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Please note that we will never request payment or bank account information at any stage of the recruitment process. As we continue to grow our teams, we urge you to be cautious of fraudulent job postings or recruitment activities that misuse our company name and information. Please protect your personal information during any recruitment process. While Monks may contact potential candidates via LinkedIn, all applications must be submitted through our official website ( monks.com/careers ). Senior SDET Engineer Location: [Fully remote] .Monks Technology Services, part of Media.Monks and S4 Capital, is a global consulting firm mastering AI-powered transformations for the Fortune 100. We combine long-term strategic thinking, deep enterprise experience, and a human-centered approach to help clients transform business processes and dominate their industries. As part of our commitment to inclusion and in compliance with Law 2466 of 2025 from Colombia, we have available spaces for people with disabilities. About the Role As a Senior SDET Engineer , you’ll own the quality gate for an agentic codebase in which human engineers and AI coding agents work side by side. Embedded within a .Monks delivery team, you’ll collaborate with clients, product leaders, and engineers to define what “done and correct” means, validate functional correctness, and determine whether work is ready for production. You’ll also shape how tools such as Claude Code and Codex support quality throughout a fast-moving development lifecycle. Responsibilities Own acceptance testing, functional validation, regression coverage, and release-quality decisions for human- and AI-generated code Define clear acceptance criteria and quality standards in partnership with clients, product teams, and engineers Design, implement, and maintain automated test suites and frameworks across web, API, and end-to-end workflows Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and agentic development workflows Review and validate code quality, system behavior, and production readiness Identify edge cases and failure modes that may be overlooked during development Investigate test and production failures, determine root causes, and drive issues through resolution Shift quality practices upstream to help engineers and AI agents produce more reliable work Communicate quality risks, expected behavior, and release recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders Contribute to the evolution of testing and evaluation frameworks for AI-assisted software delivery Other duties as assigned About You Qualifications & Skills 8+ years of experience in SDET, quality assurance, or test automation, including ownership of test strategy Strong programming skills in TypeScript, JavaScript, and/or Python Proficiency with modern testing frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Vitest, Jest, or pytest Demonstrated experience defining acceptance criteria and performing functional validation beyond unit-level CI checks Experience designing and maintaining automated tests for web, API, and end-to-end workflows Strong understanding of CI/CD tooling, pipelines, and quality-gating practices Ability to review, challenge, and gate work produced by both engineers and AI coding agents Strong systems thinking, with the ability to assess both implementation quality and functional correctness A skeptical, investigative approach to identifying edge cases, hidden assumptions, and failure modes Strong English communication skills and the ability to define expected behavior for clients, engineers, and AI agents Comfort working in a fast-paced, agile consulting environment Experience testing AI or LLM systems, non-deterministic outputs, or agentic workflows is a plus Performance, load, or security testing experience is a plus Experience with behavior-driven development and tools such as Gherkin is a plus Experience building evaluation, testing, or quality frameworks from scratch is a plus .Monks Technology Services does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status #LI-Remote #LI-BC1 About Monks Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world. Through Monks.Flow, its flagship AI ecosystem for marketing orchestration, Monks transforms marketing into a growth engine, collapsing timelines and connecting brands to culture in real time. By deploying bespoke intelligent agents across disciplines and delivering culturally relevant, high-impact creative and digital solutions, Monks solves key critical business challenges across the entire brand enterprise to help brands sustain long-term impact. Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services, ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization, Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2025 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in both the Organizational and AI Product categories. As a trusted partner to cutting-edge innovators in tech, Monks earned titles such as Optimizely Experimentation Partner of the Year (2025), runner-up for the Adobe Firefly Partner Award (2024), and Workato’s AI Visionary Customer Impact Award (2024). Additionally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner. We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.
Here's how to pick the right one and stand out in your application.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.