Technical Lead - Automation

Mobileum; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Mobileum is hiring Technical Lead – SDET to own the architecture and delivery of test automation for Mobileum's telecom products. This is a hands-on technical leadership role: you will write code, design frameworks, set automation standards, and mentor a team of SDETs while partnering closely with development and DevOps.

SDET here means engineering-grade quality: you build the frameworks and utilities others rely on, embed testing into CI/CD, and treat tests as durable engineering assets — not

Qualifications

• Strong coding in Java and/or Python (TypeScript/JS a plus).
• API testing with RestAssured and Postman; contract testing.
• CI/CD tooling: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI; Git-based workflows.
• Test architecture, design patterns, and framework maintainability.
• Docker/Kubernetes exposure for test environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and own scalable, maintainable test automation frameworks (UI, API, integration, E2E).
• Set automation standards, patterns (Page Object Model, fixtures), and code-review practices.
• Mentor SDETs; raise the engineering bar across the team.

Skills

Java/Python

API testing

CI/CD

Test architecture

Docker/Kubernetes

Communication

Distributed systems

Education

BE/BTech or equivalent

M.E./M.Tech or M.Sc. in CS/EC

Tools

RestAssured

Postman

Jenkins/GitHub Actions/GitLab CI

Docker/Kubernetes

Job description

Mobileum is a leading provider of Telecom analytics solutions for roaming, core network, security, risk management, domestic and international connectivity testing, and customer intelligence. More than 1,000 customers rely on its Active Intelligence platform, which provides advanced analytics solutions, allowing customers to connect deep network and operational intelligence with real-time actions that increase revenue, improve customer experience, and reduce costs. Know our story: https://www.mobileum.com/

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Mobileum has global offices in Australia, Dubai, Germany, Greece, India, Portugal, Singapore and UK with global HC of over 1800+.

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Role: Technical Lead – SDET (Test Automation)

Reports To: Director – Quality & Automation Engineering

About the Job:

We are hiring Technical Leads – SDET to own the architecture and delivery of test automation for Mobileum's telecom products. This is a hands-on technical leadership role: you will write code, design frameworks, set automation standards, and mentor a team of SDETs while partnering closely with development and DevOps.

SDET here means engineering-grade quality: you build the frameworks and utilities others rely on, embed testing into CI/CD, and treat tests as durable engineering assets — not brittle scripts

• Design and own scalable, maintainable test automation frameworks (UI, API, integration, E2E).
• Set automation standards, patterns (e.g., Page Object Model, fixtures), and code-review practices.
• Mentor SDETs; raise the engineering bar across the team.
• Build automated suites for functional, integration, regression, and E2E coverage across products.
• Develop reusable test utilities, test data management, and environment provisioning for tests.
• Drive API and contract testing (RestAssured/Postman) and service-level validation.

CI/CD & Shift-Left

• Integrate automated suites into CI/CD pipelines as quality gates for continuous delivery.
• Champion shift-left testing and fast, reliable feedback loops.
• Reduce flakiness and regression cycle time (including AI-assisted prioritization where useful)

Performance Engineering (primary focus for one of the two seats).

• Design and execute load, stress, soak, spike, and scalability tests using JMeter, Gatling, k6, or Locust.
• Define performance benchmarks, SLAs/SLOs, and capacity models for high-throughput telecom workloads.
• Perform bottleneck analysis and profiling across application, database, infrastructure, and network layers using APM/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace).

Collaboration & Quality Analysis

• Partner with developers, DevOps, and telecom architects to build testability into design.
• Analyze pre-production and production issues; close test gaps and improve coverage.
• Translate roaming/telecom-specific logic into robust automated validation.

Desired Profile: -

Programming & Frameworks

• Strong coding in Java and/or Python (TypeScript/JS a plus).
• API testing: RestAssured, Postman; contract testing.
• CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI; Git-based workflows.
• Test architecture, design patterns, and framework maintainability.
• Docker/Kubernetes exposure for test environments (OpenShift a plus).

Performance Engineering (required for the perf-focused seat, desirable for both)

• Load tooling: JMeter, Gatling, k6, Locust.
• APM & profiling: Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace/New Relic; bottleneck analysis and capacity planning.

Telecom Domain

• Familiarity with telecom/roaming data and protocols (GTP, Diameter, SS7, SIP).
• Exposure to CDR/SDR/TAP validation and 4G/5G core concepts a strong plus.

Technical skills:

• Proven ability to mentor engineers and set automation strategy
• Strong debugging and problem-solving in distributed systems
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration
• For the performance seat: demonstrable experience owning performance testing for high-scale systems

Good to have:

• Big data / distributed systems testing (Hadoop, Spark, Kafka).
• OpenShift/Kubernetes and cloud-native testing experience.
• AI-assisted testing / self-healing automation exposure.
• Roaming analytics or telecom product QE background.

Work Experience: 8–12 years in test automation/SDET roles with demonstrated framework design and technical leadership

Educational Qualification:

BE. / B.Tech., M.E./M.Tech. or M. Sc. in Computer Science / Electronics Engineering / MCA