Quality Assurance Engineer, Specialist / Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Overview

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) role at Vanguard India in Hyderabad, designing and implementing automated testing solutions to improve product quality, reliability, and delivery speed.

What you'll do

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test solutions.
• Build reusable automation frameworks and testing utilities.
• Develop API, integration, regression, and end-to-end tests.
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure quality throughout development.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Analyse test results and investigate defects.
• Improve automation coverage and testing efficiency.
• Support release and production-readiness activities.
• Define quality engineering standards and best practices.
• Evaluate emerging automation and AI-assisted testing technologies.

What you'll need

• Minimum 3 years of experience in test automation or quality engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.
• Strong programming skills in Python or JavaScript.
• Experience building automated testing solutions.
• Experience testing APIs and integrated systems.
• Knowledge of automation frameworks and testing tools.
• Experience with CI/CD and automated delivery processes.
• Strong analytical and debugging capabilities.
• Understanding of Agile development practices.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with Selenium, Cucumber, Playwright, or Cypress.
• Experience building automation frameworks from scratch.
• Exposure to AI-assisted testing solutions.
• Experience testing cloud-native applications.

Details

• Based in Hyderabad, Telangana at Vanguard India.
• Only qualified external applicants will be considered.
• Hybrid working model for most employees.