QA Automation Engineer

Overview

Own the quality strategy for the Platform & Microservices team, building robust, scalable test automation that gives the team confidence to ship fast.

What you'll do

• Design test frameworks from the ground up, automating across UI, API, and service layers.
• Build and maintain E2E test suites for web applications using Playwright or Cypress, including cross-browser and visual regression testing.
• Automate testing of RESTful APIs and gRPC services, including contract testing between microservices and validation of event-driven architectures.
• Design modular, scalable test automation frameworks from scratch, using data-driven and keyword-driven test design patterns.
• Write clean, maintainable test automation code in TypeScript or JavaScript, using Python for scripting and automation utilities.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines as quality gates, executing tests in containerized environments using Docker.
• Build and monitor test reporting dashboards, analyzing trends in pass rates, flakiness, and coverage.
• Conduct load and stress testing for microservices, analyzing performance bottlenecks and applying basic security testing concepts.
• Use AI-assisted tools for test generation, maintenance, and flaky test analysis, while contributing across the full SDLC within an Agile team.
• Champion a shift-left culture where defects are caught early and quality is everyone's responsibility.

What you'll need

• 5+ years of experience in QA automation.

Nice to have

• Selenium experience for legacy or cross-platform browser automation.
• Database testing: SQL queries for data validation (PostgreSQL / SQL Server).
• Accessibility testing experience (WCAG compliance, axe-core, or Lighthouse).
• Mobile testing experience (Appium or equivalent).
• Chaos engineering or resilience testing for microservices.
• Experience with test management tools (TestRail, Zephyr, or equivalent).
• Background in brand protection, IP enforcement, digital investigation, or enterprise SaaS domains.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India.