Join the revolution in hospitality tech!
Liven is a leading global data, technology, and customer experience provider for the hospitality industry. From humble beginnings, we have grown to serve over 6,000 venues and millions of diners across Australia, the USA, and Southeast Asia, processing over 120 million transactions worth more than $3 billion (AUD) annually.
At Liven, our platform is built to help hospitality businesses save more and work smarter by seamlessly integrating every aspect of their operations — from ordering and payments to back-of-house management.
Driven by a deep passion for the hospitality industry, we continuously innovate to elevate the experience for both venues and their guests. Our solutions are powered by AI-enriched insights and automated workflows, enabling smarter decision-making and smoother operations at scale.
We’re proud to be an AI-first organisation. By automating repetitive tasks, we free up space for our teams — and our customers — to focus on what truly matters: solving complex problems, delighting guests, and driving meaningful growth.
Key Milestones:
- Expansion: Acquired OrderUp, Abacus, Zeemart, Copper and Nomnie forming Asia Pacific’s largest end-to-end group in hospitality technology.
- Global Reach: Headquartered across major cities including Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Singapore, Bali, Jakarta, New York, and India.
If you're someone who thrives on creativity, bold thinking, and using technology to make things better, faster, and smarter — you’ll feel right at home here.
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About the role
As a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) at Liven, you'll play a crucial role in maintaining the stability and reliability of our platform. You’ll design and implement automated tests for our backend services, shape test infrastructure, and embed quality practices across the development lifecycle. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and quality—perfect for someone who loves building robust systems and advocating for clean, testable code.
What you'll do
- Test Development: Write and maintain automated unit, integration, and E2E tests for services built in Express.js (Node.js) and Go.
- Code Quality: Contribute directly to production codebases, improving test coverage and reliability.
- Framework Ownership: Maintain and evolve Liven’s test frameworks, tools, and infrastructure.
- CI/CD Integration: Ensure tests are seamlessly integrated into our CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins).
- Collaboration: Partner with engineers to design systems with testability in mind and ensure comprehensive test coverage for new features.
- Exploratory Testing: Support exploratory efforts for complex systems, validating edge cases and unexpected behaviors.
- Quality Advocacy: Promote a culture of testing and quality engineering throughout the team.
Qualifications
- 3–6 years of experience in test automation or software engineering roles.
- Strong programming skills in JavaScript/TypeScript and/or Go.
- Experience writing robust unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
- Familiarity with frameworks like Jest, Mocha, Supertest, Go test, Testify, or Ginkgo.
- Proficiency with E2E tools like Playwright, Cypress, or similar.
- Hands-on experience with API testing tools such as Postman or REST-assured.
- Solid grasp of CI/CD pipelines and version control systems like Git.
- Strong debugging skills and a methodical approach to problem-solving.
- Great communication and collaboration skills with a test-first mindset.
Good to Have
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes for containerized environments.
- Experience with contract testing (e.g. Pact).
- Knowledge of performance testing and profiling methodologies.
- Exposure to cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Prior experience with large-scale distributed systems and backend services.