Job Description - Sr Automation Engineer -QA

Job Purpose

As a Senior Automation Engineer, you will design, develop, and maintain scalable automation solutions that improve product quality and accelerate release cycles. You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and QA teams to automate UI, API, and backend testing while contributing to automation strategy, mentoring team members, and continuously improving automation frameworks and software quality.

Job Responsibilities

Essential Functions:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated test frameworks using Playwright for UI, API, and database validation.
- Build reusable automation components using Page Object Model (POM) and framework best practices.
- Develop and maintain automated regression, smoke, functional, and end-to-end test suites, converting manual test cases into reliable automation where appropriate.
- Design and execute automated API tests to validate backend services and third-party integrations.
- Perform SQL-based backend data validation to ensure data accuracy and integrity.




- Integrate automation test suites into CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing.
- Identify, document, and track defects with transparent reproduction steps and supporting evidence.
- Monitor automation suite health by reducing flaky tests, improving execution stability, and maintaining test data.
- Participate in automation code reviews, mentor QA Engineers, and promote automation best practices and framework standards.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Developers, and QA teams to define acceptance criteria and improve testability.
- Contribute to test strategy, sprint planning, release planning, and production sign-off activities.
- Evaluate modern automation frameworks, AI-powered engineering tools, and process improvements to increase automation coverage, quality, and productivity.

Non-Essential Functions:
- Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter is an added advantage.
- Familiarity with cloud-

📌 Senior QA Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 Cendyn
📍 Hyderabad