Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

### About us **OrderMesh** is the operating system for modern print-on-demand fulfillment. We build intelligent order orchestration software that sits at the center of a complex global supply chain — connecting brands, marketplaces, and producers through a single platform. We replace the fragmented legacy systems that the industry has outgrown, with modern, API-first software built for today's scale and speed. OrderMesh is part of Taylor Corporation, a multi-billion-dollar global leader in print, manufacturing, and technology-enabled services — operating one of the largest production footprints in the world, serving enterprise customers across retail, ecommerce, and beyond. **The best of both worlds — and we mean it.** Most companies say "startup energy with enterprise backing." Few actually deliver it. At OrderMesh, the combination is real: - **Startup ownership:** Small, high-trust teams. Real autonomy over architecture. A direct line between what you build and how it performs in production. - **Enterprise foundation:** Long-term financial stability, SOC 2 compliance, access to global-scale production environments, and deep domain expertise in manufacturing, logistics, and supply chains. **Why now?** We're at an inflection point. The platform already runs real, live production volume — and we're expanding its capabilities, building out new infrastructure, and actively shaping how an entire industry operates. The decisions you make here — technical, architectural, product-driven — will have lasting impact. This isn't a role where you maintain someone else's roadmap. You'll be building serious software, solving meaningful real-world problems, and doing it with the backing of a world-class organization. **If that's the kind of work you're looking for, OrderMesh is a rare opportunity.** ### **About the Role** As a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) at Ordermesh Inc, you will be a key force in evolving our automation-first quality culture across a complex microservices platform (Kafka, NoSQL, REST APIs, async workflows). The role is less about manual gatekeeping and more about building CI-integrated quality pipelines that let developers ship confidently and independently. It's for someone who wants to own the full automation strategy — from build-time testing to real-time quality metrics. ### What You’ll Do - Champion an automation-first mindset; manual testing should be the exception, not the rule. - Design, build, and scale automated test frameworks for APIs, UI, and end-to-end microservice validation using Node.js, Playwright, and related frameworks. - Develop load and resilience testing suites with Grafana k6 to benchmark and harden distributed systems. - Integrate test execution and quality gates deeply into GitHub Actions, ensuring every commit, PR, and deployment is validated by automation. - Collaborate closely with MCPs: Kafka event flows, service mesh routing (Istio), and inter-service contracts to design automated validation of message schemas, ACLs, and service dependencies. - Mock endpoints with services like microcks or postman to simulate responses. - Lead TDD adoption by embedding test scaffolds into developer workflows and enforcing test coverage standards across repositories. - Embed security testing and data validation checks into automation frameworks for proactive vulnerability detection. - Create test observability dashboards (via Grafana or Datadog) that expose quality metrics alongside performance and error budgets. - Perform exploratory testing to supplement automation with contextual discovery and edge-case validation. - Collaborate with developers, SREs, and product managers to drive a shared understanding of quality across environments. - 3+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining automated test frameworks for microservice and web applications. - Strong proficiency in Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, or equivalent modern language. - Demonstrated experience integrating tests into…