SDET 2 - Platform

About AiDASH

AiDASH is leading the PreventionFirst movement for electric utilities and transforming grid resilience through its platform that unifies vegetation, asset, storm, and wildfire intelligence. Powered by SatelliteFirst Inspection & Monitoring, AiDASH delivers comprehensive visibility across the entire grid. More than 200 customers trust AiDASH to keep the lights on, spend where it counts, and defend every decision.

In 2026, Forbes named AiDASH one of America's Best Startup Employers for the 4th consecutive year, and TIME included AiDASH among America's Top GreenTech Companies for the 3rd year in a row. Deloitte Technology Fast 500 ranked AiDASH No. 12 in the San Francisco Bay Area, and No. 59 overall for 2024.

The Role

As an SDET 2 at AiDASH, you will own the quality of the AI-powered applications behind our offerings. You will understand application requirements and architecture, then build test strategies that cover both functional behaviour and performance. Your work will include API automation using Java and RestAssured, data validation, performance testing with tools like JMeter, and monitoring application health after release. Success means shipping reliable, high-performing applications that help our teams deliver faster.

How you'll make an impact:

• Requirements understanding & test strategy: Understand requirements, design, and architecture of Platform applications and data-processing solutions that power most AiDASH applications.
• Coverage & test design: Analyze functional and non-functional requirements from a coverage and impact perspective. Design effective, efficient test cases and trace them to acceptance criteria.
• API & framework automation: Write robust, maintainable API automation in Java using rest-assured, plus supporting tools and scripts that improve test efficiency. Contribute to automation framework enhancements driven by project needs.
• Data validation across the stack: Perform data validation across APIs, databases (Postgres, MongoDB), and outputs of data-processing solutions.
• Cross-layer debugging: Debug issues across application and infrastructure layers, not only API or UI (services, queues, DBs, K8s, AWS, pipeline outputs).
• Performance testing: Conduct performance testing and benchmarking using tools such as JMeter.
• Test data & context switching: Prepare test data for QA validations by coordinating across teams and ramping quickly across contexts.
• CI/CD & reporting: Build and maintain automation pipelines with Jenkins (or equivalent) and report with Allure.
• Production / ops quality: Monitor post-production health and alerts; work with Kubernetes and AWS to check service health and logs.
• Defect lifecycle & collaboration: Document and manage defects end-to-end, perform root cause analysis, and coordinate with Test and Development to resolve issues.

Beyond traditional STLC execution, you will design, operate, and continuously improve agentic AI workflows that guide discovery, test planning, automation authoring, execution, triage, reporting, and production validation so quality is consistent, auditable, and faster without skipping governance.

What we're looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent from a reputed university with good academic results is preferred
• Hands-on experience testing backend applications, with strong skills in API testing and data validation testing
• Hands-on experience in API automation using Java and RestAssured, and/or Python scripting, with a good understanding of test frameworks
• Experience in performance testing using tools like JMeter
• Hands-on experience with databases like Postgres and MongoDB, and writing queries for data validation
• Knowledge of AWS services and experience working with Kubernetes clusters for checking service health and logs
• Understanding of queues and caching
• Strong attention to detail and curiosity to understand the internal workings of software
• Good analytical skills and decision making ability, with the ability to work in a team as well as an individual
• Ability to work under pressure and maintain deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Good to have: gRPC basics, Airflow DAGs, web application testing and automation using Selenium/Playwright, knowledge of testing and validating ML/AI based applications, and use of AI tools and editors for increased velocity of work

We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to embracing diversity and inclusion in our hiring practices, and we promote a work environment where everyone can do their best work.

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible interview experience for all candidates. Please let us know if you require any accommodation during the interview process, and we will make every effort to meet your needs.