Tala

Senior SDET

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Job Description

The Role

We are looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test (Sr. SDET) who is passionate about using cutting-edge test automation tools and technologies to create robust test frameworks and test suites in order to speed up the product delivery process without compromising quality and performance. This hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves role will ensure quality control across Tala’s backend services and mobile applications in multiple markets.

 



What You'll Do
  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks and suites to expand coverage across microservices and integrate them into CI/CD, regression, and release processes.

  • Partner with engineering, product, and SDE/QA teams to support releases, identify quality risks, and communicate issues in a timely manner.

  • Build tools and test solutions to validate integrations with third-party services such as payment providers, vendors, communication platforms (SMS/Email), analytics systems, and other external dependencies.

  • Integrate automated test execution into the software development lifecycle to enable continuous quality validation.

  • Collaborate with Engineering Managers, Squad Leads, Product Managers, and other stakeholders to define quality strategies and rollout plans.

  • Work closely with cross-functional teams (Product, Data, Credit, Risk, and Business Development) to identify opportunities for automation and improve overall product quality.

  • Maintain, review, and continuously improve existing test frameworks, tooling, and quality engineering processes.

  • Leverage AI-powered tools and agents to improve test design, automation development, debugging, root-cause analysis, and engineering productivity.


  • What You'll Need
  • Minimum 7+ years of experience in building test tools and frameworks using   Groovy/Kotlin/ Java/ Scala, Jenkins or similar CI-CD tools, Linux/ Mac OSX for either backend or frontend services

  • Experience with BDD testing paradigm and one of the Behavior Driven Testing frameworks such as Spock or JBehave or cucumber

  • Knowledge in microservices and automation.

  • Experience working in an Agile development process (Scrum/ Kanban)

  • Experience with one or more version control systems such as Github, Gitlab

  • Experience with REST APIs, contract testing, and service integration testing is preferred.

  • Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Gemini, Claude) to improve test automation development, test design, debugging, and productivity.