About Us

Zycus is a global leader in Source-to-Pay (S2P) procurement software, helping large enterprises drive efficiency, compliance, and measurable value across their procurement and finance operations. Trusted by leading Fortune 1000 organizations worldwide, Zycus enables procurement teams to move from cost control to strategic value creation.

At the core of Zycus’ platform is Merlin AI, an advanced AI-powered engine that brings intelligence, automation, and predictive insights across the entire procurement lifecycle—from sourcing and contract management to procurement, invoicing, and supplier management. Merlin AI empowers Chief Procurement Officers and finance leaders to make faster, smarter decisions with real-time visibility and actionable insights.

Zycus is consistently recognized by top industry analysts such as Gartner, Forrester, and IDC for its innovation, depth of functionality, and strong customer outcomes. Known for its enterprise-grade solutions, global delivery model, and customer-first mindset, Zycus partners closely with organizations to modernize procurement and unlock long-term business value.

With a strong global presence across North America, EMEA, and APAC, Zycus continues to invest aggressively in product innovation, AI-led capabilities, and brand leadership—shaping the future of intelligent procurement.

We Are An Equal Prospect Employer:

Zycus is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and creating an inclusive work environment. We do not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. All hiring decisions will be based solely on qualifications, skills, and experience relevant to the job requirements.

Job Description

Role Overview

We're looking for a Principal AI Automation Test Engineer to define and drive the automation and AI-testing strategy across multiple products and teams. You'll own the technical direction of our quality engineering practice — architecting frameworks, setting standards, mentoring engineers, and pioneering the adoption of AI/ML-driven testing at scale. This is a hands-on leadership role:



you still write and review code, but your impact is measured in the reliability, velocity, and maturity of automation across the org.

Key Responsibilities

- Architect and own end-to-end automation frameworks in JavaScript/TypeScript (Playwright, Cypress, WebdriverIO, Cucumber/BDD) and Java (Selenium WebDriver, TestNG/JUnit), and set the patterns other teams build on.
- Define the org-wide automation strategy — test pyramid, coverage targets, tooling standards, and the build-vs-buy decisions for testing platforms.
- Lead API automation (REST/GraphQL) architecture across JS and Java tooling (Supertest/Postman, RestAssured), including contract testing and service virtualization.
- Champion AI/ML-powered testing — self-healing locators, visual regression, and intelligent/risk-based test selection — running evaluations and driving adoption decisions across teams.
- Integrate LLMs and AI coding assistants (Copilot, Claude, Cursor, custom GPT/agent workflows) into the engineering lifecycle, and establish where they add value vs. where they introduce risk — codified as team guidance.
- Design test strategies for AI/LLM-powered product features — handling non-determinism, building eval-style and guardrail assertions, and defining quality bars for generative features.
- Own CI/CD test pipeline architecture (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Bitbucket Pipelines, Azure DevOps) and containerized/parallel execution (Docker, and orchestration at scale).
- Establish flaky-test governance — root-cause practices, quarantine policies, and reliability metrics that keep suites trustworthy across the org.
- Mentor and level up automation engineers; run design reviews, set code-quality standards (POM, centralized locators, data-driven design), and grow the team's AI-testing capability.




- Partner with engineering leadership and product to shift quality left and embed testing into the SDLC as a first-class concern.

Job Requirement

Required Qualifications

- 10+ years in software test automation, with deep JavaScript/TypeScript and Java expertise.
- Proven track record architecting automation frameworks from the ground up (not just extending existing ones) in both the JS and Java ecosystems.
- Mastery of modern JS automation tools (Playwright, Cypress, or WebdriverIO), Selenium WebDriver with Java, and BDD frameworks (Cucumber or similar).
- Strong API testing depth (REST/GraphQL; Postman, Supertest, RestAssured), including contract/integration testing strategy.
- Hands-on, production use of AI coding assistants plus solid AI fundamentals — prompt engineering, LLM APIs, and integrating AI services into automation workflows — with the judgment to lead adoption.
- Demonstrated experience applying AI/ML in testing: self-healing tests, visual AI validation, or LLM-based test generation at meaningful scale.
- Deep CI/CD, Git, and Docker experience; designing pipelines, not just consuming them.
- Track record of driving down flakiness and improving suite reliability across multiple teams.
- Technical leadership / mentorship experience; comfortable setting standards and influencing across engineering and product.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills across concurrent initiatives.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

- Production experience with commercial AI testing platforms (Testim, Mabl, Applitools, Functionize) and informed opinions on their tradeoffs.
- Performance testing at scale (k6, JMeter, Gatling) and defining performance quality gates.
- Cloud depth (AWS/Azure/GCP) and parallel/containerized execution at scale (Kubernetes a plus).
- Build tooling (Maven, Gradle) and reporting/observability (Allure, test analytics dashboards).
- Accessibility testing (axe-core) and visual-regression tooling (Percy).
- Open-source contributions to testing tools; conference talks or published thought leadership.
- Relevant certifications (ISTQB Advanced/Expert, cloud, or AI/ML credentials).

📌 AI Automation Test Engineer (JavaScript / Java) (Bengaluru)
🏢 Zycus
📍 Bengaluru