Our client is the biggest name in the software industryseeking a strong SDETfor a contract opportunity. OVERVIEW: Manual test pass of the current projects that are shipping: Execute functional and regression test suite for feature verification on INT and PROD Verify bug fixes in TEST environments Coordinate investigation of any hot fixes across partner teams as needed Manually use web services site every day and detect and raise any kind of high-priority issues Conduct and communicate postmortems of site issues and improve process to prevent recurrences Automation: Onboard internal automation frameworks and tools Develop robust automation for web services, database and Back End data pipelines Investigate and implement low cost UI automation (record and playback, HTML parsing) Execute automated runs and investigate and fix test failures-Customer focus/usability Provide feedback on customer flows on usability and pain points Monitor and collect KPI metrics for web services DRI duties for the site (troubleshooting and fixing the issues) REQUIREMENTS: Good testing experience with passion for UX, web services and end-to-end scenarios Good coding skills (C#, ASP.NET, SQL) Scripting experience good to have (PowerShell a plus) Great communication and coordination skills Inquisitive, detail oriented, and tenacious Good at looking beyond the obvious Experience with Consumer-facing services, Networking, Operations and lab management experience a plus This contract is expected to be 6 months in duration with the possibility of extension.