Sr. ERP Developer

IP Corporation is a privately held, family-owned chemical manufacturing organization with more than 70 years of stability, innovation, and growth.

Headquartered in Minnesota, IP Corporation supports a portfolio of operating companies that manufacture and distribute resins, gel coats, composite materials, and specialty polymer solutions used across a wide range of industrial applications.

Our operating companies—Interplastic Corporation, North American Composites, HK Research, and Molding Products—work together to deliver technical expertise, high-quality products, and long‑term partnerships to customers around the world. We are known for our customer-first mindset, strong technical capabilities, and collaborative culture built on trust, accountability, and continuous improvement.

The Senior Developer / Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) – ERP Systems is responsible for leading quality engineering initiatives across IP Corporation's enterprise ERP ecosystem. This role combines advanced software engineering, test automation, Dev Ops, and ERP expertise to build scalable automation frameworks, improve software quality, and ensure the reliability of mission‑critical business applications.

Reporting within the Enterprise Applications team, this individual will serve as a technical leader in automation strategy, CI/CD implementation, and ERP quality engineering. Working closely with developers, business stakeholders, ERP administrators, and cross‑functional teams, the Senior Developer / SDET will drive testing best practices, mentor team members, and help modernize enterprise software delivery while ensuring business‑critical systems perform at the highest level.

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise‑grade automated testing frameworks for ERP applications and integrated business systems.
• Build scalable, reusable automated test suites supporting functional, regression, integration, API, and end‑to‑end testing.
• Lead the development of automation frameworks and testing standards from the ground up.
• Partner with software developers to integrate quality engineering throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Develop tools, utilities, and automation solutions that improve development efficiency, software quality, and release confidence.
• Continuously evaluate and implement new testing technologies and automation best practices.

• Validate complex ERP configurations, workflows, customizations, and enterprise business processes.
• Lead testing efforts for ERP enhancements, upgrades, implementations, and production releases.
• Test integrations between ERP platforms and connected systems including CRM, MDM, data warehouses, third‑party applications, and enterprise services.
• Perform comprehensive data reconciliation and validation across multiple enterprise systems to ensure data accuracy and business process integrity.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to ensure enterprise applications support operational and strategic business objectives.

• Design, implement, and continuously improve automated testing within CI/CD pipelines.
• Build and maintain deployment pipelines using Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, or similar technologies.
• Establish automation standards, quality metrics, and best practices across development teams.
• Drive continuous integration and continuous delivery initiatives to improve deployment speed, reliability, and software quality.
• Identify opportunities to optimize testing processes, automation coverage, and release management.

• Serve as a technical leader and mentor for quality engineering practices across development teams.
• Partner closely with software developers, ERP administrators, business analysts, architects, and business stakeholders throughout project life cycles.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand‑ups, and retrospectives.
• Lead root cause analysis efforts for production…