Senior Software Development Engineer Test II

JioStar; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

JioStar in Bengaluru is looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer Test II to design and build test systems for a massive user base. You will automate processes, create scalable frameworks, and collaborate with Product, UX, and Development to ensure quality for over 300 million users.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in automation and testing for multiple platforms. The company values diversity and aims to create an inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software development.
• Hands-on with automation frameworks for various devices.
• Good knowledge of software development processes.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable test frameworks and systems.
• Contribute to automation and reliability of tests.
• Work closely with product and development teams.

Skills

Automation skills for Front end client applications

Experience with end‑to‑end testing

Understanding of REST APIs

Industry best practices in Software development processes

Hands on with GitHub and Linux commands

Experience on Appium and other automation frameworks

Problem solving attitude

Experience in developing backend tools

Ability to build distributed systems for performance

Hands‑on experience with App Store Management

Experience with AWS or GCP

Education

B.Tech/B.E/Masters in Computer Science

Tools

Appium

XCUITest

Espresso

Jetpack Compose

GitHub

Linux commands

Job description

Job Summary

As a Senior Software Development Engineer Test II, you'll design and build the test systems that ensure quality for a massive user base. Drive automation to enable hands‑free releases, creating scalable frameworks to handle thousands of daily tests. Partner with Product, UX, and Development, to deliver an awesome entertainment experience to 300+ million users.

About the team

The QE team crafts cutting‑edge test solutions to enable rapid, high‑quality releases. We build automation frameworks, test data engines, orchestrators, and simulators that scale across our apps, middleware, and microservices. Partnering closely with Quality, DevOps, and development teams, we drive our shift‑left testing strategy to ensure a world‑class user experience!

Key Responsibilities

• You will build highly scalable test frameworks, systems, and infrastructure that can scale to thousands of tests per day
• You will contribute to making tests automation results supremely reliable and trustable to the extent of enabling hands‑free releases
• You will contribute in an individual capacity to deliver innovative solutions to complex test automation challenges
• You will work closely with Product, UX, and Development teams to execute and deliver with high quality on the vision, and roadmap to develop discovery experiences across Mobile, Web, and Living Room devices
• These experiences have to be highly performant, personalized, engaging and relevant to potentially 300+ million users
• You will be part of the Quality and Release team, which delivers a high quality app experience to customers in multiple countries to discover content across the thousands of titles available in various genres and languages

Required skills & attributes for success

• Excellent automation skills for Front end client applications like Mobile, TVs, Web, Set Top Boxes or Living Room devices.
• Experience with end‑to‑end testing ownership of one or more layers - Services, Middleware, Apps in a Product based organization.
• Good understanding of the REST APIs, request‑response structures, error and status codes.
• Experience in industry best practices in Software development processes: Unit testing, OOPS, design, code reviews etc.
• Hands on with github, linux commands, shell scripts and good knowledge on building and publishing POCs.
• Experience on Appium, XCUITest, Espresso, Jetpack Compose, or other JavaScript automation frameworks.
• Should be able to handle delivering high quality products, with a focus on shift left and automated quality sign offs.
• Should have a problem solving attitude, and be open to challenging themself, to analyse, architect, and implement solutions to everyday problems that present themselves at “JioHotStar Scale”.
• Experience developing backend tools or frameworks to test Rest APIs, microservices, data migration, failover scenarios, blue green or canary deployment procedures.
• Ability to build distributed systems for performance and scale testing.
• Hands‑on experience with App Store Management - Google Play Store, Apple App Store, etc.
• Experience with AWS, GCP or similar cloud providers.

Preferred education and experience

• B.Tech/B.E/ Masters. in Computer Science from a reputed college or related technical discipline with 7+ years of experience in software development

About Us

Perched firmly at the nucleus of spellbinding content and innovative technology, JioStar is a leading global media & entertainment company that is reimagining the way audiences consume entertainment and sports. Its television network and streaming service together reach more than 750 million viewers every week, igniting the dreams and aspirations of hundreds of million people across geographies.

JioStar is an equal opportunity employer. The company values diversity and its mission is to create a workplace where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. The company ensures that the work environment is free from any discrimination against persons with disabilities, gender, gender identity and any other characteristics or status that is legally protected.