Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Backbase
Hyderabad, India
On-site

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates with hands-on automation experience and a strong grasp of omni-channel testing, comfortable with defining test strategies and working in distributed teams across multiple geographies.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with hands-on automation experience and a strong understanding of omni-channel platforms
    — “omni-channel marketing and customer engagement platform”
  • Individuals who have experience in both web and mobile E2E testing frameworks
    — “Build and maintain Playwright web E2E tests... Govern mobile E2E strategy (Android/iOS)”
  • Candidates with a track record of shifting quality left in agile environments
    — “shift quality left and scale automation”

Things to consider

  • Requires strong communication skills in a globally distributed team setting
    — “Excellent communication in distributed teams (India, Vietnam, Europe)”
  • Candidates must be prepared to manage test environments using containerization tools
    — “Manage test environments with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in defining and executing test strategies with product teams
    — “Define and execute test strategy and test plans per release”
  • Showcase proficiency in integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions
    — “Integrate automated tests into CI/CD with GitHub Actions”
  • Demonstrate knowledge of AI-assisted testing and its implementation in real-world scenarios
    — “Advocate AI-assisted testing (generation, visual regression, maintenance)”
  • Emphasize experience with non-functional testing, including performance and security
    — “Non-functional testing (performance, security, accessibility, localization)”
  • Demonstrate ability to coach engineers on shift-left testing and BDD practices
    — “Coach engineers on TDD, BDD, contract tests, synthetic data, and shift-left practices”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Define and execute test strategy and test plans per release
  • Build and maintain Playwright web E2E tests for real-world customer journeys
  • Govern mobile E2E strategy with engineers
  • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD with GitHub Actions
  • Manage test environments with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm
Typical background
5+ years as SDET or hands-on QA with an automation-first mindsetStrong test planning and acceptance-criteria design with Product/UX

Skills & requirements

Required

Test Strategy And PlanningAutomation (playwright, Espresso, Xcuitest)API TestingCi/cd IntegrationCloud Platforms (azure, Docker, Kubernetes)Non-functional Testing (performance, Security, Accessibility, Localization)

Preferred

Digital BankingPerformance Testing (k6, Gatling, Jmeter)Ai/ml Product Testing

Stack & domain

PlaywrightEspressoXcuitestJavaJavaScriptTypeScriptAngular SPAMicroservicesAPI TestingCI/CDBdd/gherkinWeb And Mobile E2ECloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesHelmGrafanaGitGitHubAtlassian ToolsNon-functional TestingPerformance TestingSecurity TestingAccessibility TestingLocalization TestingAi-assisted TestingCommunicationTeamworkProblem-solvingTest DesignAutomationTest StrategyTest ExecutionTest Environment ManagementTest Result AnalysisCoachingTDDBDDContract TestsSynthetic DataShift-left PracticesFinanceHealthcare

About the role

Original posting from Backbase via Greenhouse

We are building the Customer Lifetime Orchestrator — an omni-channel marketing and customer engagement platform that helps banks engage end customers and influence financial behaviour.

As Senior SDET, you own quality for this domain together with the engineering team: test strategy, automation completeness, and the team's ability to execute effectively. This is a hands-on test design and automation role — not a downstream QA handoff.

You will partner with Product, UX, and full-stack engineers (web, mobile, backend, AI-assisted features) to shift quality left and scale automation.

Define and execute test strategy and test plans per release (scope, risks, schedule, entry/exit criteria).

Co-author acceptance criteria and Gherkin scenarios with Product; act as quality gatekeeper before releases.

Build and maintain Playwright web E2E tests for real-world customer journeys across engagement channels.

Govern mobile E2E strategy (Android/iOS) with engineers; use device-farm/matrix testing.

Integrate automated tests into CI/CD with GitHub Actions (smoke, regression, quality gates).

Manage test environments with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.

Use Grafana (or similar) to analyse test results and improve feedback loops.

Combine automation with exploratory and manual testing for edge cases; reduce flakiness and improve parallelization.

Coach engineers on TDD, BDD, contract tests, synthetic data, and shift-left practices.

Advocate AI-assisted testing (generation, visual regression, maintenance).

Required

5+ years as SDET or hands-on QA with an automation-first mindset.

Strong test planning and acceptance-criteria design with Product/UX.

Playwright (web), Espresso (Android), XCUITest (iOS).

Java and JavaScript/TypeScript; Angular SPA, mobile, microservices.

API testing (REST, Postman, RestAssured or equivalent).

CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Jenkins), BDD/Gherkin, web and mobile E2E.

Cloud platforms (preferably Azure) and Docker/Kubernetes.

Device/browser farms (Sauce Labs, BrowserStack, or equivalent).

Git/GitHub, Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence).

Non-functional testing (performance, security, accessibility, localization).

Excellent communication in distributed teams (India, Vietnam, Europe).

Nice to have

Digital banking, martech, or campaign/engagement management.

Performance testing (k6, Gatling, JMeter).

SaaS or enterprise software testing experience.

AI/ML product testing; XRay, CucumberStudio, SonarCloud, security tooling.

What we offer

Premium customer-facing platform used by leading banks worldwide.

Shape quality engineering across web, mobile, backend, and AI orchestration.

Global, distributed team with core hours in India and overlap with Europe.

Source: Backbase careers (Greenhouse)

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