Senior Software Engineer -SDET

Overview

Senior Software Engineer (SDET) role at First American (India) responsible for leading quality across projects and feature areas, owning test strategy, automation, and quality signals for the title insurance product suite.

What you'll do

• Lead quality for a project or feature area by defining test strategy, scope, and exit criteria
• Drive shift-left quality by reviewing requirements and designs to identify risks and testability gaps early
• Define and drive execution of risk-based test plans aligned to project goals
• Validate end-to-end workflows and integration points across systems to identify systemic risks
• Track and communicate quality signals (defect trends, coverage, stability) and make data-informed recommendations
• Investigate complex issues using logs, monitoring, and environments; partner with Engineering and SRE to identify root cause
• Own the health of CI/CD quality gates (smoke, regression, integration), ensuring fast and reliable feedback
• Incorporate non-functional testing approaches (reliability, performance, security) into test strategy with partner teams
• Design and maintain test automation, tools, and supporting utilities
• Perform mid-scale load testing and analyze results; implement performance improvements where applicable
• Assess and communicate quality risks and readiness to support release decisions
• Oversee test plan execution of junior team members and provide guidance
• Mentor junior team members and review test artifacts and code
• Review application code to determine effective testing approaches
• Use approved AI tools to support testing and automation while following organizational guidelines and validating outputs
• Provide feedback on the schedule, quality, and stability of releases
• Perform duties outside of normal work hours based on business needs
• Other duties as assigned

What you'll need

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5-7 years Software/Test Engineering experience
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, including CI/CD, automation, and observability
• Ability to define and execute risk-based testing strategies for projects or feature areas
• Experience designing scalable and maintainable test automation and supporting utilities
• Strong debugging and root cause analysis skills using logs, monitoring, and system insights
• Experience validating end-to-end workflows and integration points across systems
• Familiarity with non-functional testing approaches (reliability, performance, security)
• Ability to use quality metrics (defects, coverage, stability) to inform decisions and improvements
• Experience reviewing code and influencing testability and design decisions
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and improve team testing practices
• Effective communication of quality status, risks, and recommendations
• Practical experience using AI tools to enhance testing and evaluate outputs

Details

• Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
• Required to perform duties outside of normal work hours based on business needs