Qa Automation Testing Engineer

Lead SDET Quality Engineering

Location: Pune / Ahmedabad
Experience: 8-12 Years
Education: Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary

We are looking for a Lead SDET / Quality Engineering Lead to drive quality engineering for a cloud-native SaaS platform. The role involves leading automation strategy, API/UI testing, CI/CD integration, performance testing, and mentoring QA engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Quality Engineering strategy across UI, API, integration, and microservices.
• Design and maintain scalable test automation frameworks.
• Drive shift-left and shift-right quality practices.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines with quality gates.
• Develop API-first, contract, and schema testing strategies.
• Perform performance/load testing for distributed cloud applications.
• Use logs, metrics, and traces for observability and production validation.
• Participate in architecture/design discussions and improve application testability.
• Lead, mentor, and guide a team of Quality Engineers.
• Drive automation modernization and tooling/platform migration initiatives.

Must-Have Skills

• Python (preferred) / Java / JavaScript
• Playwright / Cypress
• Pytest / Robot Framework
• API Testing: Postman/Newman, REST Assured, or Python Requests
• CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI
• Microservices, Cloud & Distributed Systems
• Docker & Kubernetes
• AWS / Cloud-based application testing
• Contract Testing: OpenAPI / Pact
• Performance Testing: k6 / Locust / Gatling
• Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch
• Strong SDLC & Agile knowledge

Good to Have

• AI/ML or LLM testing
• Kafka / event-driven architecture
• Security testing / OWASP
• Synthetic monitoring / Canary validation
• AI-driven test automation tools