Hybrid SDET: AI-Driven Banking Testing

Software Development Engineer in Test

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Location(s):

Pune, Maharashtra, India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Job Type:

Hybrid

Posted:

May. 13, 2026

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Engineering Excellence GenAI -
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with a strong background in banking and financial services, coupled with expertise in leveraging AI for test automation. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our banking applications by designing, developing, and maintaining automated testing frameworks. This role requires a blend of technical proficiency, domain knowledge, and innovative thinking to drive efficiency and accuracy in testing processes.

Key Responsibilities:

Test Automation Development
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• Design and implement robust, scalable, and maintainable test automation frameworks using AI-driven tools and technologies.
• Develop automated test scripts for functional, regression testing of banking applications.
• Ability to identify the scope and E2E delivery of Automation.
• Maintenance of Automation framework and repository.

AI Integration
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• Utilize AI and machine learning models to optimize test case generation, execution, and defect prediction.
• Implement AI-based solutions for intelligent test data generation and anomaly detection.

Banking Domain Expertise
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• Apply knowledge of banking processes, regulations, and workflows to ensure comprehensive test coverage especially with Disputes workflow.
• Collaborate with business analysts and product owners to understand banking requirements and translate them into effective test strategies.

Quality Assurance
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• Analyze requirements of projects, develop test plans, design test cases for broad range of systems and applications and ensure they meet specified standards and end-user requirements.
• Serve as a SME and drive standards, compliance, strategic automation for development tools/frameworks to further improve architecture while driving value.
• Ensure end-to-end quality of banking applications by identifying risks, creating test plans, and executing test cases.
• Perform test data requirement, analysis, test data creation and conditioning
• Monitor and report on test coverage, defect metrics, and overall application quality.

Collaboration
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• Work closely with development teams to integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve issues early in the development lifecycle.

Continuous Improvement
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• Stay updated with emerging AI technologies and testing tools to continuously enhance testing processes.
• Drive innovation by introducing new methodologies and tools to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

Technical Skills
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• Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, VB Script or JavaScript.
• Preferred programming experience with Pega.
• Extensive experience with test automation tools like Selenium, Playwright or UFT.

• Proficient Experience with tools such as ALM, JIRA, Zephyr, advanced excel features.
• Experience in using mainframe for testing and automation
• Experience in Oracle and SQL queries for test data mining, data generation & conditioning

Banking Domain Knowledge
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• Strong understanding of banking workflows, financial products, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience testing banking applications such as loan management systems, payment gateways, or risk management platforms.

Automation/GenAI Expertise
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• Experience in BDD/TDD, Cucumber framework development
• Experience in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with tools like Jenkins.
• Hands on experience in API testing tools like Postman or SOAPUI.
• Understanding of deep learning fundamentals, RAG and LLMs
• Experience of API development and integration of models through APIs.

Soft Skills
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• Excellent problem-solving…