Highly Skilled SDET Lead

Role Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced SDET Lead to join our team. In this role, you will play a critical part in ensuring the quality and reliability of software products through effective test automation, leadership, and collaboration with development and DevOps teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership: Manage and lead a team of SDETs, automation engineers, and quality assurance professionals, fostering a collaborative and high-performance team culture.
• Test Automation Strategy: Define and implement the test automation strategy for the organization, identifying opportunities for test automation and guiding the team in selecting appropriate tools and frameworks.
• Test Planning and Execution: Develop comprehensive test plans and strategies for different phases of the software development lifecycle, overseeing the execution of test plans to ensure thorough coverage of functional and non-functional requirements.
• Continuous Integration and Deployment: Implement and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, ensuring automated tests are integrated into the CI/CD process for early detection of issues.
• Tool and Technology Selection: Evaluate and select testing tools and technologies to enhance the testing process, staying updated on industry trends and advancements in testing tools.
• Performance Testing: Oversee the planning and execution of performance testing to ensure the scalability and reliability of software applications.
• Quality Metrics and Reporting: Define and track key quality metrics, providing regular reports on test execution, defect rates, and overall product quality.
• Collaboration with Development and DevOps Teams: Collaborate with software developers, DevOps engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure a seamless testing process, participating in agile ceremonies and contributing to sprint planning and reviews.
• Test Environment Management: Oversee the setup and maintenance of test environments that mirror production configurations, coordinating with infrastructure teams to address environment-related issues.
• Training and Development: Provide training and mentorship to team members to enhance their testing and automation skills, fostering a culture of continuous learning within the team.
• Risk Assessment: Identify and assess testing risks, developing strategies to mitigate them, collaborating with the development team to address high-risk areas.

• Leadership: Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and guide a testing team.
• Test Automation: Extensive experience in designing and implementing test automation frameworks, proficiency in using automation tools such as Selenium, Appium, JUnit, TestNG, etc.
• Programming Languages: Strong programming skills in languages commonly used for test automation, such as Java, Python, or C#.
• CI/CD: Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Travis CI, GitLab CI) and integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Testing Methodologies: In-depth knowledge of various testing methodologies, including functional, regression, performance, and security testing.
• Agile Practices: Experience working in agile development environments, participating in ceremonies, and contributing to agile practices.
• Performance Testing: Expertise in planning and executing performance testing using tools like JMeter, Gatling, or LoadRunner.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills for conveying testing strategies, results, and quality metrics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving skills, especially in identifying and addressing complex testing challenges.
• Collaboration: Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including development, DevOps, and product management.
• Training and Mentorship: Ability to provide effective training and mentorship to team members.

Bachelor's/Master's degree in engineering (computer science, information systems) with 13-17 years of experience preferably in product companies with managerial role experience. Good understanding of web services and distributed systems, hands-on coding experience in Java/JavaScript and SQL, proven understanding of gray box and black box testing techniques, hands-on experience with various REST API, Web, and Mobile application testing tools, excellent debugging skills, measures, and analyzes code for quality, good communication skills with the ability to coordinate across cross-functional teams and business units.

Role: Software Development - Other Industry Type: IT Services & Consulting Department: Engineering - Software & QA Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent Role Category: Software Development Education UG: Any Graduate, B.Tech/B.E. in Any Specialization PG: Any Postgraduate