Senior Java Software Development Engineer

Location : Pune, India (Hybrid - 3 days a week in office)

About the Role : Senior Java SDET

Our team is actively seeking a passionate Senior Java SDET to build robust mechanisms for testing Cloud Native Web Applications. The ideal candidate will take ownership of the full lifecycle of automated systems testing and reporting. You will also be at the forefront of developing cutting-edge processes and practices to enable the team to deliver higher quality products to over a million customers.

We are looking for a natural relationship builder in both financial and tech environments. The successful candidate will be a driver of process, accountability, customer engagement, and strategy, demonstrated through a proven ability to plan and execute scalable testing strategies, superior client management, effective escalation skills, and the capacity to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities :

- Build test automation for Java-based Cloud Native Web applications.

- Design QA automation strategy.

- Modernize and refactor an existing automated test suite, and create bug reports.

- Write clean, well-documented automated test code.

- Establish project test strategy, methodologies, test plans, and execute test scripts.

- Collaborate with diverse teams (developers, operations, product managers, program managers) to understand project scope and drive high-impact testing and quality outcomes.

- Lead by example in adopting best practices around Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Automation across the organization.

- Develop and implement enterprise QA standards, processes, tools, and methodologies, partnering with other functions to establish testing requirements in their application development.

- Create manual/automated test scripts by leveraging requirements documentation (e.g., wireframes and comps).

- Drive quality control around CI/CD pipeline process and implementation.

- Contribute to project discoveries, project kickoffs, proposal presentations, and statements of work following company standards.

- Work with customers and internal creative teams to establish approved wireframes and mock-ups for solutions.

- Help establish critical paths, milestones, and delivery dates, and review deliverables to ensure they meet client acceptance criteria.

- Identify opportunities to improve effectiveness and speed to market.

- Play a key role in replicating and resolving production issues with SME knowledge on one or more applications.

- Identify and implement complex automation efforts.

- Understand and manage security requirements associated with systems, testing requirements, testing frameworks and infrastructure, data requirements, and data privacy rules to ensure system and information privacy, integrity, and availability.

- Review test plans and testing approaches to ensure no violations of security requirements by the QA team.

- Coach and mentor junior team members and share knowledge with the team through training, documentation, meetings, etc.

Qualifications (Core Requirements) :

years of experience with QA Automation for APIs and UI.

- 3+ Years of testing Java-based Cloud-native Web Applications.

- Must have knowledge and experience creating test automation using a variety of tooling including Java, Selenium, Cucumber, RestAssured, Postman, and REST API.

- Must have experience with performance testing including tools like JMeter, BlazeMeter, Gatling.

- Familiarity with Python crypto libraries to perform crypto-related operations.

- Strong experience debugging various issues using Splunk and Dynatrace.

- Experience with queueing technologies such as Kafka.

- Strong experience with Java development, debugging, and Spring Boot framework.

- Strong experience with DB PostgreSQL/Oracle/PL SQL and Flyway scripts.

- Nice to have : JavaScript and Spring Boot experience.

- Ability to configure, run, and debug automated Visual tests in a CI/CD using Jenkins.

- Strong experience in Code management tooling such as Git, GitHub.

- Working experience with agile testing frameworks (e.g., BDD/TDD).

- Track testing progress and manage defects using JIRA/Rally.

- Working experience of Linux/Unix, Spring, IntelliJ, and Eclipse IDE.

- Familiarity with pen testing and vulnerability tools such as Sonar, Checkmarx, and Wireshark.

- Familiarity with Monolithic and Asynchronous application architecture.

- Familiarity with event-based management systems such as Axon messages.

Must-Haves :

- Hands-on Java experience (Core Java concepts).

- Selenium, POM, TestNG.

- API Automation - REST Assured/Karate etc.

- Manual API Testing - Postman, SOAP UI.

- BDD - Cucumber/Spec Flow.

- CI/CD - Jenkins.

- Microservices, backend API integration testing.

- Basic understanding of Kafka and microservices.

- Basic understanding of Spring/Spring Boot framework.

- SQL.

- Good Communication skills.

Candidate Profile :

- No gaps in organization.

- No job hoppers (candidate must have good stability).

- Joining time / Notice Period : Immediate to 30 days.

Additional Guidelines :

- Shift Timing : 9 AM - 5 PM general shift.

- Interview Rounds : Virtual (4 Rounds) : 2 Internal + 2 Client.

- Mode of Work : Hybrid (3 days a week in office).

- Office Location : Yerwada, Pune.

- Client Name : INSTRUMENTAL SERVICES INC DBA INRHYTHM.

- Domain : Information Technology (IT).

- Job Positions : 11.

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