SDET - I (Software Development Engineer in Test - I)

About Amagi

Globally, Amagi works with 800+ content brands, delivering 5000+ channels with deployments in 150+ countries, managing programmatic ad opportunities over 50 billion. Amagi has industry-leading deep technical integration with 150+ Free Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) services, making it one the largest tech providers and a first-party ad platform for the FAST industry segment.Amagi has a presence in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Singapore, Seoul and Sydney, with innovation centers in Bangalore, Zagreb, and Lodz, and a global media monitoring center in New Delhi. Amagi is one of the highest valued mediatech companies in the world and its investors include Accel, Norwest Venture Partners, General Atlantic, Premji Invest, Avataar Ventures and Nadathur Holdings.

Today, Amagi is the fastest growing media and entertainment technology company on Earth. Founded in 2008, Amagi is a global leader in cloud-based products and solutions for broadcast and connected TV. Our cloud-based platforms support broadcast-quality, 259-hour linear channel production, channel distribution to Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV platforms, live orchestration for sports and news, OTT server-side ad insertion, and monetization analytics, as well as cost-effective disaster recovery.

Our identity and mission: Amagi, epitomizing the essence of freedom, embarks on an extraordinary mission to establish the world's foremost media technology business rooted in a foundation of goodness. Our commitment to autonomy is paralleled by our shared connection through a compelling purpose, with the Amagi way serving as our guiding light. In our pursuit, we strive to create a harmonious blend of individual freedom and collective purpose, shaping a unique and transformative journey that sets us apart in the realm of media technology.

Job role: SDET - I (Software Development Engineer in Test - I)

Location: Bangalore, India

Role reporting into: Manager

Experience: 0 2 years

Education/Qualifications: BE/BTech/MTech

About the Role

We're looking for a SDET with strong programming and testing skills to build reliable automation, improve release quality, and speed up delivery. You'll own test design, automation, and CI quality gates across APIs, services, and UI.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain automation frameworks (API, UI, integration) with clean, reusable code.

Write stable, data-driven tests for REST/gRPC services and web UI; enable shift-left testing with developers.

Integrate tests into CI/CD (e.g., Jenkins/GitHub Actions) with clear pass/fail signals and flaky-test management.

Create test plans, test data, and environments; use mocks/stubs where needed.

Drive defect triage and root-cause analysis with Dev/Product; ensure fast feedback.

Track and improve quality metrics (coverage, defect-escape rate, build health, mean time to fix).

Contribute to code reviews, quality standards, and documentation.

Collaborate closely with Dev, QA, and Release teams to ensure on-time, high-quality releases.

Must-Have Skills

02 years as SDET/QA Automation with strong coding in Java or Python (OOP, collections, debugging).

Hands-on with Selenium or Playwright (UI) and REST API testing (Postman/REST Assured/pytest-requests).

Experience with JUnit/TestNG/pytest, Git, and CI/CD (Jenkins/GitHub Actions).

Solid understanding of testing levels (unit/integration/e2e), test design techniques, and test data management.

Well versed with Linux environment and commands.

Clear communication, ownership, and a bias for automation over manual repetition.

Good-to-Have Skills

Experience with Docker, basic Kubernetes concepts, and AWS (S3/EC2/CloudWatch).

BDD (Cucumber/Behave) and allure/reporting tools.

Performance testing (JMeter/k6) and basic security testing awareness.

Exposure to monitoring/logs (Grafana/Prometheus/ELK) for verification in non-prod/prod.