Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (Sr. SDET)
Roles & Responsibilities
As a Senior SDET at Finmo, you will play a pivotal role in architecting, scaling, and leading test
automation initiatives to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of our web and API-driven
fintech products. In addition to being hands-on with automation frameworks, you will mentor junior
QAs and SDETs and lead a small team to drive best practices across quality engineering.
- Provide technical aspects in test automation strategy, framework design, and tool selection.
- Own the quality and reliability of high-impact fintech features across web and API platforms.
- Design, develop, and scale robust automation frameworks for Web and API testing.
- Build internal QA tools and accelerators to improve testing speed, coverage, and efficiency.
- Create, maintain, and execute automated test suites for functional, regression, integration, and smoke testing.
- Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and design teams within Agile sprints to identify risks early and prevent defects.
- Leverage AI tools and techniques to simulate real-world scenarios, improve test coverage, and proactively detect issues.
- Troubleshoot and debug automation scripts to ensure clean, maintainable, and reusable code.
- Work with Playwright, Selenium, RestAssured, Appium using Java, TypeScript, or JavaScript.
- Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and enforce test quality gates.
- Perform API automation, database validations (SQL), and exploratory testing as needed.
- Champion shift-left and automation-first approaches to maximize efficiency and reduce defects.
- Explore and contribute to performance testing using tools like JMeter or k6.
- Advocate for quality across the organization, influencing development processes, coding practices, and release readiness.
- Lead and mentor a small team of QAs and SDETs, guiding them on automation design, code quality, and best practices.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with performance testing tools like JMeter or k6.
- Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) or microservices infrastructure.
- Hands-on knowledge of version control tools like Git and test tools like JIRA.
- Understanding of non-functional testing metrics, including performance, scalability, and high availability.
- Certifications like ISTQB, CSTE, or equivalent (optional but advantageous).
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- 3-5 years of experience in test automation (web and API) within fintech, banking, payments, or SaaS.
- Strong proficiency in a programming language: Java, TypeScript, or JavaScript.
- Hands-on experience with automation frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Appium or RestAssured.
- Practical knowledge of SQL for backend validation.
- Solid understanding of QA methodologies, SDLC, STLC and Agile practices.
- Excellent analytical, debugging, and communication skills.
Additional Information
Location:
- Bangalore, India based (On site)
Thank you for your interest in pursuing a career with Finmo!
We’re proud to be an inclusive, people-first workplace that values people and is committed to providing equal opportunities for all. Submissions by recruitment agencies will not be accepted. Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you once again for your interest in the role.