SDET Manager
Sprinklr · Gurgaon
- Experience8–12 yrs
- SalaryNot disclosed
- Work modeonsite
- Levelexecutive
- Posted2 Sept 2026
About Sprinklr
Sprinklr is hiring in Gurgaon in technology software. This role looks for around 8+ years of experience.
Skills
- test automation
- performance testing
- infrastructure automation
- test data management
- CI/CD
- AWS
- Ansible
- Terraform
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Java
- Gradle
- JUnit
- TestNG
- Selenium WebDriver
- UI automation
- API automation
- backend automation
- CLI-based testing
- performance/load testing
- DevOps
- observability
- chaos engineering
- progressive rollouts
- incident response planning
- monitoring
- logging
- alerting
- disaster recovery
- blue/green deployments
- feature flag testing
- distributed systems
- agile
The role
An SDET manager at a software product company leads quality engineering through test automation, cloud-native applications, and site reliability engineering, building Java-based automation frameworks across distributed systems and CI/CD pipelines while guiding QA teams and observability practices.
Full job description
Responsibilities:
Lead a team of QA engineers, ensuring high performance, accountability, and continuous growth.
Drive a culture of ownership, agility, and excellence through mentorship, technical guidance, and structured feedback.
Advocate for Shift-left and automation-first principles.
Align team goals with organizational OKRs and ensure timely delivery of quality milestones throughout the year.
Be a hands-on contributor in test automation, performance testing, infrastructure automation, and test data management.
Guide the team in building and maintaining robust automation frameworks integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
Participate in design and code reviews to ensure testability, security, and reliability are embedded from the start.
Define and track key quality metrics (e. g., defect leakage, automation coverage, test velocity) to drive continuous improvement.
Use dashboards and analytics to monitor team performance and product readiness.
Provide timely, transparent updates to Directors and stakeholders, managing expectations and highlighting risks proactively.
Contribute to SRE practices such as chaos engineering, progressive rollouts, and incident response planning.
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting strategies to ensure end-to-end observability and system health.
Develop and maintain playbooks for disaster recovery, on-call rotations, and post-mortem analysis.
Manage test environments, infrastructure, and data provisioning to support comprehensive testing.
Champion modern testing methodologies, including shift-left, blue/green deployments, and feature flag testing.
Continuously evaluate and adopt emerging technologies to improve test efficiency and coverage.
Requirements:
8+ years of experience in software testing, with a strong focus on automation, distributed systems, and cloud-native applications.
Proven experience in leading QA teams and delivering complex technical solutions in agile environments.
Deep hands-on expertise in AWS and infrastructure automation using tools like Ansible, Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Strong programming skills in Java, with proficiency in Gradle, JUnit, TestNG, and Selenium WebDriver.
Experience in UI, API, and backend automation, including CLI-based testing and performance/load testing.
Strong understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools.
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and expectation-setting skills.