Senior Software Engineer: SDET Job in Hyderabad, India (2–5 Years)

About this Senior Software Engineer: SDET Job in Hyderabad

Caltek has an open position for a Senior Software Engineer: SDET and is looking for someone who cares about shipping high-quality software. The Senior Software Engineer: SDET Job in Hyderabad involves working closely with developers, product managers and other testers across the full software testing life cycle.

Hyderabad (HITEC City, Gachibowli) hosts many global tech and product centres, so QA engineers here work on large, high-impact platforms.

Work type: Onsite, Automation.

Key skills for the Senior Software Engineer: SDET role

These are the skills the hiring team highlighted for this opening. Make sure your resume shows each one with a real example.

• Selenium WebDriver – build maintainable UI automation with the Page Object Model and solid locator strategies.
• Playwright – write stable cross-browser UI tests with auto-waits, fixtures and parallel runs.
• Cypress – fast front-end testing with network stubbing, custom commands and CI-friendly runs.
• SQL – write joins and queries to verify data in the backend while testing.
• API testing – validate status codes, schemas, auth and edge cases for REST/GraphQL services.
• CI/CD – run automated tests on every build and keep pipelines green.

Want to sharpen these skills? The official ISTQB syllabus is a great free reference for testing fundamentals.

A typical day in this role

• Join the daily stand-up to review sprint progress, blockers and what needs testing today.
• Write and maintain automated tests, fix flaky scripts and review test results from the CI pipeline.
• Test APIs for correct responses, error handling, authentication and performance.
• Log clear, reproducible bugs with steps, screenshots and logs, then re-test fixes.
• Update test cases and share test status with the team before the end of the day.

Who should apply

This opening suits junior testers with around 1–2 years of hands-on testing. Show the features you tested, the bugs you found and any automation you have started.

If you match most of the skills above, apply for this Senior Software Engineer: SDET Job in Hyderabad even if you do not tick every single box – hiring teams value strong fundamentals and a clear, honest resume.

How to apply for this Senior Software Engineer: SDET Job in Hyderabad

1. Open the Daily QA Jobs list – a fresh list goes live every day at 9:00 AM IST.
2. Find the Senior Software Engineer: SDET opening at Caltek and copy the HR email ID.
3. Send a short, polite email with your updated resume and a 3–4 line summary of matching skills.
4. Follow up once after 3–5 working days if you have not heard back.

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Interview preparation tips

• Be ready to walk through one real project: the app, your testing approach, tools used and the toughest bug you found.
• Expect a live coding round – practise writing a small UI or API test, handling waits and explaining your framework structure.
• Revise HTTP methods, status codes, headers, auth tokens and how you validate a JSON response.
• Practise SQL queries – joins, group by, sub-queries – often asked to verify backend data.
• Revise SDLC vs STLC, severity vs priority, and the bug life cycle – common fresher questions.
• Keep your resume ATS-friendly and matched to the skills listed in this job description.

Career growth after this role

Starting here gives you real project experience. With 2–3 years of steady work and automation skills, testers usually move into QA Engineer or Automation Engineer roles with better pay and ownership.

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