Automation Engineer - SDET

Tilda Research; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Tilda Research is hiring an Automation Engineer in India to design, build, and maintain automation frameworks spanning testing, CI/CD, infrastructure, and internal workflows.

You will identify manual processes to automate, collaborate with engineering and product teams to embed automation in the lifecycle, and improve deployment speed, reliability, and observability with robust automation tooling.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as an Automation Engineer or SDET.
• Experience building automation frameworks, not just using them.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain automation frameworks across testing, CI/CD, infrastructure, and internal workflows.
• Identify manual, repetitive processes and replace them with scalable automated solutions.
• Partner with engineering, product, and data teams to embed automation into the development lifecycle.

Skills

CI/CD Tools

Kubernetes

Automation Frameworks

Testing Frameworks

Tools

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Job description

We are looking for an Automation Engineer who thrives in fast-moving environments, enjoys building systems that remove friction, and takes pride in making engineering teams faster and more reliable through smart automation.

What You’ll Do:

• Design, build, and maintain automation frameworks across testing, CI/CD, infrastructure, and internal workflows
• Identify manual, repetitive processes and replace them with scalable automated solutions
• Partner with engineering, product, and data teams to embed automation into the development lifecycle

CI/CD & DevOps Enablement

• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment speed, reliability, and observability
• Automate build, test, release, and rollback processesImprove developer experience by reducing cycle time and failure rates

Quality & Reliability Automation

• Develop automated testing strategies (unit, integration, regression, end-to-end)
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and self-healing mechanisms where possible
• Ensure automation supports security, compliance, and performance requirements

Tooling & Platform Ownership

• Own internal tools and automation platforms end-to-end
• Evaluate and introduce new automation tools, frameworks, or services when they meaningfully improve outcomes
• Write clear documentation and enablement guides for teams

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience as an Automation Engineer or SDET
• Experience building automation frameworks rather than only using them

Technical Skills

• CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar)
• Containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes preferred)
• Automated testing frameworks and tooling