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Primary Responsibilities:Core SDET Responsibilities (Tool-Agnostic)• Quality Engineering & Test Strategyo Translate business requirements into testable acceptance criteria; define test strategy across unit, API, UI, and end-to-end (E2E)o Build a risk-based test plan focusing on business-critical flows, edge cases, and negative scenarioso Establish shift-left practices: collaborate with developers to add unit/integration tests early; advocate testability in design (IDs, accessibility, deterministic APIs)• Automation & Frameworkso Design and maintain modular, maintainable automation frameworks (page object or screen-play pattern, data-driven tests, fixtures, utilities)o Implement parallel test execution, selective test runs (tags), and stable waits to minimize flakinesso Integrate with CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps/Jenkins): test gating, environment provisioning, artifacts (videos, HAR, screenshots), and reporting• Quality Signals & Observabilityo Own quality metrics: coverage %, pass rate, mean time to detect (MTTD), mean time to repair (MTTR), failure classification (test vs product)o Instrument test telemetry: capture logs, network traces, performance timings, accessibility checks; publish dashboards• Environment & Datao Provision test environments (Docker/Azure containers), seed synthetic test data, manage test accounts, stub/mocks for third-party integrationso Handle configuration & secrets securely (env vars, Key Vault)• Non-Functionalo Basic performance checks (TTFB, Largest Contentful Paint for UI flows), resource usage under test loadso Security basics during tests (XSS injection attempts, authentication/authorization boundary tests), without replacing formal security testing• Collaboration & Governanceo Code reviews for test code; enforce coding standards, linters, and test reliability gateso Document test approach, coverage maps, and known gaps; mentor engineers on automation best practices• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do soRequired Qualifications:• 5+ years of experience in SDET space while contributing on the above roles and responsibilities• Technical Skills – PlayWright, Selenium, Tool agnostic test automation framework

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