Senior SDET

As a senior development engineer in test, the person will own end-to-end quality for a product, driving both functional (manual) and automation testing while mentoring junior engineers.

Qualification:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, along with strong team skills, are required.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical studies
• 8-10 years of experience in software QA, including at least 2 years in a QA senior role owning quality for a product or multiple modules.

• Own end-to-end quality for the assigned product, from requirement analysis through release sign-off.
• Define the test strategy and test plans for features and releases; write and review test cases to ensure adequate coverage.
• Perform and coordinate both manual/functional and automation testing activities for the product.
• Design, develop, and execute automated tests for web UI and APIs using a JavaScript-based framework, leveraging AI tools to speed up script development and maintenance.
• Maintain, enhance, and expand the automation framework and regression suite.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and monitor results for faster, reliable releases.
• Analyse production bugs, perform root cause analysis, identify gaps in testing or process, and implement preventive actions.
• Debug, triage, and document issues; work closely with developers to resolve them.
• Partner with developers, Product Owners, and other QA teams to identify gaps in test and automation coverage and close them.
• Promote shift-left testing practices, ensuring test cases are defined early and automation is embedded in development workflows.
• Mentor and guide junior QA engineers, review their work, and ensure coding/testing standards are followed.
• Track and report quality metrics and release readiness to stakeholders.

• Proven ability to write and review test strategies, test plans, and test cases, ensuring coverage, traceability, and clarity
• Solid understanding of the end-to-end QA process: requirement analysis, test planning and design, execution, defect management, regression, release sign-off, and post-release validation
• Ability to handle both manual and automation activities for a product and decide the right balance between them
• Strong experience in testing and automating web applications and RESTful APIs (e.g., Postman, Playwright API testing, or similar)
• Experience analysing production defects, performing root cause analysis, and driving preventive actions
• Agile/Scrum testing experience and working with cross-functional teams
• Strong programming skills in JavaScript (preferred) or TypeScript; Node.js experience is a plus
• Hands-on experience designing, building, and maintaining UI automation in a JS-based framework (Playwright preferred; Puppeteer, Cypress, or WebdriverIO also relevant)
• Experience building and enhancing automation frameworks, not only writing scripts within existing ones
• Practical experience using AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to develop, refactor, and maintain automation scripts, with the judgment to review and validate AI-generated code
• Strong experience with CI/CD tools, especially GitHub Actions (Jenkins/CircleCI a plus): configuring workflows/jobs, integrating test suites, and analysing pipeline results
• Proficiency with Git and defect/test management tools (e.g., Jira, TestRail, or similar)
• Experience mentoring and guiding junior QA engineers, including reviewing their test cases and automation code
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills, good attention to detail, and the ability to report quality status clearly to stakeholders

• Understanding of web accessibility (WCAG) and accessibility testing tools
• Understanding performance/load testing (e.g., k6, JMeter) reports
• Experience with AWS and Docker
• Experience defining and tracking QA metrics (e.g., automation coverage, defect leakage, pass rates)