Sr. SDET at Kobie Marketing – Bengaluru, Karnātaka
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About This Position
- Drive an automation-first approach for validating APIs, UI, and backend systems with a strong focus on production readiness
- Design and maintain test frameworks aligned to operational use cases, including regression, integration, and release validation
- Lead performance and load testing initiatives to ensure systems can handle real-world traffic and scale
- Analyze QA and production metrics (defect leakage, failure patterns, test coverage) to proactively identify quality gaps
- Support release validation and production readiness, ensuring deployments meet reliability and performance standards
- Leverage AI-driven testing tools and techniques to improve defect detection, optimize test coverage, and enhance efficiency
- Collaborate with Production Support teams to reproduce issues, validate fixes, and prevent recurrence
- Balance automation with targeted manual and exploratory testing, especially for edge cases and high-risk scenarios
- You will contribute to building an operations-driven quality ecosystem, where testing is continuous, intelligent, and directly aligned with system reliability and customer impact.
· Drive end-to-end quality strategy across applications ensuring high standards in functional, performance, and reliability testing.
· Perform manual and exploratory testing for edge cases and usability scenarios.
· Leverage AI-driven testing tools and techniques to improve coverage and efficiency.
· Design and implement robust test automation frameworks for API, UI, and backend systems.
· Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and DevOps teams to ensure quality is built into the development lifecycle.
· Develop and execute API testing strategies using tools like REST Assured and SoapUI.
· Lead front-end testing initiatives ensuring seamless user experience across devices and browsers.
· Define and execute performance and load testing strategies for scalability and resilience.
· Analyze QA metrics (defect leakage, coverage, pass rates) to improve processes.
· Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing.
· Maintain strong test documentation, traceability, and defect prevention strategies.
What you need to be successful· 6–10+ years of experience in QA / SDET roles.
· Strong understanding of manual testing and exploratory testing techniques.
· Strong hands-on experience in automation frameworks for API and UI testing.
· Experience with API testing tools such as REST Assured, SoapUI.
· Experience with UI automation tools like Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
· Experience in performance/load testing using JMeter, Gatling or similar.
· Ability to define and analyze QA metrics and KPIs.
· Experience in Agile environments with CI/CD integration.
· Understanding of backend systems, APIs, and distributed architectures.
· Exposure to AI-driven testing tools or frameworks.
· Strong debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Nice to Have
· Experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow).
· Experience with test data management and mocking/stubbing tools.
· Exposure to cloud environments (AWS/Azure).
· Familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes.
· Basic knowledge of security testing.
· Exposure to GenAI-based test case generation or AI/ML-based testing tools.
Success Metrics
· Reduction in production defects.
· Improved test execution cycle time.
· Increased adoption of AI-driven testing.
· Improved overall product quality and release confidence.
· Effective performance validation and scalability readiness.
· High automation coverage across critical flows.