SDET - AI Engineer

Zinier; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Zinier is seeking an AI Test Engineer to join the product development team in Bengaluru. The role focuses on testing AI-powered services, APIs, and intelligent scheduling within Zinier’s platform and products.

You will collaborate with Backend, AI/ML, and Product teams to build reliable quality frameworks for AI-driven capabilities, ensuring accuracy and scalability.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of QA/SDET or Test Automation experience.
• Strong backend/API testing and automation expertise.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Experience with REST APIs, microservices, and SQL.
• Experience with CI/CD and performance/reliability testing.
• Hands-on exposure to LLM/GenAI testing, RAG, prompt testing, or AI agents.

Responsibilities

• Test AI/LLM-powered backend services, APIs, and workflows.
• Validate AI responses for accuracy, relevance, groundedness, and hallucinations.
• Build automated AI evaluation and regression frameworks using datasets.
• Test REST APIs, microservices, asynchronous workflows, and service integrations.
• Perform performance, load, resilience, and failure testing.
• Develop automation and integrate quality checks into CI/CD pipelines.
• Validate intelligent scheduling outcomes against constraints.

Skills

QA

SDET

Backend testing

API testing

Automation

Java

Python

JavaScript

TypeScript

REST Assured

Playwright

Selenium

CI/CD

Performance testing

LLM testing

Tools

REST Assured

Playwright

Selenium

Job description

About Zinier

80% of the workers across the globe are Deskless. These are the people who keep our lights on and gas flowing, build roads and bridges, run our manufacturing factories, ensure that we get healthcare service, and provide us with reliable phone and internet connectivity. As entrepreneurs, have we considered solving their problems and making them more productive?

Zinier is a company on a mission to empower frontline workers - and the people supporting them - to achieve greater things for themselves and the world around them. With the majority of workers worldwide being deskless, Zinier recognizes the need for Technology Equity to improve the lives and productivity of these workers who keep the world up and running.

We have global team headquartered in Silicon Valley, with a hybrid workforce across the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Singapore, and Bangalore, India, with leading investors that include Accel, ICONIQ Capital, Founders Fund, Newfund Capital, NGP Capital, Tiger Global Management, and Qualcomm Ventures LLC.

What We're Looking For

We are looking for a SDET-2 to join our rapidly expanding product development team. This role is primarily responsible for testing customer solutions built using Zinier platform and products. The primary focus of this engineer will be to build test plans and troubleshoot failures in existing applications.

About The Role

We are looking for an AI Test Engineer with strong backend and automation experience to test AI-powered services, APIs, intelligent scheduling, and field-service workflows.

You will work closely with Backend, AI/ML, and Product teams to build reliable, scalable, and measurable quality frameworks for AI-driven capabilities.

What You’ll Do

• Test AI/LLM-powered backend services, APIs, and workflows.
• Validate AI responses for accuracy, relevance, groundedness, and hallucinations.
• Build automated AI evaluation and regression frameworks using golden datasets and benchmarks.
• Test REST APIs, microservices, asynchronous workflows, and service integrations.
• Perform performance, load, resilience, and failure testing.
• Develop automation and integrate quality checks into CI/CD pipelines.
• Validate intelligent scheduling outcomes against business and operational constraints.

What We’re Looking For

• 6+ years of experience in QA, SDET, or Test Automation.
• Strong experience in backend/API testing and automation.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Experience with REST Assured, Playwright, Selenium, or similar tools.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and SQL.
• Experience with CI/CD and performance/reliability testing.
• Hands-on exposure to LLM/GenAI testing, RAG, prompt testing, AI evaluation, or AI agents.

Good To Have

• Kafka/event-driven systems
• Kubernetes/cloud platforms
• Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or OpenTelemetry
• Experience building AI evaluation datasets and benchmarks