Senior Automation Developer (SDET)
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The Opportunity
PLATO is Canada's only Indigenous-led, Indigenous staffed software testing services firm. We insist on working with quality people who share our passion for quality testing, and have built a team of people who also believe quality is the most important deliverable. Our team of software testing specialists believe that better software leads to a better world.
We are committed to building strong communities - PLATO trains and employs members of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities across the country and strives to build a network of 1000 Indigenous software testers across Canada. PLATO has offices on or near Indigenous communities across Canada, in Fredericton, Miramichi, Sault Ste Marie, Regina, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Victoria.
We are seeking a Senior Automation Developer to support a critical backend validation initiative involving Dynamics 365 and enterprise integrations. This role is ideal for an experienced automation engineer with strong software development and architecture capabilities. You will design and build reusable automation frameworks, validate complex business rules and data integrity, and support large-scale automation across backend systems.
** Eligibility for Government of Canada clearance is required, current valid clearance is preferred**
What you'll do
Responsibilities
- Design and develop scalable, reusable automation frameworks with a focus on architecture, design patterns, maintainability, and performance
- Build robust Python-based automation components, including frameworks, libraries, API clients, validation engines, and utilities
- Develop enterprise-grade automation using Playwright (Python) for both UI and API testing
- Validate business rules, data integrity, and integrations across Dynamics 365 / Dataverse environments
- Work extensively with Dataverse entities, relationships, business rules, and security models to ensure accurate backend validation
- Retrieve and validate data using OData APIs, including cross-entity data correlation and validation
- Design and execute API and integration tests across distributed systems and services
- Validate event-driven and asynchronous integrations using Azure Service Bus (queues, topics, subscriptions)
- Support and test integration workflows built with Azure Logic Apps and Power Automate
- Integrate automation into Azure DevOps pipelines, including test execution, reporting, and CI/CD enablement
- Contribute to automation standards, framework design, and best practices across teams
What you'll need
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in test automation development
- 4+ years of Python experience
- 2+ years working with Playwright
- Strong experience with Dynamics 365 / Dataverse
- Proven expertise in API and backend automation
- Experience with Azure integrations (Service Bus, Logic Apps, Power Automate)
- Demonstrated ability to build automation frameworks from scratch
Nice to Have
- Microsoft Power Platform certifications
- Current Government of Canada clearance (Reliability or Secret)
We're looking for
Core Skills
A little bit about us
PLATO
Who We Are
PLATO is a software testing and technology services company trusted by clients around the world.
In addition to providing our clients the highest quality software testing services, PLATO is creating careers in technology for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people from coast to coast to coast through our innovative train-and-employ model. Since 1997, we have been helping organizations all over the world reach their quality objectives by delivering scalable, proven, quality-centric managed services. Companies such as Apple, Suncor, TD Bank, Medavie, BCLC, LinkedIn, Boeing, and many others have gained considerable advantage from our Quality Assurance (QA), Testing, and eLearning expertise and experience.
We deliver specialized QA services to our clients with the goal of helping them increase profitability, boost customer satisfaction, manage development cycles and implement quality-centric solutions. We develop innovative approaches and solutions, designed to generate increased efficiencies, competitive advantage, and market share for our clients.