Senior QA Automation Engineer

Experience Required : 3–4+ years

Employment Type : Full-Time

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior QA Automation Engineer to lead quality initiatives across our e-commerce platform. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in building automation frameworks from scratch, validating complex payment workflows, testing third-party integrations, handling production support activities, and collaborating directly with customers and cross-functional teams.

This role requires an individual who can independently drive quality efforts, mentor team members, and ensure successful delivery of high-quality software in a fast-paced Agile workplace.

Mandatory SkillsPlease Do Not Apply If You Do Not Meet These Requirements

6+ years of QA experience with significant exposure to automation testing.

Proven experience building and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch.

Strong hands-on experience with Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or equivalent automation tools.

Extensive experience testing e-commerce applications.

Deep understanding of

Product catalog management

Shopping cart functionality

Checkout workflows

Order processing

Shipping workflows

Promotions and discounts

Returns and exchanges

Hands-on experience testing payment gateways and payment processing systems.

Strong experience in API testing and API automation.

Experience testing ERP, CRM, tax, shipping, inventory, and marketplace integrations.

Strong SQL skills for database validation and troubleshooting.

Experience integrating automation suites into CI/CD pipelines.

Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Key Responsibilities Automation & Quality Engineering

Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks from scratch.

Develop end-to-end automated test suites for critical business workflows.

Build and maintain API automation frameworks.

Establish QA best practices, standards, and testing strategies.





Continuously improve test coverage and automation effectiveness.

E-Commerce & Integration Testing

Validate end-to-end order lifecycle scenarios.

Test payment workflows including authorizations, captures, refunds, and failures.

Verify integrations involving ERP, tax engines, shipping providers, inventory systems, and third-party applications.

Ensure data consistency across integrated platforms.

Production Support

Investigate and validate production issues and customer-reported defects.

Analyze logs, database records, and API transactions to identify root causes.

Work closely with Development, Support, and DevOps teams during incident resolution.

Perform post-release smoke testing and production validations.

Verify fixes before ticket closure.

Customer-Facing Responsibilities

Participate in customer calls and issue triage sessions when required.

Collaborate with business users to understand requirements and reproduce issues.

Communicate technical findings professionally to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Support User Acceptance Testing activities.

Agile Delivery

Participate actively in sprint ceremonies:

Sprint Planning

Backlog Refinement

Daily Stand-ups

Sprint Reviews

Retrospectives

Review requirements and identify testing risks early.

Estimate QA efforts for sprint deliverables.

Ensure all assigned sprint items meet quality standards before release.

Leadership

Mentor junior QA engineers.

Conduct peer reviews of test cases and automation scripts.

Drive process improvements across the QA function.

Support release sign-off activities.

Technical SkillsAutomation Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

API Testing

Postman

Rest Assured

Playwright API Testing

Programming Languages

JavaScript

TypeScript

Java

C#

CI/CD & Version Control

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Git

Databases

SQL Server

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with NetSuite integrations.

Exposure to performance testing tools.

Experience testing multi-tenant SaaS applications.

ISTQB certification.

📌 Quality Assurance Automation Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 SellersCommerce
📍 Hyderabad