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Job Description

Staff Engineer, Software Test
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every day by enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
Position Summary
We are seeking a Staff Engineer – Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to provide technical leadership in designing and advancing scalable test automation solutions across our software products.
This is a senior hands-on engineering role responsible for automation architecture, framework design, technical strategy, and solving complex quality engineering challenges. The role requires strong expertise in Python, Playwright, pytest, API automation, and CI/CD, along with the ability to guide engineers and influence engineering practices across teams.
The Staff Engineer will mentor engineers, drive technical decisions, identify cutting-edge solutions to complex problems, and help establish reusable automation capabilities that improve software quality, reliability, and engineering productivity.
Key Responsibilities
* Define the technical direction and architecture for scalable test automation frameworks using Python, Playwright, and pytest.
* Design, build, and maintain reusable automation frameworks, libraries, and capabilities that support multiple applications and engineering teams.
* Provide technical leadership for UI, API, integration, and end-to-end automation strategies.
* Provide technical guidance and support for existing Java and Selenium-based automation solutions, including troubleshooting, maintenance, and framework improvements.




* Solve complex automation and quality engineering challenges through strong analytical skills and innovative, out-of-the-box thinking.
* Evaluate technical trade-offs and make sound architectural and design decisions that improve scalability, reliability, maintainability, and execution efficiency.
* Drive integration of automated quality validation into CI/CD pipelines and improve continuous quality feedback.
* Lead investigation and root-cause analysis of complex product, framework, test-data, and environment-related issues.
* Establish and promote automation architecture, coding standards, design principles, and engineering best practices.
* Conduct technical and code reviews and guide teams toward maintainable and high-quality engineering solutions.
* Mentor and coach engineers, provide technical guidance, and help strengthen the overall technical capability of the team.
* Collaborate with engineering, product, DevOps, and quality leaders to identify quality risks and define effective automation strategies.
* Evaluate and apply AI-assisted and agentic engineering approaches to improve automation development, maintenance, failure analysis, and engineering productivity.
* Identify opportunities for technical innovation and drive continuous improvement across quality engineering practices.
Education and Experience
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.




* 10–15 years of experience in software engineering, SDET, quality engineering, or test automation.
* Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership, designing automation frameworks, solving complex engineering problems, and mentoring engineers.
Core Competencies
* Strong hands-on programming expertise in Python, with advanced experience in Playwright and pytest.
* Working knowledge of Java and Selenium with the ability to understand, maintain, troubleshoot, and enhance existing automation solutions.
* Proven experience architecting and building scalable automation frameworks from the ground up.
* Strong expertise in API, integration, UI, and end-to-end automation.
* Strong understanding of software architecture, object-oriented programming, design patterns, and engineering best practices.
* Experience designing automation solutions for CI/CD environments, with strong knowledge of Git and modern software delivery practices.
* Strong debugging, analytical, and root-cause analysis skills with the ability to solve complex and ambiguous technical problems.
* Demonstrated technical leadership and decision-making, with the ability to influence engineering direction across teams.
* Strong mentoring and coaching skills, with the ability to develop engineers and raise engineering standards across the team.
* Ability to think beyond conventional approaches and develop practical, innovative solutions to difficult engineering challenges.
* Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering, product, DevOps, and leadership teams.
* Experience with AI-assisted development, agentic automation, cloud/container environments, or non-functional testing is desirable.

📌 Staff Engineer, Software Test (Bengaluru)
🏢 Thermo Fisher Scientific
📍 Bengaluru