Software Engineer III - BenTech Integrations

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Job Summary A Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET III) in the BenTech Integrations team will contribute to high-quality software delivery for API-first and event-driven integration capabilities that connect The Standard’s insurance ecosystem with external benefits technology platforms, HCM systems, and partner solutions. This role will focus on developing, maintaining, and executing automated test solutions for REST APIs, microservices, event-driven flows, data validation, and integration testing across the BenTech platform.

In this role, you will work closely with API engineers, data engineers, product owners, architects, DevOps/SRE teams, and other delivery partners to ensure that integration capabilities are reliable, secure, scalable, and production ready. You will build automated test coverage into CI/CD/CT pipelines, validate API contracts, test data flow across upstream and downstream systems, contribute to non-functional testing, and use logs, metrics, dashboards, and automated quality checks to investigate failures and strengthen release confidence.

The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on automation engineering experience, API testing expertise, disciplined test design, and the ability to independently deliver quality engineering work within a globally distributed Agile delivery model. This role requires investigative thinking, sound technical judgment, and an understanding of how automated testing, code-level quality practices, observability, and risk-based validation support reliability, operational readiness, and business confidence in a regulated insurance environment.

• Ability to work on-site in Bengaluru, India is a requirement of the role. *

Mode of Working: This role follows a hybrid work model, with a primary base in Bengaluru. While on-site presence is essential for key engagements, flexibility is offered for remote work based on business needs and team alignment.

Skills And Background You’ll Need Education: B.Tech / B.E. is required. A degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.

Experience: Typically requires 6+ years of related experience in software testing, test automation, API testing, and quality engineering for enterprise applications.

Automation Engineering And Code-Level Quality

• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining automation frameworks for REST APIs, microservices, backend services, and integration workflows.
• Strong programming and automation engineering skills, including object-oriented design, test design patterns, reusable automation components, clean coding practices, maintainable test architecture, and the ability to build automation libraries and troubleshoot code-level failures.
• Preferred: Experience with unit testing, white-box testing, or code-level validation practices, including the ability to read application code, understand control flow and failure paths, and collaborate with software engineers to improve testability, coverage, and defect prevention.

API, Integration, And Distributed Systems Testing

• Strong experience with API testing practices, including OpenAPI/Swagger validation, request/response schema validation, contract testing, authentication and authorization validation, error handling, negative testing, and backward compatibility testing.
• Experience with backend, API, and microservices testing, including service virtualization, mocking/stubbing dependent services, test data setup, and automated validation of distributed workflows.
• Experience validating integration flows across systems such as HCM platforms, benefits administration platforms, internal insurance systems, data platforms, or partner APIs is preferred.
• Experience testing API-first and event-driven integration …