Senior Software Developer Engineer in Test

Job Description

Role: Senior Software Developer Engineer in Test

Location: Bangalore

About MiQ

MiQ is a global programmatic media partner for brands and agencies, combining data, AI-driven technology, and expert teams to deliver smarter advertising outcomes. Our engineering teams build the platforms, intelligence products, and automation that power programmatic campaigns at scale.

About the Role

We’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer in Test (SDET) to embed directly within a product squad and own end-to-end test strategy for a critical vertical. This is not a siloed QA role — you’ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with developers from design through release, shaping testability early, building and maintaining automation, and giving the team confidence to ship fast without compromising quality.

What You’ll Do

·       Define and own the end-to-end test strategy for new and existing services, starting from requirements and design through to release sign-off.

·       Identify and prioritize P0/P1 critical test scenarios, ensure comprehensive coverage, and drive manual and automated test execution — with a strong emphasis on deep, domain-aware manual testing of complex business workflows, not just scripted checks.

·       Design and execute exploratory and manual test cases for data-heavy, multi-step business scenarios (e.g., campaign/order lifecycle, pricing, reconciliation) where domain nuance materially affects correctness.

·       Build, maintain, and scale automated test suites (UI, API, and integration) using modern tools such as Cypress, Selenium, Playwright, or REST Assured.

·       Partner with developers to get test scenarios automated and integrated into CI/CD pipelines, enabling parallel test execution and fast feedback loops.

·       Champion shift-left testing — flag testability and design concerns early, before code reaches production.

·       Work as an embedded member of an engineering squad (not a separate QA function), participating in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and design reviews.

·       Reduce test flakiness and continuously improve confidence in continuous testing / CI pipelines.

·       Track and report test coverage, release quality metrics, and defect trends to stakeholders.

·       Perform root-cause analysis on production issues and feed learnings back into test strategy and automation.

·       Mentor engineers on testing best practices and help raise the overall quality bar across the team.

What you’ll bring

·       8+ years of experience in software testing, with strong hands-on exposure to both manual and automation testing (UI, API, and database/backend) — manual testing depth and domain understanding are weighted as a must skill for this role.

·       Proven ability to translate business/domain rules into thorough manual test cases and catch edge cases that automation alone would miss, particularly in data- or workflow-heavy systems.

·       Proficiency in Java (or another OOP language) and SQL, with solid experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks

·       Hands-on expertise with automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, REST Assured, or Karate, and BDD frameworks like Cucumber.

·       Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins or equivalent) and working with version control (Git) and issue tracking (JIRA).

·       Demonstrated ability to define a test strategy from scratch for a new service or capability, including defining P1 scenario coverage.

·       Experience working as an embedded tester within a cross-functional engineering squad, rather than a separate/siloed QA team.

·       Strong analytical and debugging skills, with experience performing root-cause analysis on production defects.

·       Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum delivery practices.

·       Prior experience in a domain-heavy industry (e.g., payments, banking/finance, telecom, insurance, supply chain, or e-commerce) is strongly preferred.

We’ve highlighted some key skills, experience and requirements for this role. But please don’t worry if you don’t meet every single one. Our talent team strives to find the best people. They might see something in your background that’s a fit for this role, or another opportunity at MiQ.

If you have a passion for the role, please still apply.

Nice to Have

·       Experience with performance/load testing tools (e.g., JMeter).

·       Exposure to GenAI-assisted testin…