Senior SDET at TestVagrant · Bengaluru (Bangalore) · 6 - 10 years · ₹15L - ₹26L / yr · Profitable · Posted 28 Jun 2023
Job Description - Sr. SDET
Creator of frameworks and tools that help engineering move fast. Advocates best practices. Metric & Data-driven in
decisions.
Do you thrive to help ship awesome software, not just prevent poor software from being released?
At TestVagrant we believe that shipping awesome software requires more than just testing and test automation. It
involves constant improvements to processes, tools, testing techniques, and approaches. It involves collaborating
with engineering & business teams, collecting metrics, analysing data, and innovating constantly.
If you're someone who champions & advocates quality, understands risks, and is courageous to drive the change,
then this position was made for you!
More about TestVagrant
We are a team of software consultants specializing in test engineering. We partner with our clients in their ambitious digital missions & integrate business, engineering, and technology to deliver quality software faster and safer.
As consultants, our goal is to ship awesome software. By expanding our identities and playing overlapping roles
across business, engineering & technology, we bring a deeper and more positive impact in amplifying business growth for our clients.
Our engineers have been building and contributing to open-source projects. Ekam.Studio and Optimus are a few to mention. Our thoughts and opinions are reflected in articles, blogs, and books.
You’ll spend time on the following:
● You will proactively seek out ways to avoid common software-testing problems such as test case duplication,
flaky tests, and maintainability
● You will pair including but not limited to devs, business analysts, engineering managers and operations to
identify gaps & improve team efficiencies
● Strive for quality to be baked-in and aspire to shift quality to the left
● Extend your passion for quality assurance practices to enable the engineering teams & coaches to adopt a
testing mindset.
● Spike, Compare and choose the right tools and eco-system for scalable and fast test automation
● Drive the creation of reliable automated testing frameworks with strong reporting capabilities that ensures
simple, effective analysis of failures for your team to use
● Capture metrics to measure the quality and make decisions that improve quality
The outcomes of this role include:
● The team is able to get faster feedback for changes and express confidence in safety-net
● The team is able to measure and gain insights into improvements to the product quality
● Team expresses increased confidence and trust in test assets
You’ll also spend time on the following:
● Storytelling and socializing the tech and engineering success stories across TestVagrant
● Take initiative and participate in others, that move organization forward, aligning with tech and engineering first culture
● Mentor the SDETs to grow in the direction of Sr. SDETs
● To achieve the above, most of the following experience is a must:
● You have worked as a Quality Analyst as part of a distributed engineering team, pairing with Devs, Business Analysts, and Infra teams
● You have championed the quality domain and are proficient in functional, non-functional, and exploratory testing techniques
● You have championed the testing domain and applied wisdom to prevent common mistakes
● You have collaborated with business and engineering teams to arrive at non-functional requirement
● You have contributed to various layers of the test pyramid
● You have designed, developed, and evolved scalable test automation frameworks from scratch
● You have proficiency in automation tools and techniques, including but not limited to Web, Mobile, and APIs
● You have the ability to pick up new tech stack and contribute to developing test assets
● You have worked with code coverage tools, linting, and static code analysers

About TestVagrant
About
About TestVagrant (www.testvagrant.com)
We are a team of software consultants specializing in test engineering. We partner with our clients in their ambitious digital missions & integrate business, engineering, and technology to deliver quality software faster and safer.
As consultants, our goal is to ship awesome software. By expanding our identities and playing overlapping roles across business, engineering & technology, we bring a deeper and positive impact in amplifying business growth
for our clients. Our engineers have been building and contributing to open-source projects. Ekam.Studio and Optimus are a few to mention. Our thoughts and opinions are reflected in articles, blogs, and books.
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Who are we?
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- Provide estimates on testing efforts to Product and Engineering team members
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- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field or equivalent work experience
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Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-level automation frameworks for large-scale applications.
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Convert UI-based workflows into efficient API-based automated test suites.
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5+ years of experience in QA Automation.
Strong programming skills in Core Java.
Excellent understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts.
Hands-on experience with design patterns and automation framework development.
Strong expertise in Selenium WebDriver.
Experience with BDD frameworks such as Cucumber.
Experience with Hibernate.
Strong understanding of Microservices architecture.
Experience in API testing using REST APIs.
Hands-on experience with Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL).
Experience working on database migration projects.
Good understanding of SQL queries, joins, stored procedures, and database validation.
Knowledge of Git for version control.
Experience using Maven for dependency management and build automation.
Hands-on experience with unit testing and integration testing frameworks.
Experience with mocking frameworks.
Exposure to AI-driven testing tools and intelligent test automation solutions.
Strong analytical and debugging skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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Experience with enterprise migration projects.
Exposure to cloud environments such as Microsoft Azure.
Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins or Azure DevOps.
Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodologies.
Knowledge of API automation frameworks.
Ability to mentor junior QA engineers and contribute to automation strategy.
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Selenium WebDriver
Cucumber (BDD)
Gherkin
Hibernate
Microservices
REST API Testing
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MSSQL
Git
Maven
JUnit/TestNG
Mocking Frameworks
AI-based Test Automation
Regression Testing
Integration Testing
API Automation
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Excellent communication skills
Strong analytical thinking
Problem-solving ability
Team collaboration
Attention to detail
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Opportunity to work on enterprise-scale migration projects.
Exposure to AI-powered automation technologies.
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