Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

zenda; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ownership of quality practices

Growth opportunities

Job summary

zenda is hiring a Senior Automation Engineer / Senior SDET to build scalable automation solutions and drive quality across enterprise applications. You will work with engineering, DevOps, product, and platform teams to ensure high-quality software delivery through automation-first and AI-assisted quality practices.

You will contribute to engineering best practices, mentor junior engineers, and help scale zenda's fintech platform across new markets with an automation-focused culture.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Test Automation or Quality Engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium or Appium.
• Strong understanding of API testing, microservices and distributed systems.
• Experience with REST and GraphQL APIs and messaging systems.
• CI/CD integration using Jenkins, GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
• Hands-on with Docker, Kubernetes and cloud-native environments.
• Familiarity with Kafka, Redis and databases (SQL/NoSQL).
• Experience with performance testing tools (k6, JMeter or Gatling).
• Understanding observability tools like Grafana, Datadog, Prometheus or OpenTelemetry.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable automation frameworks across web, mobile, APIs, and microservices.
• Drive automation coverage across functional, integration, regression and end-to-end testing.
• Test APIs, microservices and distributed systems including contract validation.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and troubleshoot failures.
• Support performance, load and reliability testing for enterprise apps.
• Leverage AI-assisted testing tools to improve effectiveness.
• Mentor junior automation engineers and promote best practices.

Skills

Test Automation

Automation Frameworks

CI/CD

Debugging

Analytical Skills

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Appium

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Redis

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

JMeter

Gatling

Job description

zenda is a financial technology partner to schools, colleges, and nurseries, building products exclusively for the education sector. We help institutions improve collection efficiency, digitise all payments, and offer flexibility to parents and guardians.

Launched in 2021, zenda is present in 40% of all UAE K-12 schools and 500+ schools across markets, serving 150,000+ parents across the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and on track to process USD 1B+ in transactions annually. We partner with leading global networks and are actively expanding across Europe and Southeast Asia.

zenda is backed by leading VCs including the $1.5bn Saudi Technology Venture and Global Founders Capital, and is seamlessly integrated with 70+ local, regional, and global SIS and ERP systems.

The Role

We are looking for a highly skilled and hands‑on Senior Automation Engineer / Senior SDET to build scalable automation solutions and drive quality engineering practices across enterprise applications and modern distributed systems.

This role is ideal for someone passionate about automation, engineering excellence, developer productivity, and modern testing practices in fast-paced Agile environments. You will work closely with engineering, DevOps, product, and platform teams to ensure high-quality software delivery through automation-first and AI-assisted quality engineering approaches.

We are a small, high-ownership engineering team. What you build here will directly shape the reliability and velocity of zenda's platform as we scale across new markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable automation frameworks across web, mobile, APIs, and microservices
• Drive automation coverage across functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing
• Test APIs, microservices, and distributed/event-driven systems, including contract and integration validation
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and troubleshoot pipeline failures
• Support performance, load, and reliability testing for enterprise applications
• Leverage AI-assisted testing tools to improve test effectiveness and reduce manual effort
• Contribute to engineering best practices and mentor junior automation engineers

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in Test Automation, Software Testing, or Quality Engineering, with strong hands‑on experience building and maintaining automation frameworks
• Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Appium, or equivalent
• Strong understanding of API testing, microservices, distributed systems, and modern application architectures
• Experience with REST APIs, GraphQL, messaging systems, and asynchronous workflows
• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar tools
• Hands‑on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native environments
• Familiarity with Kafka/RabbitMQ, Redis, and relational/non-relational databases
• Experience with performance testing tools such as k6, JMeter, or Gatling
• Understanding of observability and monitoring tools such as Grafana, Datadog, Prometheus, or OpenTelemetry
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and analytical skills; excellent communication and collaboration skills

What Makes Someone Successful Here

• A framework builder, not just a test writer: you design automation that scales with the platform, not brittle scripts that break every release.
• Systems-minded: you understand distributed systems, async workflows, and how services interact — and you test accordingly, not just at the UI layer.
• DevOps-fluent: you're comfortable inside CI/CD pipelines, and you troubleshoot pipeline failures as readily as test failures.
• Curious about AI-assisted QE: you actively look for ways automation and intelligent tooling can reduce manual effort and sharpen test effectiveness.
• A force multiplier: you mentor junior engineers, raise the bar on coding standards, and push an automation-first culture across the team — not just your own backlog.

What We Offer

• Ownership of quality engineering practices across a fast-scaling fintech platform, with direct exposure to engineering, DevOps, and product leadership
• Room to grow with the business as it scales across new markets