Quality Assurance and Automation Engineer

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