SDET

• Design, develop and maintain test automation frameworks from scratch or extend existing ones
• Define and uphold standards for test quality
• Write maintainable integration and end-to-end tests
• Build reusable test utilities, mocks and simulators
• Contribute to test strategy for products or services
• Partner with engineers, product managers and delivery leads to embed quality early in the SDLC
• Design and oversee test strategies combining automation, exploratory testing and regression coverage
• Integrate automated testing frameworks into CI/CD pipelines
• Own the structure and health of test suites and regression packs
• Test front-end, back-end, API and distributed microservices using Playwright, Cypress, Postman, RestAssured and other modern frameworks
• Perform and organise performance testing using K6 and JMeter
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to test cross-squad functionality and integration
• Investigate issues, write tests, support manual QA and sign off changes
• Investigate defects and production issues and validate fixes through automation

Software Development Engineer in Test – SDET

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable UI and API automation frameworks
• Create and execute automated regression, functional, integration, and end-to-end test suites
• Analyze requirements and prepare comprehensive test scenarios and test cases
• Perform API testing using REST Assured, Postman, or equivalent
• Automate web applications using Playwright
• Develop reusable automation components, utilities, and test data solutions
• Integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps
• Perform cross-browser and parallel test execution
• Investigate automation failures, identify root causes, and work with developers to resolve defects
• Participate in code reviews and follow automation coding standards
• Implement reporting, logging, screenshots, and failure diagnostics within automation frameworks
• Contribute to test strategy, automation architecture, and continuous improvement
• Mentor junior QA engineers
• Work in Agile/Scrum teams and participate in sprint planning, refinement, reviews, and retrospectives

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Software Development Engineer in Test – SDET

Automation Test Engineer