We are looking for a highly skilled Senior SDET Architect to lead enterprise-scale automation initiatives for digital platforms and services. This role is ideal for a hands-on automation leader with deep expertise in Java, Playwright, TypeScript, API automation.
The candidate will play a key role in driving Automation COE initiatives, establishing scalable test frameworks, improving engineering quality standards, and enabling secure CI/CD delivery pipelines across web, API, and mobile platforms.
This position requires strong architectural thinking, leadership capabilities, and hands-on coding experience in modern automation technologies.
Key Responsibilities
SDET Architecture
- Define and drive enterprise automation strategy across web, mobile, API, and backend systems
- Build reusable automation frameworks and accelerator libraries using Java, Playwright, and TypeScript
- Establish best practices, coding standards, reporting standards, and governance models for Automation COE
- Mentor QA engineers and SDETs on framework design, automation patterns, and quality engineering practices
- Lead automation maturity initiatives and improve overall test coverage and execution efficiency
Test Automation Engineering
- Design and develop scalable test automation solutions for UI, API, integration, and end-to-end testing
- Build robust Playwright automation frameworks using TypeScript and Java
- Develop automated regression suites integrated with CI/CD pipelines
- Implement cross-browser and cross-platform automation strategies
- Improve automation reliability, reporting, parallel execution, and flaky test reduction
API & Backend Validation
- Create scalable API automation frameworks using REST Assured/Postman/custom libraries
- Validate microservices architecture, backend integrations, authentication flows, and data integrity
- Perform contract testing and service virtualization where required
Mobile & Platform Testing
- Support mobile automation using Appium for Android and iOS platforms
- Collaborate with engineering and platform teams to validate release readiness across environments
Required Skills
- 10+ years of experience in QA Automation / SDET Engineering
- Strong hands-on expertise in Java
- Extensive experience with Playwright and TypeScript
- Strong experience building enterprise automation frameworks from scratch
- Expertise in API automation and backend validation
- Hands-on experience with Appium and mobile automation
- Strong understanding of CI/CD practices
- Experience with Git, Jenkins, Maven, Gradle, Docker, Kubernetes
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery models
- Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Mandatory Skills
- Automation Testing
- SDET Architecture
- Java
- Playwright
- TypeScript
- API Testing
- Mobile Testing
- Appium
- CI/CD
Nice to Have
Preferred Skills
- AWS Secrets Manager / HashiCorp Vault
- Security testing and secure automation practices
- Experience with PCI-DSS, SOC2, or ISO 27001 environments
- Cloud-native testing experience in AWS environments
- Performance testing exposure is a plus
- Automation COE leadership experience
- Media/Streaming domain experience
- Experience supporting large-scale enterprise releases
- Exposure to observability and monitoring tools
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