Location: Chennai Siruseri Onsite 5 days a week

Experience:

3 to 5 years in Software Testing / QA Automation

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly driven and organized
Automation Tester
to work with a team of automation developers and QA engineers working in an
onshore-offshore engagement model
.

Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage a team of
Automation Developers, QA Engineers, and Testers
in offshore locations.
- Coordinate with
onshore managers, product owners, business analysts, and development teams
to understand priorities and align deliverables.
- Define and drive
test automation strategy, frameworks, and best practices
.
- Assign tasks, monitor progress, and ensure accountability across the offshore team.
- Conduct
daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and status reporting
.
- Review automation scripts, test cases, and execution results for quality and coverage.
- Track defects, prioritize issues, and ensure timely resolution with development teams.
- Monitor team productivity, utilization, and delivery timelines.
- Provide mentorship,



technical guidance, and performance feedback to team members.
- Ensure effective communication and seamless handoff between onshore and offshore teams.
- Prepare and present
weekly status reports, metrics dashboards, and risk assessments
.
- Drive continuous improvement in automation coverage, execution speed, and defect detection.
- Support release cycles, regression testing, and production validation.

Required Skills:
- Strong experience with
Automation Testing tools
such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, UFT, or similar.
- Experience in API testing using tools like Postman, REST Assured, or similar.
- Hands-on scripting/programming in
Java, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript
.
- Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab.
- Experience with defect tracking and project management tools such as Jira.
- Knowledge of Agile / Scrum methodologies.
- Solid understanding of web, API, an

📌 Automation Tester (Chennai)
🏢 Cartney
📍 Chennai