SDE IV - QA at Jobgether in India, IN

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a SDE IV - QA based in India.

This is a senior engineering role focused on building and leading end-to-end quality strategy for highly scalable, cloud-native distributed systems. You will play a critical part in ensuring the reliability, performance, and security of microservices-based architectures deployed across AWS environments. The role goes beyond traditional QA, combining hands-on automation engineering with architectural influence and technical leadership. You will design and own test strategies across UI, API, and event-driven systems, ensuring robust coverage across complex asynchronous workflows. A key aspect of the role is embedding quality early in the development lifecycle by partnering closely with engineering, product, and DevOps teams. You will also act as a technical mentor, elevating QA practices and driving adoption of modern automation and AI-assisted engineering approaches. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in deep technical environments and enjoys shaping scalable quality systems from the ground up.

Accountabilities

• Define and own the end-to-end test automation strategy across web, API, microservices, and event-driven systems.
  • Design testing approaches for distributed architectures, including asynchronous flows, messaging systems, and eventual consistency scenarios.
  • Build and maintain scalable automation frameworks for UI (Playwright/Selenium) and API testing using Java and/or JavaScript/TypeScript.
  • Develop and execute API, integration, and contract tests for microservices-based systems.
  • Implement performance, load, and resilience testing strategies using industry-standard tools.
  • Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to enable fast feedback and continuous delivery.
  • Improve test reliability by reducing flakiness, optimizing execution time, and enhancing observability.
  • Define and track quality metrics such as coverage, defect escape rate, and pipeline stability.
  • Collaborate with developers to review code, improve testability, and ensure quality is embedded early.
  • Mentor QA engineers and influence best practices in automation, architecture, and quality engineering.
  • Evaluate and introduce new tools, frameworks, and AI-assisted workflows to improve productivity and coverage.

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Requirements

    - Strong programming skills in Java (Spring Boot ecosystem) and/or JavaScript/TypeScript.
    - Extensive hands-on experience with Playwright and/or Selenium for UI test automation.
    - Proven experience testing microservices and distributed systems, including event-driven architectures (SNS/SQS, Kafka, or RabbitMQ).
    - Experience with AWS cloud-native environments (ECS, EKS, Lambda) and containerized systems (Docker/Kubernetes).
    - Strong understanding of API testing (REST, JSON) and tools such as REST-assured or Postman.
    - Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI) and quality gates.
    - Knowledge of performance and load testing tools (e.g., JMeter, k6, Gatling, Locust).
    - Familiarity with UNIX/Linux systems and scripting.
    - Strong problem-solving mindset with attention to detail and ownership of quality outcomes.
    - Experience using AI/LLM tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor) to enhance engineering productivity.
    - Ability to mentor engineers and contribute to technical decision-making in fast-paced environments.
    - Nice to have: contract testing (Pact, Spring Cloud Contract), observability tools (Datadog, Grafana), IaC (Terraform), or experience in identity/security domains.

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Benefits

        - Opportunity to work on large-scale, cloud-native distributed systems
        - Fully remote role based in India
        - Exposure to advanced automation, AI-assisted engineering, and modern QA practices
        - Career growth in a highly technical, senior individual contributor role
        - Collaborative engineering culture with strong emphasis on quality and innovation
        - Opportunity to influence architecture and engineering standards
        - Continuous learning and exposure to cutting-edge testing frameworks and tools
        - Work on impactful products in a global, high-scale environment

How Jobgether works:

We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!

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