Software Engineer in Test (SDET)

As a QA + SDET Lead, you will play a crucial role in owning and driving quality across various products, including GUI applications, APIs, and AI-powered agent platforms. Your responsibilities will include leading end-to-end QA processes, establishing scalable automation frameworks, and mentoring a team of SDETs and QA engineers. You will also contribute significantly to shaping the test strategy, tools, and quality culture within the engineering organization. **Key Responsibilities:** - Lead and manage the complete QA lifecycle, from requirements analysis to test planning, automation, execution, and maintenance. - Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable test automation frameworks using Playwright with Python/JavaScript. - Define and implement test strategies and quality best practices for complex systems, including web interfaces, APIs, and AI agent applications. - Collaborate closely with product managers, developers, and DevOps to ensure continuous quality and seamless releases. - Integrate AI tools and techniques to enhance test coverage, execution speed, and accuracy. - Drive shift-left testing and CI/CD-friendly automation practices. - Own defect management, test coverage analysis, and quality metrics reporting. - Mentor and guide a team of QA and automation engineers to promote a strong quality mindset. **Qualifications Required:** - 6+ years of experience in software testing and test automation. - Proven experience in building test automation frameworks for complex systems. - Hands-on experience with Playwright or similar modern test frameworks. - Proficiency in Python and JavaScript for building automated test suites. - Strong background in developing and executing test strategies, plans, and pipelines. - Deep understanding of QA methodologies, Agile development, and CI/CD pipelines. - Experience in testing intelligent systems, including AI/ML-based applications. - Familiarity with defect tracking (Jira), version control (Git), and CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions). - Solid grasp of using AI-enhanced tools in automation. *Note: The additional details about the company provided in the job description have been omitted for brevity.*,