IND Senior Staff Engineer, Engineering - GCC117
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Position Overview
The Hartford is seeking an experienced SDET Technical Lead to lead quality engineering and test automation for enterprise-scale applications. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for guiding a team of 7-10 SDETs, defining the automation strategy, establishing engineering best practices, and embedding quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in Playwright-based UI automation, API testing, modern programming practices, and CI/CD integration. This individual will own quality outcomes—not merely test execution—and partner with product, engineering, architecture, and business teams to improve release confidence, speed-to-market, customer experience, and production stability.




Key Responsibilities:
Automation Strategy and Architecture
Define and implement an enterprise-grade test automation strategy across UI, API, integration, and end-to-end testing.
Architect scalable and reusable automation frameworks using Playwright with TypeScript or JavaScript.
Establish framework standards for modularity, maintainability, parallel execution, cross-browser testing, reporting, and failure diagnostics.
Guide the appropriate use of unit, component, API, contract, integration, UI, and end-to-end.
Reduce dependence on manual regression through risk-based, sustainable automation.
Quality Engineering and Shift-Left Practices
Drive shift-left quality by influencing requirements, acceptance criteria, solution designs, and testability.
Define the overall test approach, quality gates, automation coverage targets, and release-readiness criteria.
Champion test-driven development, behavior

📌 IND Senior Staff Associate (Hyderabad)
🏢 The Hartford
📍 Hyderabad