Software Engineer II – SDET, AI Gateway

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. Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks for the AI Gateway, backend services, and cloud integrations .

Posted 11/2/2026full-timeBucharest • RomaniaJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and maintaining automated test frameworks for AI integrations and backend services, with strong programming skills in Go, Python, or Java. Proficient in testing APIs, cloud authentication, and performance testing, while effectively collaborating with engineering teams throughout the development lifecycle.

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Automated Testing Framework DevelopmentAPI Testing and IntegrationPerformance and Load TestingCloud Authentication and SecurityCI/CD Pipeline Integration

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Hard Skills

Go ProgrammingPython ProgrammingJava ProgrammingAutomated TestingAPI TestingRegression TestingTest DesignPerformance TestingLoad TestingDebugging

Soft Skills

CollaborationIndependent WorkProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

AWS BedrockAzure OpenAIGoogle Vertex AIDockerGitOpenTelemetryPrometheusGrafanaK6Locust

Industry Keywords

AI GatewayMicroservicesSaaS ApplicationsOAuthIAMRBACSSOStreaming ProtocolsHTTPJSON

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGrafanaGRPCJavaJMeterLinuxMicroservicesPrometheusPythonGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks for the AI Gateway, backend services, and cloud integrations
Develop end-to-end, integration, API, and regression tests across multiple AI providers
Test integrations with AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, Google Vertex AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, and other model providers
Automate cloud authentication scenarios involving API keys, IAM roles, role assumption, service accounts, and identity federation
Validate AI API behavior, including streaming responses, tool calling, embeddings, multimodal requests, and provider-specific error handling
Test routing, retries, failover, rate limits, quotas, budgets, authentication, authorization, and usage metering
Build reusable test utilities, provider mocks, simulators, and automated cloud test environments
Develop performance, load, and resilience tests for outages, throttling, timeouts, network failures, and partial responses
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, improve test reliability, and reduce developer feedback time
Investigate defects using logs, metrics, traces, and source code, converting production issues into automated regression tests
Collaborate with software engineers on feature design, testability, and quality throughout the development lifecycle

Requirements

What you’ll need

2+ years of experience in software development, SDET, test automation, or a similar engineering role
Strong programming skills in Go, Python, Java, or another modern programming language
Hands-on experience developing automated testing frameworks and tools, beyond writing individual test cases
Experience testing backend services, REST APIs, and integrations between distributed systems
Good understanding of HTTP, JSON, networking fundamentals, authentication, and common failure scenarios
Comfortable working with Linux, Git, Docker, and debugging tools
Ability to read production code, investigate failures across services, and identify root causes
Solid understanding of test design, regression testing, negative testing, and automated integration testing
Ability to work independently on assigned features and collaborate effectively with other engineers
Experience with Go for backend development or test automation
Experience testing API gateways, proxies, microservices, or cloud infrastructure platforms
Familiarity with LLM APIs and providers such as AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, Google Vertex AI, OpenAI, or Anthropic
Experience testing streaming protocols such as Server-Sent Events (SSE), WebSockets, or gRPC
Experience with performance and load-testing tools such as k6, Locust, or JMeter
Familiarity with OAuth/OIDC, IAM, RBAC, SSO, and enterprise identity systems
Experience with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, or distributed tracing
Experience testing multi-tenant SaaS applications, rate limiting, quotas, or usage-based billing systems

Benefits

Comp & perks

Market leader in compensation and equity awards
Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
Paid parental and adoption leaves
Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
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