Company: Will Ware Technologies
Role: QA Automation
Experience: 8+ Years
Location: Bangalore
Work Mode: Onsite

Job Description:
The Lead Engineer Automation Quality- API & Data Mastering will be a hands-on automation subject matter expert, responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust, scalable automation frameworks. While hands-on automation will be the primary focus, this role will also provide technical leadership to a team of API and data based automation test engineers, contribute ideas and innovation, and help continuously improve overall quality practices.
This position is part of the Data Initiatives Program for the Integration Hub, requiring strong experience in testing complex data flows across multiple systems, databases, and event-driven architectures.

What You Will Do

- Design, develop, and implement automation-first test strategies and frameworks for complex, data-driven applications.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the QA team, helping set priorities and improve automation maturity.
- Contribute ideas, innovations, and improvements to enhance quality processes and automation effectiveness.
- Define and follow best practices for test automation, coding standards, and quality assurance.
- Perform testing across multiple data sources and systems, including EASY, C&H;, Account, and other upstream/downstream integrations.
- Validate data across multiple databases such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and DynamoDB.




- Understand and test data flow through Kafka events, including event validation, data consistency, and downstream processing.
- Collaborate with Dev Ops teams to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
- Partner with developers, product owners, and architects to align testing strategies with delivery goals.
- Monitor, analyze, and report on automation coverage, defects, and quality metrics.
- Support and execute manual testing for complex scenarios, edge cases, or exploratory testing when required.
- Participate in innovation initiatives, including AI-assisted testing and automation enhancements.
- If required, support the performance testing requirements.

What You Will Bring

- 7-10 years of overall testing experience, including 4-5 years of hands-on automation testing (or equivalent automation-focused experience).
- Strong hands-on Java expertise, including deep knowledge of core Java concepts.
- The candidate is expected to understand developer-level code and, when required, contribute to integration and automation test code.
- Extensive experience with automation tools and frameworks such as Cucumber, Karate, JUnit, and TestNG.
- Solid experience testing data-intensive applications, including backend and integration testing.
- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, automation execution, and related tooling.
- Proven ability to guide and mentor junior or mid-level QA engineers.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

📌 QA Automation (API & Data Mastering) (Bengaluru)
🏢 WILLWARE TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE
📍 Bengaluru