Senior QA Automation Engineer (Python & Playwright)

Role Overview

We are looking for a Full

• Automation Testing QA Engineer who will take ownership of quality
• assurance through strong test automation practices. The role focuses on
• designing and maintaining automated test solutions across API, UI,
• integration, regression, and performance testing, while working closely
• with product and engineering teams throughout the development lifecycle.

Roles & Responsibilities

Test Strategy & Planning

• Define and implement comprehensive automation‑first test
• strategies for API and UI applications
• Create detailed test plans covering functional, integration,
• regression, and performance testing
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define acceptance
• criteria, quality metrics, and release readiness
• Identify test scope, risks, and dependencies early in the
• development cycle
• Continuously improve QA processes, test coverage, and automation
• best practices

API [GI1]Automation

Testing

• Design, develop, and execute automated test cases for RESTful
• APIs built using NodeJS & Python frameworks ( FastAPI, Flask,
• Django, etc.)
• Validate request/response payloads, headers, status codes, and
• business logic
• Test API authentication, authorization, and security scenarios
• Cover negative scenarios, edge cases, and boundary conditions
• Use tools such as pytest, Postman, REST Assured, or
• similar frameworks for API automation

Integration & Regression Testing

• Build and maintain automated integration test suites across
• backend services and system components
• Develop robust regression automation to ensure existing
• functionality remains stable across releases
• Validate data flow between frontend, backend, databases, and third‑party
• systems
• Track, document, and communicate integration issues and system
• dependencies
• Manage test data requirements for integration and regression
• scenarios

UI Automation Testing ( Backstage[PN2]/

React)

• Create and maintain automated UI test suites for React‑based
• web applications
• Automate UI tests using Playwright, Cypress, Jest, or React

Testing Library

• Validate UI workflows, component behaviour, and user interactions
• Ensure cross‑browser compatibility and responsive behaviour
• Perform basic accessibility testing and validate WCAG compliance
• where applicable

Performance Testing

• Design and execute performance and scalability testing
• strategies for APIs and UI components
• Define performance benchmarks and acceptance thresholds
• Conduct load, stress, and endurance testing
• Analyze results, identify bottlenecks, and collaborate with
• engineering teams on improvements
• Document performance test results and recommendations using tools
• like Locust, JMeter, or k6

Automation Frameworks & CI/CD Integration

• Build and maintain scalable automation frameworks using
• Python (pytest, unittest, etc.)
• Write clean, reusable, and maintainable automation code
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous test
• execution
• Generate automation reports and dashboards for test results and
• coverage
• Participate in test automation code reviews and follow coding best
• practices

Requirements

Required Skills

Core Technical Skills

Strong experience in test automation using Python[GI3] &

NodeJS

Hands‑on expertise in API automation, UI automation, Selenium

and integration testing

Experience with

API Testing: pytest,

Postman, REST Assured

UI Testing: Playwright,

Cypress, Jest, React Testing Library

Solid understanding of

• Software testing principles (STLC)
• REST APIs, HTTP protocols, JSON
• Microservices‑based application testing
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (tool‑agnostic)
• Nice to Have (Non‑Cloud)
• Experience with databases and SQL for test validation
• Familiarity with performance and reliability testing concepts
• Experience working in Agile / Scrum teams

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Ability to work independently and collaborate across teams
• Strong ownership of quality and attention to detail

Experience & Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
• experience
• 3-6 years of experience in QA automation or
• software testing (adjustable as needed)