Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) New Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Skillz Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Skillz is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to lead quality engineering efforts across UI, API, and backend systems. You will design scalable automation, strengthen CI/CD gates, and drive reliable releases while collaborating with developers, product managers, and QA teams in a fast-paced gaming platform.

Bring 5+ years of QA experience, hands-on automation expertise, and experience with cloud, containers, and AI-enabled testing tools to accelerate debugging and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software quality engineering.
• Experience building scalable UI/API/backend test automation.
• Strong CI/CD and test integration experience.
• Experience with cloud and containerized environments.
• Performance testing experience.
• Experience with AI-assisted testing and debugging.

Responsibilities

• Drive automation strategy and mentor SDETs.
• Improve test automation coverage for UI, API, and backend.
• Strengthen CI/CD quality gates and release gating.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and QA teams.
• Work with DevOps/SRE to improve observability and deployment stability.
• Promote early defect detection and reduce flaky tests.

Skills

Automation leadership

Test automation frameworks

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud & microservices

Test environments

Performance testing

DevOps collaboration

AI tooling for testing

AI for debugging

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Claude

Cursor

Copilot

LLM-based testing tools

Job description

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

About the Role:

If you want to build, develop, and see your impact, join Skillz and level up your Career!

Skillz, the first publicly-traded mobile eSports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide, is revolutionizing the gaming industry. By fostering social competition within games, the Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling real-money activity in their games and providing operational support while connecting players through fair, enjoyable, and meaningful competition.

At Skillz, we understand the thrill of achievement and the satisfaction of overcoming challenges. Want to join a team made up of alums from Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter (X), Roblox, Zynga, Samsung, Lyft, EA , Riot, Nexon, Gameskraft, PlayStation, Unity, Scopely, Tinder, Intel, Deloitte, EY , Twitch, DraftKings, Wynn Resorts and more? Learn more to see if Skillz is the right fit for your next career move!

What You’ll Own:

The Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) role is critical in driving engineering-led quality by ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our products. This role contributes directly to customer experience, release confidence, and overall product stability through strong automation practices and proactive quality ownership.

By enhancing test automation coverage, strengthening CI/CD quality gates, and promoting early defect detection, the Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) directly reduces manual QA effort, production defects, release risk, and engineering rework - translating into lower operational cost, faster release cycles, and more predictable, confident delivery. The role also collaborates closely with developers, product managers, and QA teams to build scalable quality processes and continuously improve engineering efficiency.

What You Bring:

• 5+ years of experience in software quality engineering — setting automation direction, mentoring SDETs, and driving technical execution
• Strong hands-on experience in building scalable test automation frameworks for UI, API, and backend systems (Integration Testing)
• Deep experience working with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.), including test integration, pipeline optimization, and release gating
• Strong understanding of infrastructure components impacting quality (cloud environments, containers, microservices, service dependencies, and test environments)
• Proven experience ensuring environment stability, including test environment reliability, test data management, and flaky test reduction
• Strong background in performance testing and engineering (load, stress, scalability testing, and performance bottleneck analysis)
• Experience collaborating with DevOps/SRE teams to improve system reliability, deployment stability, and observability
• Hands-on experience leveraging AI tools such as Claude, Cursor, Copilot, and LLM-based systems to improve test design, automate test creation, analyze failures, and accelerate debugging workflows
• Experience applying AI-driven approaches for log analysis, failure clustering, test optimization, and defect pattern detection

Note: Ability to work from the Bangalore office 3 days per week.

Learn More About Skillz:

Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.