Sr. SDET Engineer (Playwright / RestAssured / FTE / Onsite)

NTT DATA is seeking a Senior SDET Engineer to join our team in Jersey City, New Jersey. This is a full-time, onsite position.

About the role

NTT DATA is a $30 billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries and offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases for web applications, APIs, databases, and distributed systems.
• Lead end-to-end test management activities, including test planning, estimation, execution, defect tracking, reporting, and release validation.
• Develop and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Java, Spring Boot, RestAssured, Playwright, Karate, Cucumber, and TestNG.
• Design automation solutions for functional, integration, regression, API, UI, and end-to-end testing to improve test coverage and release quality.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and DevOps teams to understand requirements and ensure quality throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives using Jira.
• Design and implement automated API testing solutions using RestAssured, Karate, and other modern testing frameworks.
• Integrate automated test-suites into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, Jenkins, Maven, Docker, and SonarQube.
• Leverage Azure or AWS cloud platforms to support testing activities in cloud-native and distributed environments.
• Create and maintain detailed test documentation, test reports, automation architecture documents, and quality metrics.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Agile development methodology and Jira.
• 5+ years of experience in testing distributed applications at multiple layers of the technology stack.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Test Management lifecycle.
• 6+ years of strong working knowledge of Relational Databases like Oracle, DB2, or Postgres, including PL/SQL, complex queries, views, and packages.
• 6+ years of strong experience in test automation design, development, and execution using frameworks such as RestAssured, Playwright, Karate, Cucumber, and TestNG.
• 6+ years of strong proven experience in programming with Java/Spring Boot.
• Strong SQL skills are required; knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript is an added advantage.
• 5+ years of strong knowledge of continuous integration and deployment using GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, Docker, SonarQube, etc.
• Demonstrated experience with Azure/AWS cloud technologies and DevOps/CI/CD practices.
• Experience in designing test strategy and test automation suites independently for new products/applications.
• Experience in working with Stock Plan Services/Brokerage is a plus.

Pay

The starting pay range for this role is $117,270.00 to $194,450.00. Actual compensation will depend on relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer contribution.
• Flexible spending or health savings account.
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• Short and long-term disability coverage.
• Paid time off.
• Employee assistance program.
• 401k program with company match.
• Additional voluntary or legally-required benefits.