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Senior Software Engineer in Test (SDET)
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We are looking for a highly skilled Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join our cross-platform engineering team.
In this role, you will work closely with React Native mobile developers and React web engineers to build and maintain a world-class automation framework spanning both mobile and web tech stacks. You'll be responsible for ensuring high-quality releases through robust automated testing, tooling, and engineering excellence.
What You'll Do
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites for web tech stack
- Implement test frameworks and CI workflows to improve coverage and execution reliability.
- Partner with developers to define test strategy, acceptance criteria, and quality gates for new features.
- Build reusable components and abstractions to keep automation code clean, maintainable, and scalable.
- Conduct code reviews for automation contributions to ensure best practices.
- Build and maintain test coverage for shared business logic for React platform.
- Reduce test cycle time and improve test stability.
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What We're Looking For
- Strong experience developing automation suites.
- Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Solid understanding of React architecture & debugging tools.
- Experience with REST APIs or GraphQL.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Strong debugging skills.
- Excellent communication skills and experience working in agile environments.
Nice to Have
- Experience in fintech or banking applications.
- Familiarity with micro-frontend architecture.
- Experience working with feature flags.
- Familiarity with accessibility testing tooling.
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Interview Process
Stage 1 - Screening interview (30 mins)
A brief conversation to review your experience, understand your approach to quality, and assess overall role fit.
Stage 2 - Technical take home exercise (1 week)
A take home technical test where you'll be asked to implement automated tests for an existing React application to ensure its quality.
Stage 3 - Technical interview (90 mins)
We will go over your submitted take home exercise to get a better understanding of how you solve problems, also we ask some behavioural questions to make sure you're a good fit for our team and company culture.
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