Lead SDET Quality Engineering

Location: Pune / Ahmedabad

Experience: 8-12 Years

Education: Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary

We are looking for a Lead SDET / Quality Engineering Lead to drive quality engineering for a cloud-native SaaS platform. The role involves leading automation strategy, API/UI testing, CI/CD integration, performance testing, and mentoring QA engineers.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead Quality Engineering strategy across UI, API, integration, and microservices.
- Design and maintain scalable test automation frameworks.
- Drive shift-left and shift-right quality practices.
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines with quality gates.
- Develop API-first, contract, and schema testing strategies.
- Perform performance/load testing for distributed cloud applications.
- Use logs, metrics, and traces for observability and production validation.




- Participate in architecture/design discussions and improve application testability.
- Lead, mentor, and guide a team of Quality Engineers.
- Drive automation modernization and tooling/platform migration initiatives.

Must-Have Skills

- Python (preferred) / Java / JavaScript
- Playwright / Cypress
- Pytest / Robot Framework
- API Testing: Postman/Newman, REST Assured, or Python Requests
- CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI
- Microservices, Cloud & Distributed Systems
- Docker & Kubernetes
- AWS / Cloud-based application testing
- Contract Testing: OpenAPI / Pact
- Performance Testing: k6 / Locust / Gatling
- Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch
- Strong SDLC & Agile knowledge

Positive to Have

- AI/ML or LLM testing
- Kafka / event-driven architecture
- Security testing / OWASP
- Synthetic monitoring / Canary validation
- AI-driven test automation tools

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