Technical Lead - SDET (Test Automation) - Telecom is Mandatory

Mobileum

Bengaluru

Hybrid

INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000

Full time

13 days ago

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Job summary

Mobileum is seeking a Technical Lead - SDET to own the architecture and delivery of test automation for its telecom products.

This hands-on leadership role requires you to write code, design frameworks, set automation standards, and mentor a team of SDETs while collaborating with development and DevOps across CI/CD You will build engineering-grade quality, embed testing into CI/CD, and treat tests as durable assets, balancing performance testing with API/contract validation and modern automation

Qualifications

Telecom domain experience is mandatory.
Demonstrated ability to mentor SDETs and lead automation strategy.
Experience designing scalable test automation frameworks (UI, API, and E2E).

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.
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.
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).
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 using APM/observability tools.

Skills

Java

Python

TypeScript/JS

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

TestNG/PyTest

RestAssured

Postman

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Mentoring

Distributed systems debugging

Communication

Education

BE / B.Tech, M.E./M.Tech or MSc in CS / EC / MCA

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

OpenShift

Postman

RestAssured

Job description

Role: Technical Lead - SDET (Test Automation)

Reports To: Director Quality & Automation Engineering

Note: Telecom experience is mandatory

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

Roles & Responsibility: -

Automation Architecture & Leadership

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.

Test Engineering

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).
Modern automation frameworks: Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, TestNG/PyTest.
API testing: RestAssured, Postman; contract testing.

Engineering Practices

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: