Senior QA Automation Engineer

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Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Test Planning
• Collaborate with Technical Leads and Product Managers to define and document test strategies.
• Align test plans with delivery timelines and risk-based priorities.
• Test Design & Execution Oversight
• Lead end-to-end testing across manual and automated processes.
• Ensure strong test coverage and adherence to business and technical requirements.
• Review test artifacts and guide team members.
• Automation & Optimization
• Enhance and extend automation frameworks using Selenium and Appium.
• Identify gaps, propose improvements, and optimize CI/CD-aligned QA workflows.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Act as the QA liaison across engineering, product, and cross-functional teams.
• Lead defect triage, quality reviews, and release readiness discussions.
• Quality Ownership & Leadership
• Own QA deliverables in Agile projects to enable reliable releases.
• Mentor junior engineers and foster a high-quality engineering culture.
• Innovation & Continuous Learning
• Stay current with QA trends and drive adoption of modern testing tools and practices.
  

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of QA experience, with at least 3 years in mobile QA (iOS & Android).
• 2+ years of hands-on automation with Selenium (Java) and custom frameworks.
• Strong expertise with Appium and cloud device platforms (BrowserStack, etc.).
• Proficiency in manual + automated testing practices.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum with JIRA, Confluence, and defect tools.
• Knowledge of CI/CD and optimization of automated test pipelines.
• Strong Java programming skills for automation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.