Lead SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test)

Job Title: Lead SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test)

About Bachatt

Bachatt has transformed how India saves.

Bachatt is a young Indian fintech startup founded by 3 friends from IIT/IIM with 10+ years of

relevant experience ( https://bachatt.app). Bachatt provides a savings and investment platform to specifically target over 30 crore self-employed individuals in India, who find mutual funds and investment platforms daunting.

Bachatt is on a mission to bring over 30 crore Indians to invest in mutual funds, and generate wealth beyond the usual instruments of FDs and Post Office schemes.

Further, the vision is to empower them to access the full suite of financial products like loans, insurance and credit cards, in a simplified and curated experience, like an offline insurance or mutual fund agent provides them.

The company was founded in November 2024 and raised over $15 million in two rounds of funding, by leading marquee investors of the likes of Lightspeed Venture Partners, Info Edge Ventures and others.

Founders: Anugrah Jain (CEO), Ankur Jhavery, and Mayank Agarwal

Role Overview

As the Lead SDET, you will own the automation strategy across our products and play a key role in building a scalable, reliable, and high-quality engineering organization. You will work closely with Engineering, Product, and DevOps teams to ensure quality is built into every stage of the development lifecycle.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you'll design automation frameworks, mentor QA engineers, and help shape the future of quality engineering at Bachatt.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the overall test automation strategy across web, mobile, and backend services.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks from the ground up.
• Build and execute automated functional, API, integration, regression, and end-to-end test suites.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing.
• Collaborate with software engineers during feature design to ensure testability and quality.
• Identify opportunities to improve test coverage, execution speed, and release confidence.
• Lead root cause analysis for production issues and implement preventive quality measures.
• Mentor and guide QA engineers in automation best practices and coding standards.
• Establish quality metrics, dashboards, and reporting to monitor product health.
• Drive performance, reliability, and security testing initiatives where applicable.
• Stay updated with emerging testing tools, frameworks, and industry best practices.

Required Skills

• 7+ years of experience in Software Testing/Quality Engineering, with at least 3 years focused on automation.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Python, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience with Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or Appium.
• Strong experience in API testing using Postman, Rest Assured, or similar tools.
• Experience with test automation frameworks such as TestNG, JUnit, or PyTest.
• Good understanding of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Experience with SQL and database validation.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong understanding of Agile development methodologies.
• Excellent debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Good to Have

• Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, Gatling, or k6.
• Experience testing distributed systems or microservices.
• Exposure to Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working in fintech or other high-scale product environments.

What We're Looking For

• Strong ownership and a hands-on approach.
• Ability to build automation practices from scratch.
• Passion for improving engineering quality and developer productivity.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A collaborative mindset with the ability to influence engineering teams.

Why Join Bachatt?

• Opportunity to build and scale the quality engineering function from the ground up.
• Work on products used by a growing customer base.
• Collaborate with a high-performing engineering team.
• Ownership, autonomy, and the ability to make a direct impact on product quality