SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER IN TESTING (SDET) (2024)

The growth of Agile, DevOps, andContinuous Testing has resulted in increasing demand for Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) skills. SDETs play a significant role in the software development life cycle (SDLC) and are involved in the design, development, and testing phases; they have an amalgamation of software development and quality engineering knowledge.

An SDET is typically a developer who is working in a hybrid role writing code with a focus on testability and the general test infrastructure. The goal of the A4Q SDET Foundation Level certification is to impart basic testing skills to SDETs. It is not intended to “retrain” developers as testers but to increase competence and confidence in effectively selecting and using relevant testing approaches, methods, and techniques during the development lifecycle.

Holders of the A4Q SDET certification should be able to::

• Promote efficient and effective communication by using a common vocabulary for
  software testing
• Understand fundamental concepts of software testing
• Use established black-box techniques for designing tests
• Use established white-box techniques for designing tests
• Implement tests according to given test designs
• Execute implemented tests and report results
• Improve the quality characteristics of code and architecture by making use of different
  analysis techniques