-end flow coverage of the critical user journeys that exercise the platform in production, plus contract coverage of the APIs downstream products depend on. Your work directly supports our Defect Leakage Rate target of under 15%.

This role is hired through an Employer of Record (EOR) partner in the Czech Republic.

What you'll do:

• Own the E2E flow automation strategy for SaaS Platform, prioritizing critical customer journeys (auth, provisioning, identity, role and permission flows) over exhaustive atomic coverage.
• Build and maintain automation in Python with Playwright for UI flows and PyTest for API and contract coverage, contributing back to our internal framework when you find gaps.
• Integrate tests into CircleCI and our tiered quality gates (PR smoke, nightly, pre-release regression) so gates are enforceable, fast, and trustworthy.
• Validate authentication, provisioning, and role/permission flows, and the OpenAPI contracts that downstream products depend on across MyCase, DocketWise, CASEPeer, and LawPay.
• Partner with the Quality Engineers on your squad/across the organization to surface the risk and coverage signals; you close them with automation.
• Use AI tooling where it accelerates real outcomes: test plan generation, code review, automation scaffolding, and coverage gap analysis through our Qase MCP integration.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in software development or test automation, with demonstrated experience designing E2E automation around critical flows rather than chasing coverage targets.
• Familiarity with risk-based testing and the test pyramid as working concepts.
• Advanced to expert in Python and PyTest, with deep experience across both front-end (Playwright) and API test automation.
• Hands-on experience testing authentication, provisioning, and role/permission systems, including OAuth, SAML, and SSO.
• Comfortable with API contract testing and OpenAPI specification development and validation.
• Advanced SQL for complex test data setup and validation.
• Strong Linux fundamentals and working knowledge of TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, and TLS for debugging auth and API failures from packet captures or dev tools.
• Working proficiency with cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines (CircleCI preferred).
• Hands-on fluency with AI-assisted development and testing tools (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or comparable).
• Past experience standing up a test automation framework from scratch, plus exposure to Quality KPIs, QaaS initiatives, and PCI compliance in payments or identity systems.
• Experience with test case management (Qase or TestRail), defect tracking in Jira, and mentoring SDETs to automation proficiency.
• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to improve workflows, enhance decision-making, or drive innovation.

Benefits

• Performance bonus opportunities and employee referral rewards.
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) and 13 paid public holidays aligned with the Czech calendar.
• Paid sick leave with additional support through the Czech social security system.
• Maternity, paternity, and parental leave in line with Czech regulations, plus additional paid paternity leave from 8am.
• Full statutory benefits, including public health insurance, social security, pension, and work accident coverage.
• Access to Coursera (including Gen AI Academy) and ongoing professional development.
• Clear growth paths, regular feedback, and opportunities for advancement.