About the role

Senior SDET – Quality Engineering & Automation

Position Title	Senior SDET – Quality Engineering & Automation
Department	Central Services – Information Technology
Reporting To	QA Manager
Location	Bangalore

About Savills:

For over 160 years, Savills has been helping people thrive through place and spaces.

Listed on the London Stock Exchange, we have more than 40,000 professionals collaborating across over 70 countries, delivering unrivalled coverage and expertise to the world of commercial and prime residential real estate.

By applying world research data and trends to local and global settings, we’re able to empower our clients with insights from the forefront of the industry – bringing their aspirations to life through innovative, tailor-made solutions.

Whether we are working with a global corporate looking to expand, an investor seeking to sustainably optimise their portfolio, or a family trying to find a new home, we help our clients make better property decisions.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Savills is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Scope:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior SDET to drive automation, performance testing, and quality engineering practices across the software lifecycle. This role goes beyond execution, focusing on designing scalable automation frameworks, ensuring system reliability, and embedding quality into delivery pipelines. The ideal candidate will combine strong programming skills with a quality-first mindset to improve system stability, scalability, and test efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for UI and API testing
Build UI automation using Selenium WebDriver and/or Playwright
Develop API automation using Rest Assured
Implement BDD frameworks using Cucumber (Gherkin syntax)
Design and execute performance and load tests using JMeter
Analyze performance metrics (response time, throughput, latency) and identify bottlenecks
Create automated test suites for regression, smoke, and integration testing
Integrate automation and performance testing into CI/CD pipelines with quality gates
Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to ensure performance optimization and scalability
Perform root cause analysis for defects and performance issues
Drive automation strategy, framework reusability, and test coverage optimization

Quality Ownership & Governance

Own end-to-end quality for assigned modules, including automation strategy and execution
Define and track quality metrics such as automation coverage, production leakage, and flakiness
Ensure traceability across requirements, test coverage, and defect outcomes
Classify issues into defects, requirement gaps, and change requests to maintain scope clarity
Drive preventive quality practices and continuous improvement initiatives
Enforce quality gates within CI/CD pipelines

Success Measures

Reduction in production defects and leakage
Increased automation coverage for critical business flows
Improved system performance and scalability
Reduction in regression cycle time
Improved test stability and reduced flakiness
Higher CI/CD pipeline success rate

Technical Skills & Qualifications

6–8+ years of experience in QA Automation / SDET role
Strong programming skills in Java (Python is a plus)
Hands-on experience with:
- Selenium WebDriver
- Playwright (preferred)
- Rest Assured
- Cucumber (BDD)
- JMeter
Experience with TestNG/JUnit frameworks
Strong understanding of API testing (REST, HTTP, JSON/XML)
Experience with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps)
Familiarity with Git and build tools (Maven/Gradle)
Basic SQL/database validation skills

QA Process & Engineering Practices

Strong understanding of SDLC and STLC
Experience with shift-left and continuous testing practices
Experience in performance testing lifecycle and workload modelling
Familiarity with test reporting, logging, and dashboards
Experience with defect lifecycle management and RCA
Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments

Key Competencies

Strong analytical and performance tuning mindset
Ability to identify system bottlenecks and scalability issues
Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills
Strong collaboration and communication skills