Responsibilities :

- Design, build, and evolve robust test automation frameworks for backend microservices, APIs, event-driven pipelines (Kafka), and data processing flows.

- Implement and maintain CI/CD guardrails : quality gates, automated checks for coverage, flakiness detection, and regression prevention in pipelines (Jenkins/GitHub Actions/etc.).

- Provide clear visibility into test health : coverage metrics, failure trends, test execution dashboards, and quality signals for releases.

- Develop functional tests (API, integration, end-to-end data flows) and nonfunctional guardrails (performance baselines, reliability under load, basic security checks for data handling).

- Collaborate with developers on testability, shift-left practices, and code reviews for testable design.

- Support release management : own test execution during release cycles, risk assessment, rollback criteria, and post-release monitoring under EM guidance.

- Mentor junior SDETs/QA engineers on framework usage, best practices, and troubleshooting. Continuously improve automation efficiency, reduce toil, and adapt frameworks to new features (e.g., AI enrichment, schema changes).

Requirements :

- Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science or equivalent.

- 5-8 years in software testing/automation, with strong hands-on development experience.

- Proficiency in building scalable test frameworks (Golang preferred for backend alignment; Python/Java acceptable with quick ramp to Go).

- Deep experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI), test orchestration, and quality metrics (coverage tools like JaCoCo/Go coverage, dashboards).

- Solid skills in automated testing : API (RestAssured/Postman/Newman), integration, event-driven (Kafka consumers), mocking/stubbing.

- Hands-on with non-functional testing basics : performance (k6/Locust/JMeter), reliability, chaos/resilience testing.

- Strong fundamentals : programming, data structures, distributed systems concepts, debugging complex failures.

- Experience supporting release processes in fast-paced environments.

- Good collaboration and communication; passion for quality in high-scale data platforms.