Test Architect

Role:

We're looking for a Test Architect to own our systems and integration testing strategy across complex, polyglot systems spanning C++, Java and Python. Our test framework itself is written in Python, built on pytest, and we lean heavily on AI-assisted development including Claude to build and extend it. You'll be the technical owner of that framework and the integration testing strategy behind it.

This is a hands-on architecture role, not a governance-only position: you'll be writing Python/pytest day-to-day, building and evolving the framework, and working directly alongside engineers, while also acting as a client-facing consultant understanding a stakeholder's technical challenges and driving the quality engineering roadmap that addresses them. Contract testing (e.g. Pact) is a useful tool in the kit, but it's a smaller part of the role than systems and integration testing

Required Experience:

• 8+ years as a Test Architect, Principal SDET, or senior test engineering leader, with proven ownership of systems/integration testing strategy for complex, distributed, polyglot systems.
• Strong hands-on Python development with deep pytest expertise — building and maintaining test automation frameworks, not just writing test cases.
• Track record testing across service and process boundaries in polyglot environments spanning C++, Java, and Python.
• Comfortable reading, and ideally writing, C++ and Java alongside Python.
• Experience embedding automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, plus client-facing consulting experience influencing senior stakeholders and shaping a test strategy roadmap.
• Open to work from Pune or Bengaluru location

Key Responsibilities

• Own the systems and integration testing strategy across polyglot components (C++, Java, Python), architecting suites that validate behaviour across service and process boundaries.
• Design, build and maintain the test automation framework in Python/pytest the backbone of how we test using AI-assisted development tools (including Claude) to accelerate framework development and maintenance.
• Embed systems and integration tests into CI/CD pipelines, so breaking changes are caught before they reach production.
• Apply contract testing (e.g. Pact) selectively where it adds real value, as a complement to not a replacement for — the systems/integration test strategy.
• Partner directly with client engineering leaders to diagnose quality gaps, and propose and drive adoption of the tools, frameworks and practices that close them.
• Mentor and upskill engineers on Python/pytest test engineering and integration testing best practice, raising the quality bar across the wider team.
• Define and evolve the test automation roadmap for the engagement, balancing coverage, speed and maintainability.

What You'll Bring

• Proven experience as a Test Architect, Principal SDET or similar, having designed and led systems/integration testing strategy for complex, distributed, polyglot systems.
• Strong, hands-on Python skills with deep pytest expertise this is the language and framework the test suite is built on.
• A track record of testing across service and process boundaries in polyglot environments.
• Comfortable reading (and ideally writing) C++ and Java, since the systems under test span both alongside Python.
• Enthusiasm for using AI coding assistants such as Claude to build and maintain test tooling and frameworks.
• Some exposure to contract testing (e.g. Pact) is a nice to have, and not the focus of the role.
• Experience embedding automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Confidence operating as a client-facing consultant: comfortable influencing senior technical stakeholders and shaping strategy, not just executing against a backlog.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate testing strategy into business outcomes for both engineers and clients.