SDET Engineer - Chennai

Designs, builds, and maintains scalable, reusable automated test frameworks across UI, API, integration, and (where applicable) performance testing for their product area.

Treats test automation as production-quality code: writes maintainable, well-architected, peer-reviewed test code and advocates for the same from others.

Partners with engineering and DevOps to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, enabling fast, reliable, repeatable releases.

Drives shift-left testing practices within their team — influencing design and development to build in testability and quality from the start.

Reduces manual testing burden by expanding automation coverage and improving test execution efficiency.

Defines and monitors quality metrics (coverage, defect trends, flaky test rates, release readiness) for their area and reports on them to engineering leads.

Leads root cause analysis for escaped defects within their scope and implements automated safeguards to prevent recurrence.

Establishes test data management and environment readiness practices for their team or platform.

Mentors and provides technical guidance to junior and mid-level SDETs, including code reviews and pairing.

Collaborates with Architecture, Security, and SRE to ensure test coverage extends to non-functional requirements (performance, security, resiliency).

Influences engineering design decisions on their team to improve testability and long-term maintainability.

Contributes to org-wide quality engineering standards and communities of practice, without owning enterprise strategy.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software development or test automation engineering

• Deep proficiency in at least one programming language (Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, etc.) and test automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, REST Assured, etc.)

• Strong CI/CD experience (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.)

• Nice to Have:

• Evaluates new tools, frameworks, and testing approaches and recommends adoption where it improves quality or velocity.