Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET)

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain robust automation frameworks for UI and API testing using Java and TypeScript with tools such as Playwright, Selenium, REST-assured, or Karate.
• Develop automated validation for microservices, REST APIs, authentication/authorization flows, and role-based access controls.
• Perform database validation using SQL across relational and NoSQL databases to ensure data integrity, consistency, and accurate state transitions.
• Test event-driven architectures and message-based integrations using Kafka or similar streaming technologies.
• Create automation for resiliency scenarios including retries, failure recovery, idempotency, and system fault handling.
• Execute performance and load testing to validate system scalability under peak conditions.
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, or Bitbucket.
• Analyze logs, monitoring data, and system telemetry using tools such as CloudWatch, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, and ELK/EFK to troubleshoot issues.
• Partner with engineering teams to define quality standards, automation strategies, and release quality gates.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote automation best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 7+ years of software testing experience with 5+ years focused on enterprise test automation.
• Strong hands-on programming experience in Java and TypeScript.
• Experience testing microservices architectures, APIs, and distributed systems.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with backend/data validation.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.

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