Senior SDET Engineer
Senior SDET Engineer - Desktop IDE Plugins.
About Black Duck Software:
At Black Duck Software, we're revolutionizing application security. As pioneers in DevSecOps, we provide cutting-edge SAST, SCA, and DAST solutions that empower organizations to build impeccable software at breakthrough speeds. Our powerful combination of industry-leading tools, specialized expertise, and innovative approaches enables dev teams to find and fix vulnerabilities before they become problems—maximizing both security and productivity throughout the entire software development lifecycle.
IDE on every platform? Read on.
Key Responsibilities:
Extend, enhance, and evolve our in-house Java and Python-based test automation frameworks for Desktop IDE plugin testing.
Drive the integration of AI-powered capabilities into our test frameworks—including AI-assisted test generation, LLM-driven test code authoring, and AI-based visual object detection for IDE UI validation.
Design and execute comprehensive test strategies covering functional, integration, UI, performance, and security testing across all supported IDE platforms (JetBrains suite, VS-Code, Visual Studio, Eclipse, and others).
Ensure consistent plugin behaviour and UX fidelity across multiple IDE versions, plugin framework differences, and operating systems (Windows, macOS, Linux)
Collaborate closely and regularly with the plugin development team to understand new features, plan test coverage, and provide early quality feedback
Apply diverse testing methodologies—exploratory, regression, compatibility, and beyond—to uncover hidden defects and continuously elevate plugin quality
Contribute meaningfully to code reviews with insights that improve overall code and test quality
Engineer data generation and environment tooling that supports realistic, large-scale testing scenarios mirroring real customer usage
Background & Experience:
Must Have:
6–10 years of proven experience in Test Automation / QA Engineering
Developer-caliber programming proficiency in **Java** and/or **Python** — you write test code, not just test cases.
Demonstrated experience building, maintaining, and evolving automated test frameworks from the ground up or inheriting and improving existing ones.
Hands-on experience testing **Desktop applications or IDE plugins** — understanding of plugin architectures, UI automation challenges, and cross-version compatibility is a must.
Proven cross-platform testing experience across Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Experience with UI automation and visual testing techniques, including object/element detection strategies.