Software Development Engineer in Test | SDET

About the role:

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.

We do not embed SDETs everywhere. We place them where the rate of change and blast radius warrant it. SaaS Platform is one of those places. QE owns test strategy, risk assessment, and quality gates; SDETs own the automation that makes those gates enforceable. 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. We do not chase atomic line coverage at the E2E layer. 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.

About us:

8am builds software that helps professionals run stronger businesses. Our platform powers payments, client experience, and operational workflows for legal, accounting, and other service-based businesses. U.S. based professionals count on our purpose-built solutions to simplify operations, ensure compliance, and fuel profitable growth, so they can focus on their clients and do more of the work that matters.

More than 250,000 professionals across the U.S. rely on our products every day. As we continue to grow, we’re investing in the next generation of our platform and are looking for experienced engineers who want to help shape its future.

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. Flaky tests are a defect; treat them like one.
• 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: they 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.

About you:

• 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, not buzzwords.
• 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), including prompt design that produces reliable output and the judgment to know when to throw AI output away.
• 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.

Additional Information

The monthly gross salary range for this position is CZK 120,000 to CZK 160,000. 8am is committed to fair, objective, and non-discriminatory compensation, and actual pay may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and education.

Why join our new 8am Brno hub?

• Founding Team Impact: Be a founding engineer of our new Czech Republic R&D hub. After a brief 1-6 month integration with U.S. based teams, you will help form fully autonomous, locally-led squads with clear paths to Staff and leadership roles with the exciting opportunity to collaborate face-to-face with your team in our upcoming Brno office.
• Drive our "AI-First" Transformation: We are building a secure, massive-scale "Unified AI Platform". Depending on your squad, you will either help architect this core infrastructure (LLM routing, RAG, agent orchestration) or build directly on top of it.
• Build the Next Generation of Our Platform: Help shape the systems powering products used by more than 250,000 professionals. You’ll work on complex platform capabilities across payments, workflow automation, and AI-powered features as we expand into new professional service markets.

Benefits and Perks

We offer a competitive, locally relevant benefits package designed to support your life in the Czech Republic while giving you access to global opportunities:

• 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

Grow Your Career

• Access to Coursera (including Gen AI Academy) and ongoing professional development
• Clear growth paths, regular feedback, and opportunities for advancement

What Makes 8am Different:

• International company environment with collaboration across Europe and the U.S.
• Opportunities to travel for company events (including potential U.S. visits)
• Engaging team culture with local events, outings, and community initiatives
• High-quality company swag and programs focused on wellness, learning, and connection
• Office spaces in Brno and Prague with opportunities to work in-person and enjoy a flexible hybrid setup

Diversity, equity & inclusion at 8am:

At 8am, we recognize that innovation occurs with a strong team of people who are diverse in background, personality, talent and ideas. Experience comes in many forms and ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace where we continue to learn from each other is an integral part of our culture. We are committed to creating a welcoming and transparent environment for all that embraces those differences through education, equal access to opportunities and information, inclusionary programs, and community outreach.

Security advisory:

Our hiring teams at 8am are dedicated to recruiting top talent that share our passion for serving the professional services industry through innovative financial technology. As such, our Talent Acquisition Team only follows legitimate hiring practices. We will always communicate with our candidates using emails with the 8am domain and will never ask for sensitive/personal data during the application process. All interviews take place over phone call, Zoom/Google Meet or in person. All offers are communicated verbally by our Talent Acquisition Specialists with a written offer letter as a follow up.

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