Software Development Engineer in Test - SDET

Who are we?

Trendlyne is a funded, profitable products startup in the financial markets space. We have cutting-edge analytics products built for Indian and US customers, for stock markets and mutual funds.

Our founders are IIT + IIM graduates, with strong tech and marketing experience. We have top finance and management experts on the Board of Directors.

What do we do?

We build powerful analytics in the US and Indian stock market space that are best in class. Organic growth in B2B and B2C products have already made the company profitable. We deliver 1 billion+ APIs every month to B2B customers, and have a B2C website and app.

Tech Stack :

• Postman
• Playwright
• Jenkins

Job Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable UI and API automation frameworks from scratch.
• Build and execute automated test suites for frontend, backend, and API applications using tech stacks like Playwright, Selenium, and Postman.
• Develop automation for web applications, APIs, and distributed microservices.
• Perform white-box and black-box testing to ensure application quality.
• Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines using tools like Newman and Bruno CLI.
• Identify, track, and resolve defects while improving test stability, execution speed, and overall automation efficiency.
• Collaborate with developers, DBAs, and product managers to ensure quality throughout the development lifecycle.
• Drive continuous improvements in automation frameworks, testing methodologies, and engineering processes.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

• 1-3 years of experience as an SDET, Automation Engineer, or Full-Stack QA.
• Experience with UI automation using Playwright and Selenium.
• Strong experience in API testing and automation using Postman.
• Proficient in JavaScript for building automation scripts, API test assertions, and test utilities.
• Experience with white-box and black-box testing, and automation design patterns such as Page Object Model (POM).
• Familiarity with BDD frameworks (e.g., Cucumber) and modern testing practices.
• Experience with Git and integrating automation suites into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
• Working knowledge of SQL for database validation and backend testing.

We have an SDET SDE3 opportunity with a fintech project. Which is a digital financial super app serving the West African market. The position is initially for 3 months on C2H and will be completely remote during the contractual period. After successful conversion, the role will be based out of Pune and will require 5 days of work from office.

The client is specifically looking for candidates who are currently working as SDETs and have strong coding or development experience. JavaScript or TypeScript and API automation are mandatory, along with hands-on experience in designing or owning automation frameworks. UI automation, CI/CD, WebDriverIO, K6, backend/mobile testing and production troubleshooting would be additional advantages.

Job Title: SDET – Playwright Automation Engineer

Location: Hyderabad

Experience: 3-8 Years

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced QA Automation Engineer / SDET with 3–6 years of hands-on experience in software testing and test automation. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in Playwright, API Testing, AWS, and React.

Prior experience working with HR platforms, HRMS, HCM, Payroll, Recruitment, Employee Management, or related HR applications is highly preferred.

The candidate will be responsible for designing and executing automated tests, validating web applications and APIs, identifying defects, and ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of our applications.

Key Responsibilities

· Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using Playwright.

· Create and execute functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end test scenarios.

· Perform API testing for REST APIs and validate requests, responses, status codes, headers, authentication, and business logic.

· Test and validate React-based web applications across different browsers and environments.

· Develop reusable and maintainable automation frameworks and test utilities.

· Analyze automation test failures and troubleshoot issues to identify root causes.

· Collaborate closely with developers to reproduce, debug, and resolve defects.

· Execute regression testing for new features, enhancements, and production releases.

· Validate application workflows and business rules across different modules.

· Work with applications deployed on AWS and support testing across cloud-based environments.

· Integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines where applicable.

· Create and maintain test cases, test data, test scenarios, and automation documentation.

· Log, track, and manage defects through the complete defect lifecycle.

· Participate in requirement analysis and identify potential quality risks early in the development lifecycle.

· Collaborate with Developers, Product Managers, Business Analysts, and other QA engineers.

· Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives.

Required Skills

· 3–6 years of experience in Software Testing, QA Automation, or SDET roles.

· Strong hands-on experience with Playwright for web automation.

· Good experience in API Testing using tools such as Postman, REST Assured, or equivalent.

· Strong understanding of functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.

· Experience testing React-based web applications.

· Good knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript for test automation.

· Working knowledge of AWS and cloud-based application environments.

· Experience with Git and version control systems.

· Good understanding of SDLC, STLC, defect management, and Agile methodologies.

· Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

HR Platform Experience

Experience testing HR/HRMS/HCM platforms is highly preferred.

Candidates with experience in any of the following areas will be an advantage:

· Employee lifecycle management

· Employee onboarding and offboarding

· Recruitment / Applicant Tracking Systems

· Payroll and compensation

· Leave and attendance management

· Benefits administration

· Performance management

· Employee self-service portals

· HR workflows and approvals

· Role-based access and permissions

· Employee data management

· HR reporting and dashboards

The candidate should be comfortable understanding complex HR business workflows, rules, approvals, and role-based access scenarios and translating them into effective test cases and automation scenarios.

Good to Have

· Experience with TypeScript-based Playwright frameworks.

· Experience integrating automated tests with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or similar CI/CD tools.

· Experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, or similar.

· Knowledge of SQL/database testing.

· Experience with Docker and containerized test environments.

· Knowledge of microservices and REST-based architectures.

· Experience with performance testing or security testing.

• · Experience working in a product-based or SaaS environment.

Location: Hyderabad only. Candidates should be willing to work from the Pune office.

NOTE: 2nd and the Final technical round must be taken F2F from Hyderabad office.

Position: Test Engineer (Manual / Automation)

Location: Bangalore

Experience: 3-5 years

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are looking for a skilled Test  Engineer with strong experience in manual and automation testing to collaborate  QA efforts across multiple projects. The ideal candidate will drive testing strategy and ensure product quality through process excellence and automation adoption.

Key Responsibilities

·       Define and implement test strategies, plans, and quality standards.

·       Oversee test design, execution, defect tracking, and triage.

·       Drive automation and integrate testing with CI/CD pipelines.

·       Collaborate with cross-functional teams for timely, quality releases.

·       Track and report QA metrics (defect density, coverage, leakage, progress).

·       Conduct risk-based testing and prioritize critical areas.

·       Manage test data, environments, and reviews for continuous improvement.

·       Ensure best testing practices and high-quality delivery across projects.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
• Strong manual testing and test case design skills.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, etc.).
• API testing experience (Postman, Swagger).
• Understanding of SDLC, Agile/Scrum, and CI/CD.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and mentoring skills.

Good to Have

• Knowledge of performance testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner).
• Exposure to cloud-based testing (AWS, Azure).

Why Join Us?

• Lead a high-performing QA team with real ownership.
• Build automation frameworks and influence testing strategy.
• Exposure to full SDLC and enterprise-scale applications.
• Growth path toward QA Manager / Head of QA.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a skilled SDET professional with hands-on experience in test automation and software quality assurance. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in Java, Selenium, Cypress, and automation framework development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Java, Selenium, and Cypress.
• Design and maintain scalable automation frameworks.
• Create and execute functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end test cases.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and report software defects.
• Collaborate with developers, QA engineers, and other stakeholders.
• Participate in test planning, execution, and defect management.
• Maintain and enhance existing automation scripts and frameworks.
• Support integration of automated tests with CI/CD pipelines.
• Prepare test reports and communicate testing status and issues.
• Follow automation and QA best practices.

Required Skills:

• 5–7 years of experience in Software Testing / SDET.
• Strong hands-on experience in Java.
• Good experience with Selenium WebDriver.
• Hands-on experience with Cypress.
• Good understanding of automation framework development.
• Experience in functional, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Good understanding of SDLC and STLC.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.

SDET – Software Development Engineer in Test

Experience: 2–5 Years

Location: Bangalore / Gurugram

Employment Type: Full-Time

Mandatory Skills

• 2–5 years of relevant experience in SDET / QA Automation / Software Testing.
• Strong hands-on experience in:
• Functional Testing
• API Testing
• Performance Testing
• Good programming/coding skills with the ability to read, write, troubleshoot, and debug code.
• Experience with automation testing frameworks/tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, etc.
• Hands-on API testing experience using tools such as Postman, REST Assured, RestSharp, or similar.
• Practical experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, k6, Gatling, or equivalent.
• Good understanding of SDLC, STLC, defect lifecycle, and testing methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Good to Have

• Experience with Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, or other programming languages.
• Experience with .NET / C#.
• SQL/database testing experience.
• CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, etc.
• Experience with Docker/cloud environments.
• BDD frameworks such as Cucumber or SpecFlow.
• Experience working with Agile/Scrum teams.

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• Web Application Testing: Design, document, and execute comprehensive functional test plans and test cases for complex, highly interactive web applications, ensuring they meet specified requirements and provide an excellent user experience.
• Backend API Testing: Possess deep expertise in validating backend RESTful and/or SOAP APIs. This includes testing request/response payloads, status codes, data integrity, security, and robust error handling mechanisms.
• Data Validation with SQL: Write and execute complex SQL queries (joins, aggregations, conditional logic) to perform backend data checks, verify application states, and ensure data integrity across integration points.
• I Automation (Playwright & TypeScript):
• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and reusable UI automation scripts using Playwright and TypeScript.
• Integrate automation suites into Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Implement advanced automation patterns and frameworks (e.g., Page Object Model) to enhance maintainability.
• Prompt-Based Automation: Demonstrate familiarity or hands-on experience with emerging AI-driven or prompt-based automation approaches and tools to accelerate test case generation and execution.
• API Automation: Develop and maintain automated test suites for APIs to ensure reliability and performance.
• JMeter Proficiency: Utilize Apache JMeter to design, script, and execute robust API load testing and stress testing scenarios.
• Analyze performance metrics, identify bottlenecks (e.g., response time, throughput), and provide actionable reports to development teams.
• Experience: 4+ years of professional experience in Quality Assurance and Software Testing, with a strong focus on automation.
• Automation Stack: Expert-level proficiency in developing and maintaining automation scripts using Playwright and TypeScript.
• Testing Tools: Proven experience with API testing tools (e.g., Postman, Swagger) and strong functional testing methodologies.
• Database Skills: Highly proficient in writing and executing complex SQL queries for data validation and backend verification.
• Performance: Hands-on experience with Apache JMeter for API performance and load testing.
• Communication: Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams (Developers, Product Managers).
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and debugging skills to efficiently isolate and report defects.

Job Title: QA Engineer – Playwright Automation

Location: Visakhapatnam/Hyderabad

Experience: 5+ Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary

We are looking for a detail-oriented QA Engineer with five or more years of experience in manual and automation testing. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience in web test automation using Playwright and JavaScript or TypeScript.

The candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, maintaining, and executing automated test scripts to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of web applications. This role requires close collaboration with developers, product managers, and business stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts using Playwright.
• Build and maintain scalable automation frameworks using JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Perform manual and automated functional, regression, integration, smoke, and sanity testing.
• Create and maintain test plans, test scenarios, test cases, test data, and test execution reports.
• Identify, document, track, retest, and verify software defects.
• Collaborate with developers to troubleshoot and resolve application issues.
• Participate in requirement analysis and provide feedback from a QA perspective.
• Perform API testing using Postman or similar tools.
• Validate application and database data using SQL queries.
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor automated test execution results, analyze failures, and report defects.
• Improve test automation coverage, framework stability, and execution efficiency.
• Perform cross-browser and cross-platform testing.
• Ensure applications meet defined quality standards before production release.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.

Required Skills

• Five or more years of experience in software testing, including manual and automation testing.
• Strong hands-on experience in web automation testing using Playwright.
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Experience developing and maintaining automation frameworks.
• Experience with Page Object Model or similar automation design patterns.
• Strong experience in functional, regression, integration, smoke, and sanity testing.
• Experience in test planning, test case design, execution, and defect management.
• Experience in API testing using Postman or similar tools.
• Experience with defect tracking tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps.
• Familiarity with Git version control.
• Working knowledge of SQL for database validation.
• Understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile, and Scrum methodologies.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps Pipelines.
• Familiarity with Node.js, npm, and Playwright Test Runner.
• Experience testing REST APIs and microservices.
• Knowledge of cross-browser and cross-platform testing.
• Exposure to performance testing tools such as JMeter or K6.
• Exposure to security testing concepts or tools.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Experience with Docker or containerized test environments is an added advantage.

Qualification

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

Summary -

• We are seeking a Senior Test Automation Engineer with strong Playwright experience to establish a reusable frontend automation framework for the Vision web application and convert existing written test cases into reliable automated regression coverage. This engineer will define maintainable page models, fixtures, utilities, test-data patterns, and conventions that other engineers can use as the application evolves. The role focuses on stable browser automation, regression protection, framework reuse, and enabling the broader team to contribute tests without creating fragile automation.

Key Responsibilities -

• Design and implement a maintainable Playwright-based frontend test automation framework.
• Establish reusable page models, fixtures, helpers, authentication/session handling, test-data patterns, and common utilities.
• Convert existing written test cases into stable, maintainable Playwright regression tests.
• Design tests to avoid fragile dependencies on page structure, timing, or environment behavior.
• Automate complex Vision workflows and establish smoke, regression, and end-to-end suites.
• Integrate Playwright automation into CI/CD pipelines and repeatable test environments.
• Develop and execute load and performance tests for critical web and API workflows, including representative concurrent-user scenarios.
• Document framework patterns and examples so other engineers can safely add and maintain tests.
• Work with frontend engineers to improve application testability and expand regression coverage as features and dependencies evolve.

Required skills -

• Strong professional experience developing automated browser tests using Playwright.
• Demonstrated experience designing reusable test automation frameworks, not only writing tests within an existing framework.
• Strong experience with page models, fixtures, helpers, test data, and maintainable test abstractions.
• Experience converting manual or written test cases into stable automated workflows.
• Strong understanding of techniques for avoiding flaky and timing-dependent browser tests.
• Experience designing and executing load or performance tests and interpreting response-time, throughput, and failure results.
• Experience automating complex, stateful, API-driven web applications and multi-step business workflows.
• Strong JavaScript or TypeScript skills and experience integrating browser automation into CI/CD.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across browser, API, test-data, and environment failures.

Nice to have -

• Experience testing Vue.js applications and complex enterprise or operational applications.
• Experience with authentication/authorization and real-time applications using WebSockets or SignalR.
• Experience testing mapping, visualization, WebGL, 3D, CAD, or digital-twin applications.
• Experience with test-data strategies, load-testing tools, and performance baselining for web applications and APIs.

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Automation Engineer with strong expertise in Playwright using JavaScript/TypeScript to design, develop, and maintain robust UI automation frameworks. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in migration projects, Agile testing practices, CI/CD integration, and test framework development.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute UI automation test scripts using Playwright with JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Work on application migration and testing activities, ensuring functional and regression coverage.
• Design and develop scalable and maintainable automation testing frameworks.
• Implement Agile testing practices such as BDD, TDD, and Cucumber.
• Integrate automated test suites with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub or Azure DevOps.
• Identify and implement testing best practices, reusable components, and solution accelerators.
• Collaborate with developers, QA engineers, business analysts, and other stakeholders in an Agile environment.
• Analyze test results, identify defects, and track them using JIRA and ServiceNow.
• Participate in test planning, estimation, execution, defect management, and reporting.
• Improve test automation coverage, framework reliability, and execution efficiency.
• Troubleshoot automation failures and ensure timely resolution of issues.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes and automation standards.

Mandatory Skills

• 4–10 years of experience in Software Testing / Test Automation.
• Strong hands-on experience with Playwright.
• Strong programming experience in JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Experience in UI Automation Testing.
• Good understanding of BDD/TDD and Cucumber.
• Experience integrating automation tests with CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with GitHub or Azure DevOps.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Experience with JIRA and/or ServiceNow.
• Experience in developing or enhancing automation testing frameworks.
• Good understanding of testing best practices and automation design principles.