SDET Lead

Highbrow LLC; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company is looking for an SDET Lead to design and maintain automation frameworks for functional and integration testing. The role is remote and requires expertise in Selenium, Appium, and Python, along with API and database testing skills. Successful candidates will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance quality and efficiency in testing processes. This position offers a challenging environment to work on large-scale transactional systems and contribute to continuous improvement in test coverage.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Selenium, Appium, CT Core, and Informatica.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python, Java, or JavaScript).
• Experience in web, mobile (Android/iOS), and backend/API testing.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable automation frameworks for testing.
• Implement automated test scripts using Selenium and Appium.
• Perform backend validation including API and database testing.
• Collaborate with development and QA teams for quality assurance.
• Contribute to continuous integration pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, or similar CI/CD tools.
• Collaborate with development teams to identify defects early via shift-left testing practices.
• Analyze automation results, publish execution metrics, and drive improvement in test coverage and efficiency.
• Manage manual fallback testing for complex or non-automatable business scenarios.

Skills

Selenium

Appium

Python

Informatica

API Testing

ETL Testing

Tools

Postman

Jenkins

GitLab

Jenkins

Job description

Job Title: SDET Lead

Location: Remote

Automation scripts (Write and execute test cases), API Testing using Postman, DB testing using Informatica

The Automation Tester will design, develop, and maintain automation frameworks across web, mobile, and backend applications. The role requires expertise in tools such as Selenium/CT Core, Appium, Informatica, and Python, with the ability to validate largescale transactional systems, integrations, and data flows. You will collaborate closely with development, DevOps, and QA teams to ensure quality, performance, and reliability in multichannel test environments.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable automation frameworks for functional, regression, and integration testing across web and mobile platforms.
• Implement automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver, Appium and Python-based frameworks.
• Perform backend validation, including – API, database, and ETL testing using tools such as Postman Informatica and custom automation libraries.
• Verify system integrations between telecom billing components, CRM systems, and data warehouses.
• Contribute to continuous integration pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, or similar CI/CD tools.
• Collaborate with development teams to identify defects early via shift-left testing practices.
• Analyze automation results, publish execution metrics, and drive improvement in test coverage and efficiency.
• Manage manual fallback testing for complex or non-automatable business scenarios.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Selenium, Appium, CT Core, and Informatica.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python Java or JavaScript).
• Experience in Web Mobile (Android/iOS) and Backend/API testing.
• Solid understanding of telecom domains such as billing, subscriptions, rating, and invoicing.
• Knowledge of data validation, mapping, and transformation between systems.
• Familiar with GIT version control Postman and REST API validation.
• Exposure to test automation strategy, framework design and test data management.
• Ability to read and interpret system design and migration documents (e.g., HLDs, API specs, mapping files).

Knowledge, skills & Abilities

• Telecom BSS (Billing & Invoicing, Subscriber Life Cycle for Prepaid & Postpaid both, Price Plan/Rate Plan, Rental agreements, Dunning, Provisioning, Auxiliary Services, Promotions and Mediation etc.) will be additional
• Experience working on in Data Migration Project is a plus
• Documentation at all important Project stages, maintaining & owning them
• Ability to persuade and influence others on the best approach to take
• Experience of dealing with Customer and Main Product Owner
• Outstanding verbal and written communication & documentation skills to technical and nontechnical audiences of various levels in the organization (e.g. executive, management, individual contributors)