Senior Software Test Engineer

Software Development Engineer in Test

(Senior SDET)

Location: Hyderabad

About the Role

As a Senior SDET, you will own end-to-end quality for critical modules and services, driving

test strategy, automation, and risk reduction across the delivery lifecycle.

This role goes beyond execution. You will act as a quality owner and technical leader—

shaping test strategies and plans, influencing engineering decisions, mentoring SDET-1 and

SDET-2 engineers, and ensuring quality is engineered into the system from day one.

You will work closely with Engineering, Product, and DevOps to ensure releases are

predictable, scalable, and production-safe.

Key Responsibilities

● Own module/service-level quality across UI, API, and data layers.

● Ensure assigned modules are regression-ready before release, with a strong

focus on improving automation effectiveness and reducing manual effort.

● Create and own test plans for low to medium complexity epics and patch releases

● Identify risks early and drive mitigation before they become release blockers

● Drive UI and API automation coverage for the owned modules.

● Ensure automation is stable, maintainable, and reliable (low flakiness).

● Own dashboards and metrics to track coverage, stability, and effectiveness.

● Identify and document gaps, risks, and open questions before development begins

● Conduct QE demos for major releases, highlighting coverage, risks, and confidence

levels.

● Contribute to defining and enforcing quality gates across the delivery pipeline.

● Ensure automated tests are integrated into CI/CD workflows.

● Mentor SDET 1 and SDET 2 engineers on Test design and risk analysis, Automation

best practices.What We’re Looking For

Must Have

● 5–8 years of experience in Quality Engineering / Test Automation.

● Strong hands-on experience with UI automation (Selenium, Playwright, or equivalent).

● Strong API testing and automation experience (Rest Assured, Postman, Swagger, or similar).

● Solid programming skills in Java or Python.

● Experience owning test strategy and quality outcomes for complex features.

● Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and quality gates.

● Ability to mentor engineers and influence cross-team decisions.

● Experience testing microservices-based architectures.

Nice to Have

● Experience with performance testing (k6, JMeter, or similar).

● Exposure to security testing fundamentals (OWASP Top 10).

● Familiarity with cloud-native and containerized environments.

● Proven end-to-end ownership of quality deliverables.

● Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and quality gates, including test execution, reporting, and

release readiness bottlenecks.

What We Value

● Ownership over escalation.

● Engineering-first approach to quality.

● Data-backed decision making.

● Collaboration without silos.

● Bias for action and continuous improvement.