Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

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Position Overview

What Qualities Are We Looking For

• 4–6 years of experience in Automation Testing and QA strategy.
• Strong understanding of databases (MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle) and experience writing optimized queries.
• Proficiency in Java-based test automation, including frameworks such as TestNG, Maven, or Gradle
• Familiarity with backend & frontend technologies like Spring Boot, Node.js, or Golang along with modern CI/CD systems.
• Solid grasp of design patterns and experience defining functional and non-functional test strategies.
• Experience working with cloud and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience testing and monitoring AI or data-driven systems, including LLMs, RAG pipelines & vector databases.
• Ability to build observability dashboards for AI workflows (latency, accuracy, cost tracking).
• Exposure to AI evaluation tools & frameworks (TruLens, OpenEval) & familiarity with the AI ecosystem (Azure OpenAI, LangChain, Pinecone).
  

What Will You Get To Do Here

• Extend automation frameworks used across Swiggy QA teams for backend, frontend, and AI workflows.
• Build test data pipelines & automated evaluation systems for AI-driven features (Desk agents, recommendation systems).
• Partner with AI platform & product teams to define measurable evaluation criteria & feedback loops for model performance.
• Create monitoring systems that flag cost or accuracy drifts across AI-driven features.
• Contribute to the definition and rollout of AI reliability metrics for production systems.
• Lead root-cause analysis of production incidents involving AI or automation failures.
• Mentor QA engineers and collaborate cross-functionally to uphold quality standards across all releases.
• Work on continuous improvement of automation ROI through smart coverage, test optimization & early issue detection.
  

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