SDET / Test Engineer – Automation Framework Lead

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled SDET / Test Engineer to serve as the quality backbone for our software solutions. You will own test architecture end‑to‑end, write production‑grade automation code alongside engineers, and leverage AI tools to accelerate test coverage.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable automation frameworks across UI, API, and integration layers.
• Embed quality early in the SDLC by partnering with engineers during design and development.
• Build and maintain automated test pipelines (unit, integration, E2E, regression) that gate deployments.
• Contribute real application code where needed, ensuring deep system understanding.
• Identify and test performance bottlenecks, race conditions, and failure modes.
• Use AI tools to generate test scaffolding, analyse failures, and close coverage gaps.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and advisory teams to translate acceptance criteria into automated coverage and communicate risk.

Required profile

• Engineering mindset with a focus on maintainability, scalability, and speed of test solutions.
• High autonomy and grit, proactively identifying quality risks.
• Strong communication skills to explain technical risk and quality trade‑offs to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Required skills

• Automation tools: Playwright, Selenium, Cypress
• Test frameworks: TestNG, JUnit, Cucumber
• Programming languages: Java, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python
• API testing: REST APIs, JSON payload validation
• CI/CD platforms: Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions
• Version control: Git
• Cloud platforms: GCP, AWS, Azure
• Containerisation: Docker
• Performance testing tools: JMeter, k6