Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

About the role

As the technical leader of our QA/SDET function, you’ll shape test strategy, build cutting-edge automation frameworks, and mentor SDETs to deliver zero-defect releases at scale. This is a senior individual contributor role with technical leadership responsibilities - ideal for someone passionate about test architecture, advanced automation, and quality culture, without full-time people management duties.

What you'll do

• Own test strategy and automation architecture for multiple squads or product areas spanning backend, frontend, and mobile
• Design, build, and scale test automation frameworks for API, UI, contract, integration, and performance testing
• Partner with engineering leads and architects to embed testability and quality gates into designs and CI/CD pipelines
• Mentor and upskill SDET engineers, review their test designs, and drive best practices across squads
• Lead cross-functional initiatives on non-functional testing — performance, reliability, security, and chaos engineering

What you need

• 6–11 yrs of experience
• Selenium
• Performance testing
• Python
• Java
• Cypress
• Appium
• B.Tech or B.E. or B.Sc or BCA

Good to have

• Playwright
• CI/CD
• OWASP
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• Microservices