Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using Robot Framework and Python.
- Create reusable automation libraries, keywords, utilities, and test components.
- Execute functional, regression, integration, API, and end-to-end testing.
- Analyze business and technical requirements and convert them into comprehensive test scenarios.
- Perform test execution in Linux-based environments.
- Validate REST APIs using tools such as Requests, Postman, or equivalent frameworks.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, or GitHub Actions.
- Investigate test failures, analyze logs, and collaborate with development teams to resolve defects.
- Report, track, and manage defects using tools such as Jira or similar platforms.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, refinement, demos, and retrospectives.
- Maintain test documentation, automation reports, traceability matrices, and execution metrics.
- Support test environment setup, configuration, troubleshooting, and release validation.
- Improve automation coverage, execution time, reliability, and maintainability.

Required Skills

- 4+ years of experience in software quality assurance and test automation.
- Strong hands-on experience with Robot Framework.
- Strong programming experience in Python.
- Proficiency with Linux commands,



shell scripting, process management, permissions, and log analysis.
- Experience with API testing and automation.
- Positive understanding of software testing life cycle, defect life cycle, and Agile methodologies.
- Experience developing data-driven, keyword-driven, and modular automation frameworks.
- Familiarity with Git and source-control practices.
- Experience working with CI/CD tools and automated test execution.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and documentation skills.

Preferred Skills

- Experience testing financial, trading, market-data, or enterprise systems.
- Knowledge of CME or exchange-related systems and workflows.
- Experience with SQL and database validation.
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud-based test environments.
- Knowledge of performance, security, or reliability testing.
- Experience with Selenium, Playwright, or other UI automation tools.
- Familiarity with message queues, event-driven systems, or streaming data.
- Experience working in distributed and hybrid Agile teams.

Education

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field is preferred.
- Relevant QA automation experience may be considered in place of a degree.

📌 QA Automation Engineer (Karnataka)
🏢 Synechron
📍 Karnataka