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. The goal of this engagement is to build reliable integration coverage for critical audio/video flows, reduce regressions, and increase release confidence while enabling developers to own and maintain integration tests long term.
Scope of work * 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: * PR gates (API integration) * staging gate (integration smoke / critical flow suite); * 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.
Required skills * 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.
We offer * Competitive salary based on qualifications and contributions * Flexible working hours * Opportunity to work with a highly qualified international, friendly team * Fully remote work
