SENIOR UI & API SDET

We are looking for a Senior UI & API SDET to be part of our Nestlé Nespresso Digital and Tech Team. At Nespresso, our Digital & Tech teams are at the heart of our innovation journey, a space where we continue to invest, evolve, and grow.

Position Snapshot:

• Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
• Type of Contract: Permanent
• Grade Band 2
• Type of work: Hybrid
• Work Language: Fluent Business English

The Role:

As a Senior UI & API SDET, you will be responsible for the ownership, design, and continuous evolution of Nespresso's UI and API automation frameworks, ensuring they are scalable, stable, reusable, and fully integrated into DevSecOps and CI/CD practices. Working under the technical direction of the Automation Engineering Architect, you will establish and maintain automation capabilities that enable standardized, reliable, and efficient automated testing across Product and Engineering teams.

You will collaborate closely with Product teams, DevOps engineers, Architects, and Quality Engineering teams to drive automation adoption, improve automation coverage, and reduce delivery risks through fast and reliable feedback. As a framework owner and technical leader, you will support teams in implementing automation solutions, resolving framework-related challenges, and adopting engineering best practices that promote sustainable automation at scale.

In This Role, You Will:

• Own, maintain, and evolve UI and API automation frameworks, ensuring scalability, stability, maintainability, and reuse across teams.
• Design and provide shared automation libraries, utilities, reporting solutions, and reusable assets that accelerate automation adoption.
• Integrate automated UI and API testing into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices, enabling fast and reliable feedback loops.
• Define and promote automation standards, engineering practices, and framework usage guidelines across Product and Engineering teams.
• Support contract testing patterns, visual regression testing capabilities, and testability-by-design principles where appropriate.
• Leverage AI-assisted engineering practices to improve automation development, framework evolution, test optimisation, and defect analysis.
• Support squads in troubleshooting automation issues, stabilising test execution, and improving automation coverage and reliability.
• Mentor and coach automation engineers while contributing to Communities of Practice, standards, documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

What We’re Looking For:

• 7+ years of experience in Test Automation, Quality Engineering, or Software Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with UI automation frameworks, particularly Playwright or equivalent modern automation technologies.
• Strong experience designing and implementing API automation frameworks and automated validation strategies.
• Proven experience owning, designing, and continuously evolving reusable automation frameworks at scale.
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent.
• Strong software engineering background including version control, code reviews, coding standards, design patterns, and maintainability practices.
• Experience working in Agile, DevOps, product-led, or federated delivery environments.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with proven ability to stabilise automation execution and reduce flaky tests.
• Experience enabling and supporting multiple teams through framework adoption, coaching, and technical guidance.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence through technical expertise.
• Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools to improve automation development, productivity, documentation, or quality analysis.

Extra Skills That Set You Apart:

• Experience with contract testing, consumer-driven contracts, and service virtualization techniques.
• Experience implementing visual regression testing and UI quality validation solutions.
• Knowledge of cloud-native architectures, microservices, event-driven systems, and modern application architectures.
• Experience contributing to Communities of Practice, automation standards, governance initiatives, or reusable engineering assets.

We Offer You:

We offer more than just a job. We put people first and inspire you to become the best version of yourself.

• Flexible work policies including core hours and options for working from home. Discuss with us during the recruitment process to understand what flexibility could look like for you!
• Genuine opportunities for career and personal development through ongoing training and constant career opportunities reflecting our conviction that people are our most important asset. 
• Modern "smart office" locations providing agile workspaces. Our state-of-the-art campus is equipped with areas to co-create, network, and chill!
• International, dynamic & inclusive working environment with attractive additional benefits.
• The pride to work for a B Corp certified company and one of the world’s most trusted brands.

The Hiring Process:

• Your Application: Submit your application, and we'll review it carefully (make sure your CV is in English as the hiring team is international).
• Initial Screening: Relevant candidates will be contacted by our Talent Acquisition team for an initial interview. 
• Hiring Manager Interview: Selected candidates will then meet with the hiring manager to discuss the role and their experience in more detail. 
• Stakeholder Interview: Candidates will engage with potential team members to assess fit and collaboration. 
• Leadership & HRBP Interaction: Candidates will have a discussion with our leadership team & HRBP. 
• Feedback: After interviews, we provide feedback to all candidates. 
• Job Offer: Successful candidates will receive a formal offer. 
• First Working Day: Once the offer is accepted, we’ll welcome you on your first day!

About Nespresso: 

The Nespresso story began with a simple but revolutionary idea: enable anyone to create the perfect cup of espresso coffee.

Since 1986, Nespresso has redefined and revolutionized the way millions of people enjoy their coffee.

We are a Company committed with the Climate change and we aim to achieve carbon neutrality as soon as possible and net-zero GHG emissions by 2050 at the latest.

In 2019 we created the digital hub in Barcelona to offer the best customer experience and innovation to B2C and B2B channels.

We encourage the diversity of applicants across gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief and disability.

People are at the heart of our success – all 14,000 of them. We actively cultivate diversity, inclusion and belonging in the workplace. We celebrate individuality, believing that your authenticity and uniqueness can help us to grow and thrive together

Step outside your comfort zone; share your ideas, way of thinking and working to make a difference to the world, every single day. You own a piece of the action – make it count.

Join Nestlé #beaforceforgood