Description
As an SDET at smallcase, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality, stability, and performance of our products. You will design robust automation frameworks, contribute to API automation, and collaborate closely with engineers to deliver high-quality releases. A strong foundation in mobile automation (Appium), API testing, and familiarity with performance testing will be key to success in this role.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and automate test plans for major components, feature sets, or mid-sized applications/services.
- Build and enhance mobile automation suites using Appium(Java experience preferred).
- Develop maintainable, reusable, API-driven automation using tools such as RestAssured, Postman/Newman, or similar.
- Ensure automation follows best practices, coding standards, and scalable design principles.
- Execute both automated and manual tests to validate functionality, performance, and reliability.
- Build automation frameworks from scratch and improve existing frameworks for scalability and robustness.
- Analyse requirements, identify test gaps, and propose improvements in test coverage and reliability.
- Perform API-level testing, validating functional flows, schema validations, contract testing, and integration scenarios.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines by integrating test suites and ensuring smooth deployment workflows.
- Troubleshoot failures, analyse logs, identify root causes, and work with engineering teams to drive resolutions.
- Participate in design and code reviews, ensuring high testability and quality throughout the development lifecycle.
- Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and designers to maintain high-quality standards.
- Facilitate technical discussions, resolve disagreements constructively, and drive decision-making.
- Mentor junior QA/SDET team members on product knowledge, testing approaches, automation strategies, and best practices.
- Help onboard new team members and contribute to documentation and knowledge-sharing sessions.
Requirements
- 3-5 years of experience in QA/SDET roles with strong exposure to SDLC and STLC.
- Strong hands-on experience in mobile automation using Appium(Android/iOS).
- Solid experience with API automation and testing tools such as RestAssured, Postman.
- Strong manual testing foundation and understanding of exploratory testing approaches.
- Experience building or enhancing automation frameworks from scratch.
- Good understanding of REST APIs, MongoDB, Redis, browser developer tools, and debugging utilities.
- Exposure to performance testing tools (JMeter, k6 Locust) is a strong plus.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.
- Prior experience in small teams or startup environments is a plus.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and analytical thinking skills.
(ref:hirist.tech)
