Location: Chennai
Experience: 8+ Years
Employment Type: Full-Time
Industry: Automotive / FinTech / IT & Software
Education: Bachelor’s Degree (required)
Position Description
Ford is seeking a highly experienced and motivated Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join our quality engineering team. This role focuses on full-stack test automation, ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of our financial applications. You’ll be working across UI and API layers, contributing to CI/CD pipelines, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving best practices in test engineering.
This is a high-impact role for those passionate about test automation and experienced in building sophisticated test frameworks for complex, regulated environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain robust automated test suites for UI and API layers.
- Work closely with development, QA, and product teams to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
- Build and scale test automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, Rest Assured, Appium, Cucumber.
- Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines with GitHub and CloudBuild.
- Perform end-to-end testing for complex financial applications involving multiple channels and integrations.
- Conduct database validation using advanced SQL for data integrity.
- Ensure test reliability across mobile and cloud platforms (e.g., Headspin, Perfecto).
- Utilize test management tools such as Xray, TestRail, ALM.
- Collaborate across global teams and contribute to test strategy, process improvement, and automation roadmaps.
Required Skills & Experience
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in QA/test automation in the Finance domain.
- Proficiency in programming languages: Java, Python, JavaScript, or Groovy.
Experience in:
- UI Automation using Selenium, Appium, Playwright.
- API Automation with Rest Assured, SoapUI.
- BDD frameworks like Cucumber.
- Strong experience in CI/CD pipelines, GitHub version control, and scripting.
- Expertise in SQL and database validation.
- Exposure to test execution in mobile cloud platforms (e.g., Headspin, Perfecto).
- Experience with test and bug tracking tools such as Jira, Xray, ALM.
- Excellent interpersonal, analytical, and communication skills.
- Ability to work across global teams and time zones.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., GCP).
- Familiarity with CloudBuild, JMeter, LoadRunner.
- Exposure to AI tools (e.g., GenAI) for automation.
- Working knowledge of Unix/Linux environments.
- Understanding of market trends in FinTech automation tools and frameworks.
Educational Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (required).
Why Join Ford?
At Ford, we are redefining the future of mobility and finance technology. You’ll be part of a team that values innovation, ownership, and technical excellence, with the opportunity to work on high-impact projects using modern tools and frameworks.