The Role
We are looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test (Sr. SDET) who is passionate about using cutting-edge test automation tools and technologies to create robust test frameworks and test suites in order to speed up the product delivery process without compromising quality and performance. This hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves role will ensure quality control across Tala’s backend services and mobile applications in multiple markets.
What You'll Do
Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks and suites to expand coverage across microservices and integrate them into CI/CD, regression, and release processes.
Partner with engineering, product, and SDE/QA teams to support releases, identify quality risks, and communicate issues in a timely manner.
Build tools and test solutions to validate integrations with third-party services such as payment providers, vendors, communication platforms (SMS/Email), analytics systems, and other external dependencies.
Integrate automated test execution into the software development lifecycle to enable continuous quality validation.
Collaborate with Engineering Managers, Squad Leads, Product Managers, and other stakeholders to define quality strategies and rollout plans.
Work closely with cross-functional teams (Product, Data, Credit, Risk, and Business Development) to identify opportunities for automation and improve overall product quality.
Maintain, review, and continuously improve existing test frameworks, tooling, and quality engineering processes.
Leverage AI-powered tools and agents to improve test design, automation development, debugging, root-cause analysis, and engineering productivity.
What You'll Need
Minimum 7+ years of experience in building test tools and frameworks using Groovy/Kotlin/ Java/ Scala, Jenkins or similar CI-CD tools, Linux/ Mac OSX for either backend or frontend services
Experience with BDD testing paradigm and one of the Behavior Driven Testing frameworks such as Spock or JBehave or cucumber
Knowledge in microservices and automation.
Experience working in an Agile development process (Scrum/ Kanban)
Experience with one or more version control systems such as Github, Gitlab
Experience with REST APIs, contract testing, and service integration testing is preferred.
Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Gemini, Claude) to improve test automation development, test design, debugging, and productivity.