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As a Software Development Engineer in Test II, responsibilities involve thorough testing to validate releases and designing automation frameworks ensuring APIs, edge functionality, and user interfaces are scalable, resilient, and perform efficiently across diverse scenarios.\nPartner with the best\nThis role involves designing, developing and maintaining automated test suites for backend services, REST APIs, edge components and web UIs. 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