Pearson is looking for a hands-on Senior Engineer - SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) to join our team. In this role, you'll perform complex testing tasks, including planning, scheduling, and execution, to ensure our developed products meet design specifications and adhere to total quality management limits and standards. You'll communicate regularly with product, development, and technical support specialists on product issues, operating under general supervision and reporting to the Software Quality Engineering Manager. This position requires robust software quality engineering experience and a solid automation background.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Understand the flow of code and how it interacts with different components.
- Translate project documents, customer demands, and product objectives into well-defined test cases.
- Set up, maintain, and perform test automation frameworks across multiple application platforms (Mobile, Desktop, Web), and build comprehensive test scenarios and acceptance tests.




- Investigate customer problems referred by the technical support team, thoroughly testing bugs and creating/managing detailed bug reports.
- Handle technical communications and develop a deep understanding of customer systems.
- Collaborate with deployment teams, resolve system-level issues, coordinate on product design, and offer valuable inputs on the testability of functional elements and product designs.
- Analyze and break down complex software systems , coordinating with other teams to efficiently fix bugs and implement feature changes.
- Research test tools, methodologies, and trends , continually upgrading existing practices and processes.
- Manage the final quality assurance on production releases .
- Actively involve yourself in incident management processes .
- Conduct and analyze daily automated regression tests and smoke tests .

Education and Experience
- Education: Bachelor's degree in a Computer-related field is preferred, or equivale

📌 Sr Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 Pearson
📍 Chennai