Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Department: Quality Assurance / Engineering

Experience: 4-7 Years

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Overview:
This role requires someone proactive, thorough, and ownership-driven — someone who identifies gaps before they become production issues.

Key Responsibilities:
- Design and maintain automated test suites using Playwright following best practices — maintainable, readable, and reliable
- Identify and document critical user flows; ensure no significant flow is left untested
- Perform thorough manual testing where automation is not sufficient, with structured and repeatable test cases
- Build and maintain API test coverage for REST endpoints including authentication flows (OAuth, JWT)
- Produce transparent, meaningful test reports that communicate what was tested, what passed, what failed, and what confidence level the release carries
- Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines
- Audit existing test coverage, identify gaps, and systematically close them




- Be mindful of user data handling and access control during testing — flag any concerns around PII or permission boundaries proactively

Required Skills & Qualifications:
- 4-7 years of QA/SDET experience with a strong mix of manual and automation
- Proven expertise in Playwright — including test architecture, maintainability, and adherence to best practices
- Solid manual testing skills — structured thinking, edge case identification, critical flow coverage
- Experience testing REST APIs — tools like Postman, REST Assured, or similar; understanding of OAuth and JWT flows
- Experience with Electron app testing is a plus
- Comfortable working in a CI/CD environment (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
- Strong test reporting skills — ability to communicate test status clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience in a healthcare or regulated product environment is a plus
- Self-driven, proactive, and accountable — someone who raises flags early rather t

📌 Software Development Engineer in Test (Bengaluru)
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