QA Automation Engineer

About the role

We re looking for a hands-on Senior Automation Engineer who can design, build, and maintain reliable test automation across Web, API, and Mobile. You ll partner with product and engineering to automate in-sprint stories, harden our regression packs, and drive quality gates in CI/CD. This is a problem-solving role own the outcome, not just the scripts.

What you ll do

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  Design and implement end-to-end automated tests for Web (Cypress/TypeScript), API (Postman/Newman or REST Assured), and Mobile (Appium + Java).



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  Automate in-sprint stories; check code in with the feature and keep suites green as the product evolves.



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  Build stable locators and sync strategies (test-ids, accessibility ids, network stubbing, explicit waits not sleeps).



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  Create reusable libraries, fixtures, data factories, and API seeding utilities for deterministic test data.



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  Introduce and enforce coding standards (linting, formatting, PR checks, code review).



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  Own CI pipelines for tests (Jenkins/GitLab): parallelization, artifacts, flaky test quarantine, dashboards.



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  Build readable reports (Allure/HTML/JUnit) and publish run health (pass rate, duration, flake trend).



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  Collaborate closely with developers and QA to triage failures, file high-quality bugs, and close the loop.



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  Contribute to contract testing/mocks for faster feedback where appropriate.



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  Mentor juniors on test design, debugging, and framework usage.

Must-have skills

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  2 4 years in test automation with recent, deep hands-on experience.



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  Web UI: Cypress with JavaScript/TypeScript (custom commands, fixtures, cy.intercept, page objects/screenplay).



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  API: Postman (pre-request scripts, environments, Newman in CI) or REST Assured (Java) with schema/contract checks.



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  Mobile: Appium with Java/Kotlin (Android & iOS), strong locator strategy (accessibilityId, iOS predicate, UIAutomator).



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  Solid testing fundamentals: boundary/negative cases, data setup/teardown, assertions, flake prevention.



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  CI/CD: Jenkins or GitLab CI, artifacting reports, parallel sharding, environment variables/secrets.



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  Git workflows: branching, PRs, code reviews, merge conflict handling.



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  Strong debugging across layers (network, console/logs, device logs) and root-cause analysis.



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  Fintech/business-critical systems exposure (security/privacy awareness, idempotency, auditability).

Nice to have

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  Contract testing (Pact), test containers, lightweight stubs/mocks.



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  Xray/Jira traceability, test analytics dashboards.



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  Basics of performance profiling for UI/API (e.g., Lighthouse/API timing).



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  Experience with accessibility testing and internationalization.



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  Docker basics for spinning up dependent services locally.

What success looks like (first 90 days)

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  Automate and merge in-sprint stories alongside dev delivery; keep the pipeline green.



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  Stabilize a flaky area ( 2% reruns) and reduce suite time via parallelization/sharding.



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  Introduce/extend data-cy/accessibilityId coverage and document the locator strategy.



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  Ship a small utility (data seeding, API client, or reporting enhancer) adopted by the team.

Tools you ll use here

Cypress/Selenium/Playright, Appium (Java), Postman/Newman or REST Assured, Jenkins/GitLab CI, Allure/JUnit/HTML reports, Git, Jira/Xray, Sonar (quality gates), Docker (basic).

Location & working model

Bengaluru (hybrid). Occasional evening collaboration with distributed teams.