Sr. SDET

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Experience: 5–8 Years Employment Type: Full-time Department: Engineering
## About the Role
We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior SDET to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable automation frameworks and ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of our products. The candidate should have strong expertise in UI and API automation, hands-on experience with Playwright, Selenium, Java/JavaScript/TypeScript, and a solid understanding of software testing methodologies. The role requires close collaboration with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to drive quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
## Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and reusable test automation frameworks.
- Develop and execute automated test scripts for UI, API, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Build and maintain automation suites using Playwright, Selenium, and other relevant testing tools.
- Perform API testing, including functional, integration, and regression testing.
- Identify, troubleshoot, and debug complex application issues and collaborate with development teams for resolution.
- Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing.
- Drive test strategy, test planning, and quality assurance processes across projects.
- Conduct functional, regression, smoke, sanity, and exploratory testing.
- Analyse test results, identify quality gaps, and proactively suggest improvements.
- Mentor junior QA engineers and provide technical guidance on automation best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely and high-quality product releases.
- Explore AI-powered testing tools and approaches to improve automation efficiency.

Required Skills & Qualifications

- 5–8 years of experience in Software Testing / Test Automation.
- Strong hands-on experience in Playwright with JavaScript or TypeScript.
- Experience in Selenium WebDriver with Java or Python.
- Strong expertise in UI automation and API testing.
- Experience in developing automation frameworks from scratch or enhancing existing frameworks.
- Good understanding of REST APIs, HTTP methods, JSON, and API automation tools such as Postman or REST Assured.
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
- Proficiency in Git and version control systems.
- Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile methodologies, and defect management.
- Experience working with test management and bug-tracking tools such as Jira.
- Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.

Good to Have

- Experience in performance and load testing using JMeter or similar tools.
- Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with AI-assisted test automation and agentic testing tools.
- Exposure to security testing and accessibility testing.
- Experience working in product-based or SaaS organisations.

What We Are Looking For

- Strong ownership and accountability towards product quality.
- Ability to independently drive automation initiatives.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- A proactive approach to identifying potential risks and quality gaps.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile product development environment.