Principal SDET

Zenda; Bengaluru; Sur place; INR 4 000 000 - 7 000 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Zenda in Bengaluru, India, seeks a Principal Test Engineer / Principal SDET to define and drive organisation-wide quality engineering and test automation strategy. You will architect scalable automation frameworks, strengthen CI/CD quality gates, and lead testing across web, mobile, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.

You will mentor teams, collaborate with Engineering, DevOps, SRE, and Architecture to deliver production-ready systems with performance, security, and AI-assisted testing

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, Test Automation, or Software Testing.

Responsabilités

• Define and drive the organisation-wide QA and test automation strategy.

Connaissances

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Appium

REST APIs

Quality engineering

Test strategy

Formation

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in CS/Engineering

Outils

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Redis

Datadog

Grafana

Prometheus

Description du poste

We are looking for an experienced Principal Test Engineer / Principal SDET to define and drive our organisation-wide quality engineering and test automation strategy. You will architect scalable automation frameworks, strengthen CI/CD quality gates, and lead testing across web, mobile, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems. You will also drive performance, reliability, security, and AI-assisted testing initiatives to improve software quality and accelerate delivery.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who can establish quality engineering standards, mentor teams, and work closely with Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Product, and Architecture to build reliable, production-ready systems.

Responsibilities:

• Define and drive the organisation-wide QA and test automation strategy.
• Architect scalable automation frameworks for web, mobile, API, and microservices testing.
• Integrate automated quality gates into CI/CD pipelines and release workflows.
• Lead testing across distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and cloud-native platforms.
• Drive performance, scalability, reliability, and resilience testing.
• Adopt AI-assisted testing for test generation, optimisation, and defect analysis.
• Improve production quality through observability, monitoring, and engineering metrics.
• Ensure security, compliance, and secure testing practices across platforms.
• Mentor quality engineers and promote an automation-first engineering culture.
• Collaborate with Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Product, and Architecture teams to improve software quality.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, Test Automation, or Software Testing.
• Hands-on experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or Appium.
• Strong understanding of APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka/RabbitMQ, Redis, and databases.
• Experience with performance testing tools such as k6, JMeter, or Gatling.
• Familiarity with observability tools such as Datadog, Grafana, or Prometheus.
• Strong understanding of security and compliance testing practices.
• Proven technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

What Makes Someone Successful Here:

• Defines quality engineering standards and drives organisation-wide adoption.
• Builds scalable automation frameworks and solves complex testing challenges.
• Balances delivery speed with reliability, security, and performance.
• Uses AI-assisted testing and modern engineering practices to improve efficiency.
• Mentors engineers and partners across teams to build a strong automation-first culture.