Lead Software Development Engineer in Test

Job Description

• Participate in the complete product testing cycle starting from analysis, architecture, design, automation, testing of software and release
• Understand product requirements to

• To conduct

• Leadership and Mentorship
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to members of the team.
  • Lead and participate in technical initiatives, code reviews, and design discussions.
  • Demonstrate leadership by exhibiting professionalism, good judgment, and effective communication skills.
• Test Process Improvement
  • Continuously evaluate and improve testing processes, procedures, and tools to ensure quality and efficiency.
  • Stay current with industry trends and best practices related to software testing and quality assurance.
  • Identify areas for improvement in the software testing lifecycle and provide recommendations.

• Integrate all automated tests and reports with CI
• Coordinate with the project team and complete testing on time
• Report bugs and track them to closure.
• Take part in team standups, product review meetings, weekly meetings.
• Understand System Architecture and provide valuable inputs to continuously improve
• Ability to test the agreed modules on time, and mentor junior team members
• Eager to learn and adapt to dynamically changing environment
• Design, develop, and maintain the test cases, test data and automation test suite
• Make automation design at the module level that is highly reusable.
• Document work, automation designs, code, and record and produce test reports.
• Participate in reviews of work done by peers and provide constructive feedback.
• Completely accountable for one s own work. Manage time efficiently.
• Responsible for deliveries within the required deadlines. Deliveries can be modules, documentation, customer releases, etc.,
• Estimate, Plan, organize, and execute assignments with very little or moderate supervision.
• Ensure team motivation and morale.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by the management from time to time.

• Programming Languages: Java/Typescript/Python/C#
• Web Technologies and Protocols:
  • Understanding web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Familiar of HTTP, HTTPS, RESTful APIs, GraphQL, Angular, React, jQuery
• Automation Frameworks and Tools:
  • Proficiency in automation frameworks like Selenium/Playwright/Cypress.
  • Test automation tools such as TestNG, JUnit, or NUnit.
• Web Element Locators:
  • Ability to identify and locate web elements
  • (CSS selectors, XPath expressions, HTML attributes, class names)
  • Understanding of dynamic elements,
  • iframes, shadow DOM, and handling different element states.
• API Testing:
  • Understanding the principles and characteristics of APIs
  • Knowledge in constructing requests, parsing responses, and identifying issues.
  • Knowledge in writing scripts using Postman/SOAPUI/REST Assured
  • Able to create, send, and analyze HTTP requests.
• Performance testing tools:
  • Understanding types of performance tests load/stress/endurance testing
  • Understanding performance metrics(response time,throughput, concurrency)
  • skills to identify bottlenecks, and diagnose performance issues
  • Familiarity with tools like JMeter/LoadRunner/Gatling
  • Solely handle Test Environment Setup
  • Understanding networking concepts, protocols (e.g., TCP/IP),
  • Understanding network-related issues
• Testing Concepts:
  • Writing test strategy, test plan and test case, and test execution
• Version Control Systems:
  • Bitbucket / GitHub
  • managing code changes
  • collaborating with other team members
  • maintaining a history of code revisions.
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD):
  • Tools like Jenkins/Bamboo/Buildkite
  • Integrating the automation into CI/CD pipelines
• Problem-Solving and Analytical Thinking:
  • designing efficient automation solutions/Framework
  • ability to identify and troubleshoot complex software defects
• Test Management and Reporting:
  • Knowledge on Test management tools like JIRA or Zephyr
  • Experience in generating comprehensive test reports
• Leadership and Mentoring:
  • guiding and mentoring other team members
  • providing technical expertise and guidance
• Communication and Collaboration:
  • communicating testing progress to stakeholders.
  • gathering requirements, clarifying expectations, and resolving issues
  • communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
  • collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Agile Methodologies:
  • Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban
  • Planning for Iterative development cycles
  • Manage frequent releases
• Risk Assessment and Mitigation:
  • ability to identify and mitigate risks related to software quality.
  • Measure how well risks are documented and managed throughout the project.
• Good knowledge of the AWS/Azure cloud platform
• Compare and contrast the various solutions given a problem statement
• Self-starter and Passionate to learn new technologies.

• Knowledge of cloud native technologies
• Certification/Experience in AWS/Azure resources

• 6 to 9 years of professional experience in SDET
• B.E / B.Tech or M.E / M.Tech / M.S. in Computer Science Engineering or an equivalent degree.

• Nil

• Engineering Manager or above.

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