Lead SDET

Sprinto HQ; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 9,000,000 - 12,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Sprinto HQ is seeking an SDET 3 to lead quality initiatives and drive automation across our engineering org. You will own automation frameworks, influence architecture decisions, and uplift testing as a built-in capability.

The role requires deep technical depth, leadership in problem solving, and mentoring of junior engineers. You will partner with product and tech leads to define quality strategy, strengthen test coverage, and scale QA platforms across microservices and GraphQL APIs.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in software test automation and quality engineering.
• Strong coding proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or Java.
• Deep expertise in automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Jest, Mocha, PyTest, and Selenium.
• Proven track record of building and scaling automation frameworks for large-scale distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with microservices, APIs, and GraphQL.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and cloud-native infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Experience in leading quality initiatives and influencing engineering culture.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve automation frameworks and test infrastructure that scale with product growth and complexity.
• Partner with engineering leadership to define quality strategy, KPIs, and guardrails across pods.
• Architect, design, and implement automation solutions for end-to-end testing across UI, APIs, services, and integrations.
• Lead root cause analysis of complex production issues and drive initiatives to prevent recurrence.
• Establish best practices in test data management, mocking/stubbing, contract testing, and observability in QA.
• Drive continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines for faster and more reliable releases.
• Mentor, coach, and upskill SDET1/2s, setting technical direction and reviewing automation design.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and developers to influence design and architecture decisions for testability and resilience.
• Identify gaps in automation or coverage and lead efforts to reduce flakiness, improve coverage, and cut down customer-reported bugs.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Java

Test automation

Distributed systems

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Jest

Mocha

PyTest

Selenium

GraphQL

Job description

As an SDET 3 you'll act as a quality leader within the engineering org, driving large-scale test automation, building systems that improve reliability, and raising the overall bar of engineering practices. Beyond hands-on test design and automation, you will influence architecture decisions, champion quality metrics, and create frameworks that scale across pods and teams. A key part of this role is to build and evolve quality platforms, tools, and developer-facing capabilities that make testing faster, easier, and seamlessly integrated into the SDLC. You'll help shift quality from a gated activity to a built-in engineering capability This role requires strong technical depth, leadership in problem-solving, and the ability to mentor and coach other engineers to embed quality as a culture.

Responsibilities:

• Own and evolve automation frameworks and test infrastructure that scale with product growth and complexity.
• Partner with engineering leadership to define quality strategy, KPIs, and guardrails across pods.
• Architect, design, and implement automation solutions for end-to-end testing across UI, APIs, services, and integrations.
• Lead root cause analysis of complex production issues and drive initiatives to prevent recurrence.
• Establish best practices in test data management, mocking/stubbing, contract testing, and observability in QA.
• Drive continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines for faster and more reliable releases.
• Mentor, coach, and upskill SDET1/2s, setting technical direction and reviewing automation design.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and developers to influence design and architecture decisions for testability and resilience.
• Identify gaps in automation or coverage and lead efforts to reduce flakiness, improve coverage, and cut down customer-reported bugs.

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience in software test automation and quality engineering.
• Strong coding proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or Java, with the ability to design frameworks from scratch.
• Deep expertise in automation tools (e. g., Playwright, Cypress, Jest, Mocha, PyTest, and Selenium).
• Proven track record of building and scaling automation frameworks for large-scale distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with microservices, APIs, and GraphQL.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and cloud-native infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Experience in leading quality initiatives and influencing engineering culture.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with performance and load testing at scale (e. g., Locust, JMeter, and k6).
• Knowledge of security testing practices and tools.
• Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry).
• Experience in shaping testing strategy in startups or scaling products from early stages to enterprise level.
• Contributions to open-source test automation frameworks.