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Interview Kickstart is a premier career transformation platform turbocharging tech careers through AI upskilling.
Founded in 2014 in Santa Clara by Soham Mehta, ex-Box Engineering Leader, and Ryan Valles, a transformative P&L leader and former CEO with a track record of scaling ventures, Interview Kickstart’s vision is to help every tech professional thrive in today’s fast-evolving tech industry.
With 40+ domain-specific courses—from foundational Machine Learning and Generative AI to Agentic AI, System Design, and DSA—Interview Kickstart equips engineers, PMs, data professionals, and tech leaders to accelerate their careers. Its 600+ instructors—industry practitioners, hiring managers, and senior engineers from FAANG+ companies—bring real-world insight and cutting-edge expertise into every classroom.
Beyond upskilling, Interview Kickstart offers end-to-end career support. Personalized mock interviews, resume and LinkedIn branding, career coaching, salary negotiation guidance, and performance-based job referrals ensure that your AI upskilling translates into real career breakthroughs. Over 25,000 professionals have already advanced their careers through Interview Kickstart.
Recognized by TIME x Statista and GSV 150 as a top EdTech company, Interview Kickstart is the go-to platform for tech professionals looking to future-proof their careers in the age of AI.
Let's start with who we are
Interviews can be hard. And when it comes to the top tech companies like Google, Facebook, Netflix, etc., they can be downright brutal. Most candidates don’t make it simply because they don’t prepare well enough. IK helps candidates nail the toughest tech interviews. At IK, current and former hiring managers at these top companies take candidates through an intense prep course to prepare them to crack the toughest Technical interviews. You could think of us as ‘the everything store’ for career transitions and interview skill development.
How do we do that , you ask ?- We have a structured way of helping folks crack interviews-
- Career accelerator course
- End-to-end courses + platform
- More than 100+ instructors from Google, FB, Amazon, Netflix, Dropbox, and other top Silicon Valley companies.
- And, to date, we have trained 25000+ engineers!
- What’s more exciting is that we are completely remote and hiring the best people we can find regardless of geo.
Sounds interesting? Then here’s some more information about the role
Position OverviewWe are looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test who has experience automating testing for our web (Next.js) and API (Python/Django) systems using Playwright frameworks in Typescripts!
What will excite us?- Experience building reusable, scalable test frameworks instead of writing isolated scripts.
- An AI-first approach to automation testing (test case generation, self-healing tests, AI-driven validation).
- 2.5+ years of experience in automation testing with a strong engineering mindset.
- Hands-on expertise with Playwright for end-to-end testing.
- Hands-on experience with manual testing.
- Good debugging and online searching skills.
- Good communication skills.
- Good problem-solving skills.
- Designing, developing, and maintaining automation frameworks that can be reused across different types of testing (UI, API, performance, security) instead of writing isolated scripts.
- Driving an AI-first testing strategy by integrating AI-driven solutions into the QA process.
- Implementing and scaling Playwright-based automation across web applications (Python/Django + JavaScript/NextJS).
- Performing manual testing where required (e.g., exploratory testing, edge cases, or quick validation), but spending the majority of time on automation.
- Building CI/CD-integrated test systems to ensure continuous, reliable test coverage.
- Identifying gaps, bottlenecks, and risks in automation pipelines and resolving them proactively.
- Ensuring test reliability, maintainability, and scalability by focusing on frameworks, not one-off scripts.
- Mentoring junior QA engineers and collaborating with developers, DevOps, and product teams to raise quality standards.
- Permanent remote/WFH and flexible work culture.
- Cutting-edge technology stack.
- An AI-first approach for solving the problems.
- Complete ownership and trust from the top management.
- Ideas and concerns are carefully listened to by the top management.
- Experiment, fail, and learn.
- Rapid career progression for high performers.
- High-pedigree, high-caliber team.
- Learn how a fast-growing startup works and scales.
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