Senior Software Development Engineer in Test - Database Automation

United States Digital Space LLC; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior SDET to define, develop, and maintain the company’s test automation framework. You will focus on reliable automation, performance, and data correctness while guiding quality engineers to become top-tier automation experts.

The role emphasizes AI-driven testing approaches to speed up debugging, enhance productivity, and scale quality practices across the team.

Qualifications

• Senior SDET with design and maintenance of test automation tools and frameworks.
• Experience improving test stability and performance of automation.
• Ability to coach quality engineers to automation excellence.
• Familiarity with AI/LLM-enabled testing approaches.

Responsibilities

• Review requirements and design documents to provide risk-focused feedback.
• Design scalable automation frameworks in Java emphasizing reliability and data correctness.
• Develop high-signal test strategies and automate across environments.
• Improve CI/CD with robust validation to prevent regressions.
• Build internal AI tooling to accelerate debugging and triage.

Skills

Java

JUnit

REST Assured

Shell scripting

Python

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Bazel

Buildkite

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

About Us

From the company’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With the company, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.

the company and dbt Labs are bringing together two industry-leading companies with a shared mission: helping organizations unlock the full value of their data.

Together, we’re delivering the data infrastructure layer that helps organizations move, transform, and trust their data — from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on.

the company helps organizations automate data movement across the systems, clouds, engines, and tools they rely on. dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights. Together, we support thousands of organizations as they build a trusted foundation for analytics, AI, and better business decisions.As we bring our teams and technology together, we’re building on the strengths of both companies while continuing to deliver the products and experiences our customers know and trust. It’s an exciting time to join us: we’re creating a company with the scale, talent, and technology to help more organizations put their data to work with greater speed, confidence, and impact.During this transition period, you may see references to both the company and dbt Labs throughout our recruiting process as we integrate our teams, systems, and career sites.

About the Role

the company is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.

We’re looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test with extensive industry experience to define and execute the design, development, and maintenance of the company’s test automation tools and framework using reliable and scalable techniques.

As a Senior SDET, you will focus on solving complex testing difficulties by designing, developing and improving automation and reporting frameworks. You will invest in improving test stability and performance of the framework by developing innovative solutions to boost the company’s testing efficiency. You will also coach the company quality engineers to be the best in class automation engineers, and will continuously work with the team to ensure high standards for automation. The ideal candidate will be highly technical, detail-oriented, creative, motivated, and focused on achieving results.

In addition, this role emphasizes leveraging AI driven solutions to accelerate testing, enhance developer productivity, and improve operational insights, making the company’s quality practices smarter, faster, and more scalable.

This is a full-time position based out of our Bangalore office. Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in-person collaboration, including two days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.

Technologies You’ll Use

• Languages & Frameworks: Java (17+), JUnit, REST Assured, Shell scripting; Python

• Infrastructure & Tooling: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Bazel, Buildkite

• Cloud & Platform: AWS, GCP, Azure

• Observability & Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog

• CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, CircleCI, GitHub Actions

• Data & Testing:ELT pipelines, test automation utilities, whitebox testing strategies

• Databases: SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., Postgres, SAP , Oracle, DB2 ertc)

What You’ll Do

• Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide meaningful, risk-focused feedback.

• Design and evolve scalable automation frameworks in Java with a strong emphasis on reliability, performance, and data correctness.

• Write high-signal test strategies for complex features and automate them across multiple environments.

• Improve CI/CD pipelines by building robust validation layers that prevent silent failures and regressions.

• Build internal tools and proof-of-concepts using AI/LLM technologies to:

• Accelerate debugging and failure triaging