Lead SDET Engineer – Quality Engineering & Automation

GRhombus Technologies Private Limited

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience Required: 8+ Years

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead SDET Engineer to support GRhombus’s clients across multiple engagements and domains. This role is fully hands-on and central to our Quality Engineering services, driving excellence in automation, DevSecOps integration, and engineering-led testing.

The ideal candidate will lead automation initiatives, collaborate directly with client stakeholders, and help shape quality strategies aligned with business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Client Consulting & Delivery Excellence

Engage closely with client product owners, architects, business teams, and engineering leaders

Understand client priorities, constraints, and technical landscapes

Design and present automation strategies, frameworks, and transformation roadmaps

Ensure solutions meet client needs, SLAs, and delivery commitments

Automation Framework Development

Build, enhance, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for UI, API, and backend testing

Work with tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Cucumber, Postman, and Fiddler

Implement BDD using Gherkin syntax aligned with client delivery models

Design reusable libraries and automation components

Hands-On Engineering Contribution

Develop high-quality automation scripts using TypeScript, Python, C#, and Node.js

Drive in-sprint automation for rapid delivery

Support multiple client teams across engagements

Apply engineering best practices and coding standards

DevSecOps & Quality Pipeline Ownership

Integrate automation suites within CI/CD pipelines

Work with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and SonarQube

Support continuous testing and automated validations





Promote shift-left testing and real-time feedback mechanisms

Performance & Non-Functional Testing

Support performance testing initiatives using k6 and LoadRunner Cloud

Work with observability and diagnostics tools such as Grafana and SolarWinds DPA

Identify bottlenecks, scalability issues, and reliability improvements

AI-Enabled Quality Engineering

Introduce AI and GenAI capabilities into quality engineering workflows

Implement accelerators for test case generation, smart test data creation, and script healing

Recommend AI-driven approaches for improving speed, quality, and cost optimization

Collaboration & Leadership

Work closely with internal delivery teams and client engineering squads

Participate in Agile ceremonies across distributed teams

Mentor team members and support engineering maturity initiatives

Facilitate collaboration between business and technical stakeholders

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline

8+ years of experience in software engineering or test automation

Strong hands-on expertise in Playwright, Selenium, and Cucumber

Experience with TypeScript, Python, C#, and Node.js

Positive understanding of Azure, AWS, or GCP environments

Experience working in Agile and distributed team environments

Familiarity with performance testing tools and DevSecOps practices

Minimum 1 year of experience leveraging GenAI/LLMs in QA

Why Join GRhombus Technologies?

Opportunity to work on complex global engineering programs

Exposure to modern automation frameworks and AI-driven quality engineering

Continuous learning and engineering excellence initiatives

Collaborative and innovation-focused work culture

Career growth opportunities across diverse client environments

📌 SDET Engineer – Quality Engineering & Automation (Chennai)
🏢 GRhombus Technologies
📍 Chennai