Staff Engineer, Software Test

Overview

Senior hands-on SDET role providing technical leadership in designing and advancing scalable test automation solutions across Thermo Fisher Scientific software products.

What you'll do

• Define the technical direction and architecture for scalable test automation frameworks using Python, Playwright, and pytest.
• Design, build, and maintain reusable automation frameworks, libraries, and capabilities that support multiple applications and engineering teams.
• Provide technical leadership for UI, API, integration, and end-to-end automation strategies.
• Provide technical guidance and support for existing Java and Selenium-based automation solutions, including troubleshooting, maintenance, and framework improvements.
• Solve complex automation and quality engineering challenges through strong analytical skills and innovative, out-of-the-box thinking.
• Evaluate technical trade-offs and make sound architectural and design decisions that improve scalability, reliability, maintainability, and execution efficiency.
• Drive integration of automated quality validation into CI/CD pipelines and improve continuous quality feedback.
• Lead investigation and root-cause analysis of complex product, framework, test-data, and environment-related issues.
• Establish and promote automation architecture, coding standards, design principles, and engineering best practices.
• Conduct technical and code reviews and guide teams toward maintainable and high-quality engineering solutions.
• Mentor and coach engineers, provide technical guidance, and help strengthen the overall technical capability of the team.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, DevOps, and quality leaders to identify quality risks and define effective automation strategies.
• Evaluate and apply AI-assisted and agentic engineering approaches to improve automation development, maintenance, failure analysis, and engineering productivity.
• Identify opportunities for technical innovation and drive continuous improvement across quality engineering practices.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10–15 years of experience in software engineering, SDET, quality engineering, or test automation.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership, designing automation frameworks, solving complex engineering problems, and mentoring engineers.
• Strong hands-on programming expertise in Python, with advanced experience in Playwright and pytest.
• Working knowledge of Java and Selenium with the ability to understand, maintain, troubleshoot, and enhance existing automation solutions.
• Proven experience architecting and building scalable automation frameworks from the ground up.
• Strong expertise in API, integration, UI, and end-to-end automation.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, object-oriented programming, design patterns, and engineering best practices.
• Experience designing automation solutions for CI/CD environments, with strong knowledge of Git and modern software delivery practices.
• Strong debugging, analytical, and root-cause analysis skills with the ability to solve complex and ambiguous technical problems.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and decision-making, with the ability to influence engineering direction across teams.
• Strong mentoring and coaching skills, with the ability to develop engineers and raise engineering standards across the team.
• Ability to think beyond conventional approaches and develop practical, innovative solutions to difficult engineering challenges.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering, product, DevOps, and leadership teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with AI-assisted development, agentic automation, cloud/container environments, or non-functional testing.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Work schedule: Standard, Monday to Friday.
• Environmental conditions: Office.