Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Kamayi · India

Job Description: Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate is a software engineer with a passion for quality who can design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation solutions while collaborating closely with software developers, DevOps engineers, product managers, and QA professionals.

The SDET will play a key role in ensuring software quality throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) by building robust automation frameworks, developing testing tools, integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, and promoting quality engineering best practices.

Key Responsibilities

Test Automation & Framework Development

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reusable, and maintainable automation frameworks.
• Develop automated test scripts for Web, Mobile, Desktop, API, and Microservices applications.
• Create data-driven, keyword-driven, hybrid, and behavior-driven (BDD) automation frameworks.
• Continuously improve automation coverage and execution efficiency.

Software Development

• Write clean, maintainable, and production-quality code using modern programming languages.
• Develop custom testing utilities, libraries, and tools to improve testing productivity.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices.
• Refactor automation code to improve maintainability and scalability.

API & Backend Testing

• Design and automate RESTful and GraphQL API testing.
• Validate request/response payloads, authentication, authorization, and business logic.
• Perform database validations using SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Develop reusable API testing libraries.

Continuous Integration & DevOps

• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Configure and maintain automated test execution in Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar platforms.
• Analyze pipeline failures and improve test reliability.
• Support shift-left testing practices.

Quality Engineering

• Participate in requirement analysis, design reviews, and sprint planning.
• Identify quality risks early in the SDLC.
• Develop comprehensive test strategies and test plans.
• Improve application testability through collaboration with developers.
• Drive quality metrics and automation adoption.

Performance & Security Testing

• Support performance, load, stress, and scalability testing.
• Assist with security and vulnerability validation where applicable.
• Identify bottlenecks and recommend improvements.

Test Data & Environment Management

• Create and maintain reusable test data.
• Manage automated test environments.
• Support service virtualization and test environment stability.

Agile Collaboration

• Participate in Scrum ceremonies.
• Work closely with Product Owners, Developers, QA Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and Architects.
• Provide accurate effort estimates for automation tasks.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote quality engineering practices.

Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Monitor automation execution results.
• Analyze failures and perform root cause analysis.
• Maintain automation dashboards and quality metrics.
• Recommend process improvements to increase product quality and delivery speed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software testing and automation.
• Strong software development experience.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

• Java
• C#
• Python
• JavaScript/TypeScript
• Kotlin (preferred)
• Swift (preferred)

Test Automation

• Selenium WebDriver
• Playwright
• Cypress
• Appium
• Robot Framework

API Testing

• Rest Assured
• Postman
• Karate
• Newman
• GraphQL testing

Unit Testing

• JUnit
• TestNG
• NUnit
• xUnit
• PyTest

BDD

• Cucumber
• SpecFlow
• Behave

CI/CD

• Azure DevOps
• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• GitLab CI

Version Control

• Git
• GitHub
• Azure Repos
• Bitbucket

Databases

• SQL Server
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• Oracle
• MongoDB

Cloud & Containers

• Microsoft Azure
• AWS
• Google Cloud Platform
• Docker
• Kubernetes

Performance Testing

• JMeter
• k6
• Gatling

Test Management

• Azure DevOps
• Jira
• TestRail
• Zephyr
• Xray

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with distributed systems and microservices.
• Experience testing cloud-native applications.
• Knowledge of containerized environments.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code.
• Experience with AI-assisted testing tools and intelligent test automation.
• Understanding of secure software development practices.

Soft Skills

• Strong software engineering mindset.
• Passion for quality and continuous improvement.
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting abilities.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Strong ownership and accountability.
• Ability to mentor and guide team members.
• Effective stakeholder communication.
• Adaptability in fast-paced Agile environments.

Success Metrics

An SDET will be considered successful by:

• Increasing automation coverage.
• Reducing regression execution time.
• Improving CI/CD pipeline reliability.
• Reducing escaped defects.
• Improving automation framework maintainability.
• Enhancing application testability.
• Reducing flaky tests.
• Improving release quality and deployment confidence.