About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use): 10

Responsibilities and Impact:

As an SDET III, you will drive the overall quality strategy, automation roadmap, and testing excellence across Web, API, and Services platforms. You will lead a team of SDETs to design scalable testing solutions, establish best practices, and integrate intelligent automation techniquesincluding Generative AIto accelerate product delivery without compromising quality. You will work with a diverse set of technologies and collaborate with various internal teams.

Test Design/Execution: Define and implement comprehensive test strategies across multiple products and platforms (Salesforce RCA Quoting, Contracts; RCB Billing, Invoicing; Agentforce AI).

Lead and mentor a team of SDETs in both manual and automated testing best practices.

Drive automation-first initiatives, promoting reusability and maintainability of frameworks.

Stakeholder Collaboration: Communicate QA status, risks, and issues clearly to engineers, product owners, and business leaders, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

Quality Advocacy: Champion a quality-first mindset with development, DevOps, and product teams; provide coaching on testing best practices and code quality.

Process Improvement: Identify and implement improvements in QA processes, tools, and methodologies to optimize quality and efficiency.

Defect Management: Own the defect lifecycle, from discovery and logging through triage, resolution, and validationincluding documenting and reporting test results.

Basic Required Qualifications:





- 4-6 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance, Test Automation, or Software Development in a test-focused capacity.
- Solid understanding of QA methodologies and testing best practices.
- Bachelors or higher degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline (Masters preferred).

Key Soft Skills:

- Proven leadership and mentorship capabilities to guide and upskill QA and SDET team members.
- Must have proficiency with Selenium and Java/Python as programming.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on innovation and efficiency.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management across technical and non-technical teams.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, agile environment.
- Commitment to driving a culture of quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

We are looking for a QA Engineer with hands-on experience in AI-driven testing tools and frameworks.

The candidate should have experience applying AI/ML techniques to improve test automation and software quality.

Experience using AI for defect prediction, test optimization, and intelligent test coverage is required.

Familiarity with modern AI-assisted QA tools, along with strong traditional software testing skills, is essential.

Exposure to Salesforce ecosystem testing tools and API integration frameworks.

Strong organizational and time management skills, with a proactive and ownership-driven mindset.

📌 Senior Quality Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 S&P Global Market Intelligence
📍 Hyderabad