Senior Selenium Test Lead - Java Hyderabad, Telangana

Job Summary

Skill Category Requirement Required expertise

MANDATORY SKILLS — all required

Playwright – UI automation Test Automation Mandatory Locators, auto-waiting, fixtures, parallel execution, trace viewer; functional, integration and E2E coverage

TypeScript Programming Mandatory Types, interfaces, async/await, modules, reusable utilities and typed test helpers

API automation Test Automation Mandatory REST automation via Playwright request context: auth flows, cookies and tokens, headers, multipart, JSON schema validation

Framework development and maintenance Framework Engineering Mandatory Building a framework from scratch; page-object and reusable component patterns; config, utilities, reporting; ongoing refactoring

Regression automation Test Strategy Mandatory Suite design and scope selection, stability, execution time control, coverage of critical journeys

CI/CD integration Engineering Practice Mandatory Integrating suites into Jenkins, GitHub Actions or Harness; triggers, parallel runs, artifacts, published reporting

Debugging, triage and failure analysis Test Automation Mandatory Trace and report analysis; isolating product defects from test defects; root cause of intermittent failures

Test data management Engineering Practice Mandatory Repeatable, independent test data; setup and teardown; environment-specific handling

Git and version control Engineering Practice Mandatory Branching, pull requests, code review and merge discipline on GitHub or equivalent

Test and defect management Process Mandatory JIRA and Xray or equivalent for test cases, execution records and defect tracking

Automation coding standards Framework Engineering Mandatory Establishing and upholding standards; reviewing peers' automation code

Agile and Scrum delivery Process Mandatory Working within sprints, refinement, estimation and retrospectives

Total mandatory weight

GOOD TO HAVE — none required, used to differentiate between candidates who meet the bar

Playwright with Python Test Automation Good to have Cross-language capability where a team standardises on Python

GCP data validation Data Validation Valuable to have Verifying behaviour beyond the UI via Pub/Sub events,



Cloud Storage and BigQuery read-backs

SQL and database validation Data Validation Good to have Querying to validate data created or changed by a test

Docker Engineering Practice Good to have Containerised, consistent test execution across environments

Contract testing Test Strategy Good to have Consumer-driven contract verification between services

Accessibility automation Test Strategy Good to have Automated accessibility assertions within the UI suite

Visual regression Test Strategy Good to have Screenshot comparison and visual diffing

Performance testing exposure Test Strategy Good to have Awareness of load and performance validation approaches

Cross-browser and responsive coverage Test Automation Good to have Executing suites across browser engines and viewports

Reporting dashboards Engineering Practice Good to have Allure, Playwright HTML reporting or equivalent published to stakeholders

Key Responsibilities

Skill Category Requirement Required expertise

MANDATORY SKILLS — all required

Playwright – UI automation Test Automation Mandatory Locators, auto-waiting, fixtures, parallel execution, trace viewer; functional, integration and E2E coverage

TypeScript Programming Mandatory Types, interfaces, async/await, modules, reusable utilities and typed test helpers

API automation Test Automation Mandatory REST automation via Playwright request context: auth flows, cookies and tokens, headers, multipart, JSON schema validation

Framework development and maintenance Framework Engineering Mandatory Building a framework from scratch; page-object and reusable component patterns; config, utilities, reporting; ongoing refactoring

Regression automation Test Strategy Mandatory Suite design and scope selection, stability, execution time control, coverage of critical journeys

CI/CD integration Engineering Practice Mandatory Integrating suites into Jenkins,



GitHub Actions or Harness; triggers, parallel runs, artifacts, published reporting

Debugging, triage and failure analysis Test Automation Mandatory Trace and report analysis; isolating product defects from test defects; root cause of intermittent failures

Test data management Engineering Practice Mandatory Repeatable, independent test data; setup and teardown; environment-specific handling

Git and version control Engineering Practice Mandatory Branching, pull requests, code review and merge discipline on GitHub or equivalent

Test and defect management Process Mandatory JIRA and Xray or equivalent for test cases, execution records and defect tracking

Automation coding standards Framework Engineering Mandatory Establishing and upholding standards; reviewing peers' automation code

Agile and Scrum delivery Process Mandatory Working within sprints, refinement, estimation and retrospectives

Total mandatory weight

GOOD TO HAVE — none required, used to differentiate between candidates who meet the bar

Playwright with Python Test Automation Good to have Cross-language capability where a team standardises on Python

GCP data validation Data Validation Good to have Verifying behaviour beyond the UI via Pub/Sub events, Cloud Storage and BigQuery read-backs

SQL and database validation Data Validation Good to have Querying to validate data created or changed by a test

Docker Engineering Practice Good to have Containerised, consistent test execution across environments

Contract testing Test Strategy Good to have Consumer-driven contract verification between services

Accessibility automation Test Strategy Good to have Automated accessibility assertions within the UI suite

Visual regression Test Strategy Good to have Screenshot comparison and visual diffing

Performance testing exposure Test Strategy Good to have Awareness of load and performance validation approaches

Cross-browser and responsive coverage Test Automation Good to have Executing suites across browser engines and viewports

Reporting dashboards Engineering Practice Good to have Allure, Playwright HTML reporting or equivalent published to stakeholders

Skill Requirements

Other Requirements

📌 Senior Selenium Test Lead - Java (Hyderabad)
🏢 HCLTech
📍 Hyderabad