Telstra is expanding its Software Engineer (Quality Engineering) team in Bengaluru. This is a permanent opportunity focused on modern quality engineering, test automation, CI/CD, cloud testing and AI-powered testing practices. The position is particularly relevant for engineers who want to combine traditional automation with Generative AI, LLM testing, RAG and intelligent quality engineering.
π Job Details
π’ Company: Telstra
πΌ Role: Software Engineer (Quality Engineering)
π Job ID: JR-10175097
π Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka
π Employment: Full-time, Permanent
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Closing Date: 17 October 2026, 11:59 PM
π€ Focus: Automation, AI-powered QE, CI/CD, Performance Testing
π» Core Stack: Java, Playwright, Selenium, API Testing, Appium
βοΈ Cloud: Microsoft Azure
π§ͺ Performance: JMeter, Gatling or Locust
π€ AI: GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, LLM Testing, RAG
π’ About Telstra
Telstra is an Australian telecommunications and technology company with operations and customers across international markets. The company works across connectivity, telecommunications infrastructure, digital services and technology solutions. Telstra’s current technology initiatives also include AI-enabled automation and technology transformation.
Telstra has established engineering capabilities in India, including its Bengaluru engineering presence. The company’s current Bengaluru hiring activity includes software engineering and quality engineering positions, reflecting its broader technology operations in the city.
π Why This Role Is Good for Experience?
This position goes significantly beyond conventional QA automation. Engineers will be expected to design scalable automation frameworks, integrate automated suites into CI/CD pipelines and participate in shift-left quality practices.
The role covers Web, API, Mobile and Backend testing, giving candidates exposure to multiple layers of modern software systems. Performance testing, cloud-based testing and database validation further expand the technical scope.
A particularly relevant part of the position is its focus on AI-powered quality engineering. Candidates can work with intelligent test generation, defect analysis, test optimization, self-healing automation and AI/LLM application testing. This creates an opportunity to develop skills at the intersection of Software Engineering, Test Automation and Generative AI.
π§ Skills Required
Candidates should be prepared across several technical areas:
- β Java: Strong programming fundamentals, OOP, collections, exception handling and reusable automation code.
- π Playwright & Selenium: Framework development, page objects, synchronization, parallel execution and cross-browser automation.
- π± Appium: Mobile automation concepts and handling Android/iOS application workflows.
- π API Testing: REST APIs, request/response validation, authentication, status codes and automated API testing.
- ποΈ SQL: Joins, queries, data validation and database verification.
- β‘ Performance Testing: JMeter, Gatling or Locust, including load scenarios, metrics and bottleneck analysis.
- π CI/CD: Automated test execution within pipelines and understanding quality gates.
- βοΈ Azure: Cloud concepts and cloud-based application testing.
- π BrowserStack/LambdaTest: Cross-browser and device testing.
- π§ AI/LLM Testing: Prompt engineering, RAG, evaluation strategies and testing AI-generated outputs.
- π€ Generative AI Tools: GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot and similar engineering assistants.
- π§ͺ TDD/BDD: Understanding test-first development and behavior-driven testing practices.
π― Expected Telstra Interview Rounds
πΉ Recruiter Screening: Resume, experience, location, availability, compensation and general role fit.
πΉ Technical QE Round: Java, Selenium, Playwright, API automation, framework design, SQL and debugging.
πΉ Automation/Architecture Discussion: Candidates may need to explain how they would build scalable automation frameworks, integrate testing into CI/CD and improve flaky tests.
πΉ AI & Quality Engineering Discussion: Prepare to discuss LLM testing, RAG evaluation, prompt engineering, AI-generated test cases and self-healing automation.
πΉ Managerial/Behavioral Round: Collaboration, Agile delivery, quality ownership and examples of solving difficult engineering problems.
πΉ Final HR Discussion: Compensation, benefits, joining formalities and other employment details.
π° Telstra Software Engineer Salary Range
The current vacancy does not disclose an official salary range. However, Glassdoor’s current Bengaluru listing estimates βΉ6β11 LPA for this exact Software Engineer (Quality Engineering) position.
For broader context, Glassdoor’s current Telstra salary data lists Software Engineer compensation at approximately βΉ11β20 LPA, although this covers different software-engineering roles and experience levels and therefore should not be treated as the salary for this vacancy.
Candidates should therefore treat βΉ6β11 LPA as a third-party estimate for the advertised position, not an employer-confirmed range.
π Preparation Tips
πΉ Build a small Java + Playwright/Selenium automation framework using Page Object Model, reusable utilities, configuration management and reporting.
πΉ Practice explaining how you would execute tests in parallel through CI/CD and how you would handle flaky tests.
πΉ Prepare an API automation project covering authentication, positive/negative scenarios, schema validation and chained API workflows.
πΉ Revise Appium concepts such as locators, capabilities, gestures, waits and mobile-specific synchronization.
πΉ Create a performance-testing scenario using JMeter or Gatling and learn how to interpret response time, throughput, error rate and concurrency.
πΉ Build a simple RAG evaluation project and think about hallucination, retrieval accuracy, relevance, groundedness and response consistency.
πΉ Understand how GitHub Copilot or similar AI assistants can accelerate test creation while still requiring human review.
πΉ Prepare examples demonstrating shift-left testing, where quality risks are identified during design and development rather than only after implementation.
π Resume Tips
Your resume should look like a Quality Engineering/Automation Engineering profile, not a traditional manual-testing resume. Place Java, Playwright, Selenium, API Automation, Appium, CI/CD and framework development prominently.
Create separate project bullets showing the frameworks you designed, execution environments, automation coverage and measurable improvements. Mention JMeter/Gatling/Locust, Azure, BrowserStack/LambdaTest and SQL if you have genuine experience.
For the AI portion of the JD, include specific projects involving LLM testing, RAG, prompt engineering, AI-generated test cases, Copilot or self-healing automation rather than simply adding βGenAIβ to the skills section.
π© How to Apply?
π Application Link: Click Here
Candidates can apply directly through the official Telstra careers application for Software Engineer (Quality Engineering), Job ID JR-10175097.
π Application closing date: 17 October 2026 at 11:59 PM.
