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Lead SDET

Sprinto is an AI-native GRC platform that helps organisations manage risks, audits, vendor oversight, and continuous monitoring from a single connected platform. With a team of 350+ employees serving 3,000+ customers across 75+ countries , Sprinto combines scale with expertise to deliver trust and compliance. Backed by top-tier investors such as Accel, Elevation, and Blume Ventures, we’ve raised $31.8M in funding to fuel our mission. Trusted by leading organisations including Whatfix, Anaconda, Ultrahuman, WeWork, AI Foundation, and HackerRank, Sprinto supports 300+ integrations and 200+ global security standards , including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS.

Founded in 2020 by second-time entrepreneurs Girish Redekar and Raghuveer Kancherla, Sprinto is recognised as a Leader on G2 in Compliance Automation and has been named a LinkedIn Top Startup multiple years in a row.

Sprint With Sprinters

At Sprinto, your work has purpose — and your life has space. We are a workplace where you’re empowered to execute on your most ambitious ideas and deliver your best output in a fast-paced, innovative, and supportive environment.

Joining Sprinto means you will never run alone; you will always have the freedom to take your shot and the support to go farther than you imagined.

About the Role

As an

SDET3

, you’ll act as a

quality leader

within the engineering org, driving large-scale test automation, building systems that improve reliability, and raising the overall bar of engineering practices. Beyond hands-on test design and automation, you will influence architecture decisions, champion quality metrics, and create frameworks that scale across pods and teams. A key part of this role is to build and evolve quality platforms, tools, and developer-facing capabilities that make testing faster, easier, and seamlessly integrated into the SDLC. You’ll help shift quality from a gated activity to a built-in engineering capability This role requires strong technical depth, leadership in problem-solving, and the ability to mentor and coach other engineers to embed quality as a culture.

Responsibilities

Own and evolveautomation frameworks and test infrastructurethat scale with product growth and complexity.

Partner with engineering leadership todefine quality strategy, KPIs, and guardrailsacross pods.

Architect, design, and implement automation solutionsfor end-to-end testing across UI, APIs, services, and integrations.

Leadroot cause analysisof complex production issues and drive initiatives to prevent recurrence.

Establishbest practices in test data management, mocking/stubbing, contract testing, and observability in QA.

Drivecontinuous improvement of CI/CD pipelinesfor faster and more reliable releases.

Mentor, coach, and upskill SDET1/2s, setting technical direction and reviewing automation design.

Collaborate with product managers, architects, and developers to influencedesign and architecture decisionsfor testability and resilience.

Identify gaps in automation or coverage and lead efforts toreduce flakiness, improve coverage, and cut down customer-reported bugs.

What we’re looking for

6+ years ofexperience in software test automation and quality engineering.

Strong coding proficiency inJavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or Java, with the ability to design frameworks from scratch.

Deep expertise inautomation tools(e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Jest, Mocha, PyTest, Selenium).

Proven track record ofbuilding and scaling automation frameworksfor large-scale distributed systems.

Hands-on experience withmicroservices, APIs, GraphQL.

Strong understanding ofCI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and cloud-native infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure).

Experience inleading quality initiativesand influencing engineering culture.

Nice to have

Experience withperformance and load testing at scale(e.g., Locust, JMeter, k6).

Knowledge ofsecurity testing practicesand tools.

Familiarity withobservability stacks(Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry).

Experience inshaping testing strategy in startupsor scaling products from early stage to enterprise-level.

Contributions toopen-source test automation frameworks.

What we value

Technical leadership— inspiring and guiding teams towards quality-first engineering.

Asystems mindset— solving problems not just at test level but at process, architecture, and org levels.

Collaboration and mentorship— helping peers and juniors grow while raising the collective bar.

Proactivityin identifying risks and proposing solutions before they impact customers.

Continuous improvement— experimenting, learning, and evolving practices to keep pace with product and tech growth.

About Sprinto

Sprinto provides security compliance solutions for fast-growing companies, offering a platform that monitors entity-level risks and compliance controls from a single dashboard, ensuring continuous compliance and healthy operational practices.
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