Software Engineer in Test (SDET)

Position: QA + SDET Lead

Years of Experience: 6 – 8 Yrs

Role:

Our client is looking for an experienced and passionate QA + SDET Lead to own and drive quality across our products — including GUI applications, APIs, and AI-powered agent platforms. In this role, you will lead end-to-end QA processes, establish scalable automation frameworks, and mentor a team of SDETs and QA engineers. You will play a key role in shaping our test strategy, tools, and overall quality culture across the engineering organization.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the end-to-end QA lifecycle — from requirements analysis to test planning, automation, execution, and maintenance.

• Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable, and maintainable test automation frameworks using Playwright with Python/Java Script.

• Define and implement test strategies and quality best practices for complex systems, including web interfaces, APIs, and AI agent applications.

• Collaborate closely with product managers, developers, and DevOps to ensure continuous quality and seamless releases.

• Integrate AI tools and techniques into the QA process to enhance test coverage, execution speed, and accuracy.

• Drive shift-left testing and CI/CD-friendly automation practices.

• Own defect management, test coverage analysis, and quality metrics reporting.

• Mentor and guide a team of QA and automation engineers — promoting a strong quality mindset across the organization.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience in software testing and test automation.

• Proven experience building test automation frameworks from the ground up for complex systems.

• Hands-on experience with Playwright or similar modern test frameworks.

• Proficiency in Python and JavaScript for building automated test suites.

• Strong background in developing and executing test strategies, plans, and pipelines.

• Deep understanding of QA methodologies, Agile development, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience in testing intelligent systems, including AI/ML-based applications.

• Familiarity with defect tracking (Jira), version control (Git), and CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions).

• Solid grasp of using AI-enhanced tools in automation (e.g., self-healing tests, intelligent selectors, autonomous test generation).

Nice to Have:

• Experience working in fast-paced SaaS or cloud-native environments.

• Exposure to performance testing and tools like K6 or JMeter.

• Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Experience with observability tools (metrics, logs, traces) for post-release validation.

This is you:

• You are passionate about engineering excellence and quality at scale.

• You thrive on building automation frameworks, and love solving complex quality problems.

• You have a strong attention to detail, a bias for action, and take ownership end-to-end.

• You bring an open mind, are always eager to learn, and believe in continuous improvement.

• You are a clear communicator — both in documentation and cross-functional collaboration.

This is us:

• We respect and welcome diverse views and ideas, and high-energy people.

• We are a motivated crew, and we move fast as we are on a mission.

• We take care of ours and yours, and we are tightly knit.

• We are looking for people who are undeterred by blips or hurricanes as what we have set out to do is not for the faint hearted.

• Experts to mentor, guide, elevate you in your career. You will learn from the best!