Lead Software Development Engineer in Testing
17 Oct 2025
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
About the job
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Lead SDET to join our team. The Lead SDET will be responsible for overseeing the automation testing of our cloud management platform, ensuring that our products meet high-quality standards, and helping to drive the automation testing strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the automation testing effort of our cloud management platform
- Create and maintain automation test cases and test suites
- Work closely with the development team to ensure that the automation tests are integrated into the development process
- Collaborate with other QA team members to identify and resolve defects
- Implement automation testing best practices and continuously improve the automation testing framework
- Develop and maintain automation test scripts using programming languages such as Python
- Conduct performance testing using tools such as JMeter, Gatling, or Locust
- Monitor and report on automation testing and performance testing progress and results
- Ensure that the automation testing and performance testing strategy aligns with overall product quality goals and objectives.
- Manage and mentor a team of automation QA engineers.
Desired Skills
- Experience in automation testing and performance testing
- Experience in leading and managing automation testing teams
- Strong experience with automation testing frameworks including Robot Framework
- Strong experience with programming languages including Python
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and agile methodologies
- Experience with testing cloud-based applications
- Good understanding of Cloud services & ecosystem, specifically AWS
- Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, Gatling, or Locust
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Passionate about automation testing and performance testing
Experience
- 8 years of total experience in software testing- automation and performance.
- 5 years of experience in Automation Testing (API/Web UI)
- 1 year of experience in Browser Compatibility testing
- 1 year of experience in Mobile application testing
- 2 years of experience in working with Robot Framework
- 2 years of experience in working with Python programming language
- 2 years of experience in working with AWS Cloud
- 1 year of Team handling experience
- 1 year of experience in Performance testing (preferrable)
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
