【Senior Quality Automation Engineer / SDET – Japan | First QA Hire】

Senior Quality Automation Engineer / SDET — JapanA growing global technology company is looking for a Senior Quality Automation Engineer / SDET to join its engineering organization in Japan.This is an opportunity for someone who wants to go beyond traditional QA execution and have meaningful ownership over test automation, quality engineering, and engineering practices.What you’ll doDesign and build scalable automated testing frameworksDrive Shift-Left quality practices across the software development lifecycleDevelop automated tests across web applications, APIs, backend services, mobile, and AI-powered featuresIntegrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelinesHelp develop approaches for testing and evaluating AI/LLM-based functionalityEstablish quality metrics and contribute to engineering-wide quality standardsLead exploratory testing, defect investigation, and root-cause analysisCollaborate closely with engineers and product teams to improve overall product qualityTechnical environmentModern browser automation toolsTypeScript and/or C#API testingCI/CDCloud infrastructureMicroservicesAI/LLM technologiesWhy this role?⭐ Significant technical ownership and influence🌏 Collaborate with international engineering teams🤖 Work on quality engineering for AI-powered features🏗️ Help establish scalable automation and quality practices💡 Opportunity to shape how quality engineering is approached within a growing organizationWhat we’re looking for5+ years of experience in software testing or quality engineering3+ years of experience building or designing test automation frameworksStrong experience with modern test automation toolsSolid API testing experienceHands-on CI/CD automation experienceBusiness-level EnglishConversational Japanese (JLPT N3)Experience with AI/ML/LLM testing, mobile automation, performance/security testing, or SaaS products is a plus.