Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

**This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior SDET - Contract based in India.** This role offers the opportunity to lead advanced quality engineering initiatives across modern web applications and distributed systems. You will design and build scalable automation frameworks that improve software reliability, delivery speed, and overall product quality. The position combines software engineering expertise, automation architecture, and collaboration with development and DevOps teams. You will work on creating maintainable testing solutions using modern technologies across UI, API, CI/CD, and cloud environments. This is a hands-on engineering role for professionals passionate about automation, continuous testing, and building high-quality software at scale. You will contribute to establishing automation best practices while helping teams deliver reliable and efficient digital products. ### Accountabilities: - Design, develop, and maintain scalable end-to-end automation frameworks using Playwright and TypeScript for modern web applications. - Build maintainable UI automation solutions using Page Object Model (POM), component-based architectures, reusable libraries, and best practices. - Optimize automation execution through efficient browser management, parallel testing, concurrency improvements, and stable test design. - Develop API automation frameworks for REST, GraphQL, and SOAP services using Python and pytest. - Create reusable API clients, fixtures, parameterized test suites, validation frameworks, and performance checks for critical services. - Maintain automated testing solutions including Postman and Newman collections for smoke testing, contract validation, and regression coverage. - Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions. - Design quality gates, deployment validation workflows, and post-release verification processes to improve software delivery confidence. - Monitor automation execution, improve reporting visibility, and reduce flaky tests through continuous framework enhancements. - Develop and maintain service virtualization solutions using WireMock and similar tools to support independent testing and development. - Establish automation architecture standards, coding guidelines, reusable utilities, and shared testing components. - Review automation code, mentor engineers, and promote strong quality engineering practices across teams. - Collaborate with developers, product managers, architects, and DevOps teams to improve application testability and overall engineering quality. - Maintain traceability between requirements, user stories, and automated tests through test management platforms. ## Requirements: - 5+ years of experience in Software Quality Engineering, Test Automation, or SDET roles. - Proven experience building scalable automation frameworks from the ground up. - Strong hands-on experience with Playwright and TypeScript for UI automation. - Extensive experience developing API automation solutions using Python and pytest. - Experience testing REST, GraphQL, and SOAP APIs in distributed or microservices-based environments. - Strong understanding of automation framework architecture, including Page Object Model, test isolation, reusable fixtures, and data-driven testing. - Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar platforms. - Hands-on experience with API mocking and service virtualization solutions such as WireMock. - Strong knowledge of Git workflows, pull requests, and version control best practices. - Experience using Jira for test management, traceability, sprint reporting, and collaboration. - Familiarity with Docker, AWS environments, Linux shell scripting, and cloud-based testing infrastructure. - Ability to design reliable automation solutions with a focus on scalability, maintainability, an…