Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Lead/Architect SDET to drive the quality engineering strategy, test automation architecture, and enterprise-wide testing best practices for complex, large-scale applications. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Selenium, Java, API Automation, BDD frameworks, CI/CD integration, and test architecture design, while providing technical leadership to QA and development teams.

This role requires a robust combination of hands-on automation expertise, solution architecture, stakeholder management, and mentoring capabilities to establish scalable quality engineering practices across multiple programs.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Test Architecture
- Define and drive the overall Test Automation Strategy and Quality Engineering roadmap.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for UI, API, Integration, and End-to-End testing.
- Establish automation standards, coding guidelines, and best practices across projects.
- Evaluate and recommend tools, frameworks,



and technologies to improve testing efficiency and coverage.
- Architect automation solutions for cloud-native, microservices-based, and distributed systems.

Automation & Quality Engineering
- Develop and oversee automated test suites using Selenium, Java, and modern automation frameworks.
- Lead API automation initiatives using Rest Assured, Postman, or equivalent tools.
- Implement and govern BDD frameworks using Cucumber/Gherkin.
- Drive shift-left testing practices and quality engineering initiatives within Agile teams.
- Ensure automation coverage across functional, regression, integration, performance validation, and end-to-end testing.

CI/CD & DevOps Integration
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
- Ensure automated quality gates are implemented within the software delivery lifecycle.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to optimize test execution a

📌 LEAD SDET (Pune)
🏢 Tech Mahindra
📍 Pune