Software Engineer

Powering the world’s payments ecosystem ACI powers the payments ecosystem – globally, and you power ACI. You’ll innovate, collaborate, and grow – in an energetic technology culture with decades of proven success. ACIers – in all roles and levels – are truly your colleagues and many are your friends. Our size and reach allow you to see the global impact of your work. You are visible, your talents are valued, and you are empowered to shape the future of payments. As a Senior SDET — Senior IC in Bengaluru, you will join a diverse, passionate team dedicated to powering the world’s payments ecosystem! This purpose of this Senior SDET — Senior IC is: We are seeking a Senior SDET to lead quality initiatives for complex, large-scale systems. You will own test strategy, design scalable automation frameworks using Playwright, and drive the adoption of GenAI-assisted testing across the team. This is a hands-on senior engineering role with significant influence over architecture, release quality, and engineering best practices. A typical day at ACI for a Senior SDET — Senior IC is: Architect, develop, and scale Playwright-based automation frameworks for UI and API testing

Define and own test strategy across features, services, and releases

Drive adoption of GenAI tools for test generation, optimization, failure analysis, and productivity

Partner with software engineers to improve design for testability and shift quality left

Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, reliable releases

Analyze test failures, identify systemic quality gaps, and drive root-cause fixes

Mentor junior SDETs and raise quality standards across the team

Define and track metrics for test coverage, reliability, and release readiness

Knowledge, Skills and Experience needed to succeed in this role: Owns end-to-end quality strategy for a product or service area

Drives automation architecture and tooling decisions

Influences quality practices across multiple teams or a broader testing ecosystem

Designs and scales Playwright frameworks for both UI and API testing

Applies strong coding discipline — clean abstractions, readability, and maintainability

Deep understanding of distributed systems and microservices testing

Applies GenAI strategically for test optimization, failure analysis, and team productivity

Shifts quality left by influencing system design and testability decisions

Mentors junior SDETs and actively raises the bar across the team

Defines quality metrics including coverage, flakiness rates, and release confidence

Measurably reduces escaped defects and release risk

Improves test execution speed and overall suite reliability

Becomes the go-to quality leader for the engineering organization

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

6+ years of experience in test automation or software engineering

Strong hands-on experience with Playwright at scale

Excellent coding skills in JavaScript/TypeScript; proficiency in an additional language preferred

Experience testing distributed systems, APIs, and microservices

Proven track record integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines

Strong debugging, system-level thinking, and problem-solving skills

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience needed for this role: Experience applying GenAI/LLM tools for testing, productivity, or quality analysis

Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Knowledge of performance, reliability, or security testing

Experience in large-scale, high-availability production systems

Strong communication and technical leadership skills

Core Capabilities: Ensure Accountability: holding self and others accountable to meet commitments

Drives Results: consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances

Customer Focus: building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions

Cultivate Innovation: creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful

Collaborates: building partnerships and working collaboratively with others

Courage: stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said

Why Join Us

Work on high-impact products used at scale, within an engineering culture that genuinely values automation, ownership, and quality. You'll have the opportunity to shape next-generation testing practices — including how GenAI is applied to quality engineering — and grow alongside a team that takes craft seriously. We offer competitive compensation, strong benefits, and meaningful long-term growth opportunities. #LI-SK