Senior Software Test Engineer
Smiths Group plc5 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute comprehensive test cases covering software functionality, performance, scalability, security, regression, integration, and exploratory testing.
- Support the development and maintenance of automated test scripts and frameworks for system-level, backend, and front-end applications.
- Perform API testing of RESTful services, including contract validation, payload verification, error handling, and service dependency checks.
- Identify, reproduce, document, track, and help resolve software defects and performance issues with development teams.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and validate deployments and scalability across environments.
- Use version control and configuration management for test scripts, cases, and related artifacts.
- Prepare test reports, track coverage and defect metrics, and contribute to test planning and automation strategy improvements.
- Collaborate with developers, product owners, senior testers, DevOps teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 4–7 years of hands-on experience testing distributed, microservices-based applications, including test strategy definition, design, execution, and maintenance.
- Strong expertise with Robot Framework and Python for service-level and end-to-end testing.
- Proficiency in RESTful API testing and validation.
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes for deployment validation and scalability testing.
- Working knowledge of cloud platforms and deployment models.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Bitbucket.
- Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, TestRail, and Git.
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, microservices, test methodologies, documentation, and quality metrics.
- Preferred qualifications include advanced automation or test-environment scripting, testing or cloud certifications, performance testing and monitoring experience, and familiarity with security testing or compliance validation.
- Strong analytical, communication, organizational, time-management, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
Benefits
- The role requires presence in the office four days per week.
- Training and career growth opportunities are available locally and globally.
- The company offers an inclusive environment with leadership support and a focus on safety and wellbeing.
- Flexible health, financial, and lifestyle benefits are available for employees and their families.
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About Smiths Group plc
Smiths Group plc designs, manufactures, and services engineered products for industrial, energy, aerospace, security, and medical markets through businesses including John Crane, Smiths Detection, Flex‑Tek, and Smiths Interconnect. It sells equipment and aftermarket services to governments and commercial customers worldwide, generating recurring service revenue alongside product sales. Founded in 1851 and headquartered in London, it is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange.