Quality Assurance and Automation Engineer

4 - 8 years

12 - 20 Lacs

Posted:2 days ago| Platform: Naukri logo

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Job Description

QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

Test Automation & Framework Development

  • Design, implement, and maintain scalable UI and API automation frameworks using Playwright, Cypress, and Postman.
  • Develop robust automated regression and smoke test suites for web, mobile, and API services.
  • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps.

API & Integration Testing

  • Build automated test collections in Postman to validate REST and GraphQL APIs.
  • Implement contract testing to ensure API stability and backward compatibility.
  • Validate integrations with cloud services and third-party systems.

Quality Engineering & Best Practices

  • Collaborate with developers to implement shift-left testing and ensure code quality from early stages.
  • Define and enforce QA best practices for test strategy, defect reporting, and traceability.
  • Perform root cause analysis and provide actionable feedback to reduce production defects.
  • Performance, Security & Compliance
  • Run load and stress testing to identify system bottlenecks.
  • Support security testing initiatives by integrating with tools like OWASP ZAP.
  • Ensure compliance with enterprise security and data privacy standards.

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

  • Partner with product owners, developers, and DevOps teams to refine acceptance criteria and test cases.
  • Participate in agile ceremonies (sprint planning, retrospectives, defect triage).

Requirements:

  • 4+ years of experience in QA Automation engineering, with hands-on expertise in:
  • Playwright (UI automation, cross-browser testing)
  • Cypress(functional/regression testing)
  • Postman (API automation and collections)
  • Proficient in Python, JavaScript, and object-oriented programming
  • Strong knowledge of software testing methodologies (unit, integration, functional, regression, smoke, UAT).
  • Familiarity with REST, GraphQL, and microservices-based architectures.
  • Solid understanding of test data management and mocking/stubbing strategies.

Good to have:

  • Knowledge of performance testing tools (k6, JMeter)
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Azure DevOps.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure) for test environment management.
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

Soft Skills:

  • Strong problem-solving mindset with attention to detail

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