About the Role:
We are looking for a Senior SDET who can own quality across the full stack - frontend, API, and backend. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing test strategies, building automation frameworks from scratch, performing root cause analysis across layers, and collaborating with developers and architects to ensure production-grade quality.
Key Responsibilities:
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Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using Playwright with Typescript
- Independently trace and diagnose defects root cause across frontend, API, backend, and database layers.
- Perform comprehensive manual testing for REST/GraphQL APIs, and web applications.
- Build and maintain scalable automation frameworks from scratch for regression, smoke, sanity, and functional suites.
- Conduct API testing using Postman and Swagger.
- Perform security testing covering input validation, SQL injection, XSS, and auth flaws using OWASP ZAP or Burp Suite.
- Knowledge of cross-browser and mobile testing strategies.
Maintain test management workflows using BrowserStack, TestRail, Linear, or equivalent tools.
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Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 2+ years of experience in software quality engineering with a strong mix of manual and automation testing.
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript, Playwright, or Selenium.
- Hands-on experience with Postman and Swagger for API validation.
- Demonstrated ability to independently trace bugs across frontend, API, and database layers.
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools: Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, BrowserStack.
Communication skills and maturity to challenge technical decisions constructively and propose solutions.
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Preferred Skills (Nice to Have):
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Prior experience in a development role (frontend or backend).
- Write and execute complex MySQL queries for data validation, backend state verification, and cross-checking API responses against database records.
- Conduct performance and load testing using JMeter, define load profiles and analyse throughput/latency.
- Integrate automation tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions) with reporting and failure alerting.
- Basic understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud platforms (AWS/GCP).
Practical knowledge of security testing (OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite) and familiarity with OWASP Top 10.
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What You'll Gain:
- End-to-end ownership of quality from test strategy design to production incident investigation.
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A seat at the table in architecture and product discussions, not just the execution phase.
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A collaborative engineering culture that values engineers who push back with evidence and ship with confidence.
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Hands-on experience with a modern tech stack across web, API, and data layers.
