Senior Lead SDET

Deutsche Telekom Digital Labs

Senior Lead SDET

Service & Engagement

• Gurgaon
• Full-time
  
  

Who We Are

Deutsche Telekom Digital Labs is the engineering hub of Deutsche Telekom, Europe's #1 telecom brand. We build the digital products that millions of customers across Europe use every day. AI-first by design, we don't just adopt new technology, we build with it.

You Will Be Part Of Deutsche Telekom

• #1 most valuable telecom brand in the world, and #11 across all brands (Brand Finance Global 500, 2026)
• Top 100 in the Fortune Global 500 (#72 in 2025)
• EUR 119 billion Group revenue in 2025
• 273 million+ mobile customers in 50+ countries
  
  

About The Team

This team exists at the intersection of technology and the moments that matter most to customers. If you care deeply about the experience on the other side of the screen and want to build the systems that make every interaction feel effortless, this is where you belong. We're fast, fearless, and obsessed with closing the gap between what customers expect and what they actually get.

YOU ASK WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU WE SAY,

• AI tools, on us — Every engineer ships with AI. Coding agents, token budgets and hackfests to build what's next.
• Grow faster — Free Coursera & Udemy access, certifications and internal mobility across teams.
• Time to recharge — Uncapped leaves, birthday leave, flexible hours, and sabbatical options.
• Family first — 9 months maternity on full pay, 15 days paternity, crèche support, infertility treatment and adoption leave.
• Health & wellness — Medical cover up to 15L for you and your family, unlimited free doctor consults, 24/7 counselling and free Cult.fit membership.
• Money & everyday — Flexi benefits for car, fuel and books. Free meals and snacks on campus. Monthly phone and broadband allowance, plus relocation support when you need it.
  
  

What exactly is the objective of this role

We're looking for a Senior Lead SDET to join Service & Engagement. You will own the quality and delivery of our mobile and service products, set the test strategy and engineering standards for your area, and lead a team of QA engineers. This role suits someone with 9-11 years of relevant experience.

What will be my Key Responsibilities

• Own the quality and delivery of your product and services end to end. Define the test strategy and plan, implement and execute it, and make sure testing milestones are met on time.
• Own the test strategy for your product area across functional, regression, integration, performance, and security testing, applying sound software QA methodologies, tools, and processes, and strong test planning, design, and execution practices.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks and scripted tests, integrated into DevOps CI/CD pipelines with Git-based workflows. Use GitHub Actions for full pipeline integration, parallel execution across OS versions, and robust handling of flaky tests.
• Lead mobile test automation for iOS and Android apps, drawing on a solid understanding of both platforms and experience managing more than five applications on the Play Store and App Store. Use Appium (Android and iOS), Cucumber, and BrowserStack, and write code in Java or a scripting language such as Python.
• Apply AI to mobile test optimization, including performance testing, battery drain analysis, and self-healing tests. Evaluate AI-generated tests and results critically, and keep automation reliable and maintainable.
• Test APIs both manually and through automation, using Postman and Karate, and apply a solid knowledge of how APIs function. Help validate that systems in our microservices ecosystem are scalable, secure, robust, and fault-tolerant.
• Shift quality left by working with developers on testability, code reviews, and acceptance criteria from day one. Partner closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver high-quality features.
• Triage defects, perform root-cause analysis, and drive fixes to closure. Track quality metrics over time, and use them to guide release decisions and continuously improve our tools, systems, and processes.
• Lead multiple QA projects and manage a team, setting direction and standards across teams. Act as a trusted expert for hard problems, and communicate clearly with stakeholders at every level.
• Mentor and grow senior colleagues, and multiply the impact of the teams around you.
• Bring a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field (B.Tech or equivalent), or equivalent practical experience, along with 9-11 years of test automation experience.
  
  

What will be nice to have

• Experience with contract testing, chaos testing, or security testing to strengthen the resilience of distributed services.
• Exposure to evaluating ML- and LLM-powered features, including their quality, reliability, and behaviour.
• Experience with mobile test automation at scale across real-device farms.
• Experience with MongoDB, and good knowledge of data warehouses, data lakes, and ETL pipelines (AWS, Athena, Redshift Spectrum, Postgres, SQL, etc.).
• A strong focus on business outcomes, comfort with open communication and collaboration across functions, and excellent oral and written communication skills. Experience with Scrum methodologies and remote teams is a plus.
  
  

Why This Role

• Build digital products from scratch on modern, cloud-native infrastructure.
• A real mandate to run lean and AI-first — not lip service, but how we actually operate.
• Influence at both ends — hands-on enough to matter in the detail, senior enough to shape strategy.
• A fast, agile culture where releases ship quickly and your judgment drives the roadmap.
  
  

WITH THE RIGHT TEAM, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

If you're looking for an environment that's fun and friendly but incredibly fast-paced; a place where we measure the time between releases in days; a place where our focus begins and ends at the consumer, we'd love to have you!

JOIN US!