Associate Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

About Franklin Templeton

About the Department

Core Responsibilities

• Develop and execute functional and automation tests.
• Support web, mobile, data, and API testing initiatives.
• Build and maintain automation frameworks.
• Create test scenarios and acceptance tests.
• Perform performance test scripting and execution.
• Write and optimize complex SQL queries.
• Validate software quality throughout development.

Strategic and Team Responsibilities

• Contribute to continuous improvement and apply AI-enabled testing practices.
• Use AI tools to improve productivity and quality, and evaluate AI-generated outputs.
• Identify testing opportunities across platforms.
• Collaborate with developers, testers, and deployment teams.
• Communicate with internal stakeholders, manage defects to resolution, and document test findings.
• Support issue investigation and root-cause analysis.

Experience and Education

• The role requires 2–5 years of software testing experience.
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience is required.
• Financial services or investment banking experience is preferred.
• Exposure to data quality solutions is beneficial.

Technical Skills

• Strong automation testing experience is required.
• Knowledge of Playwright, Selenium, WebdriverIO, or Codecept.js is required.
• Experience with Python or JavaScript testing frameworks is required.
• Experience in API, data, and performance testing is required.
• Proficiency in SQL and Oracle databases is required.
• Knowledge of LoadRunner or JMeter and familiarity with ICEDQ are required.

Additional Qualifications

• Strong communication, collaboration, analytical, and problem-solving abilities are expected.
• Understanding of Agile delivery principles and software development and testing life cycles is required.
• An AI-first mindset, continuous learning mindset, and ability to work in cross-functional teams are expected.

Work Schedule

• Work shift timing is 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM IST.

Benefits

• Benefits include professional development, educational assistance, medical and life insurance, personal accident insurance, transport, and employee investment opportunities.
• Additional facilities include an onsite fitness center, recreation center, cafeteria, childcare facility, cricket grounds, gymnasium, library, health center, and campus ATM.