Senior Test Automation Engineer / SDET

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior Test Automation Engineer / SDET with solid hands-on experience in Playwright, TypeScript, API, Database, and integration testing. The role involves developing and maintaining end-to-end automation for a transit ticketing and payment platform, covering UI, APIs, databases, messaging, backend services, and connected devices.

Key Responsibilities

- Convert functional/manual test cases into robust automated tests.
- Develop and maintain automation using Playwright + TypeScript.
- Automate and validate UI, REST APIs, databases, MQTT, and end-to-end workflows.
- Validate business outcomes across applications, APIs, databases, messages, files, and logs.
- Build reusable page objects, API clients, database utilities, fixtures, and automation workflows.
- Implement reliable test setup, cleanup, synchronization, and recovery.
- Execute and troubleshoot automation through CI/CD pipelines.
- Analyze failures and distinguish product, automation, environment, and data issues.
- Maintain automation reporting using Playwright, Allure, and TestRail.




- Collaborate with QA, development, DevOps, and domain teams.

Required Skills
- 4+ years in Test Automation / SDET.
- Strong Playwright and TypeScript/JavaScript experience.
- Strong API testing and SQL skills.
- Experience with MQTT / asynchronous systems.
- Experience with integration and end-to-end testing.
- Experience developing reusable automation frameworks.
- Strong Git and CI/CD experience.
- Good debugging and root-cause analysis skills.

Good to Have
- Transit / transportation / payment domain experience.
- EMV/contactless payment knowledge.
- Experience with readers, gates, validators, or connected devices.
- SQL Server / Oracle.
- SSH, PowerShell, S3.
- Jenkins / Azure DevOps.
- Allure / TestRail.

Primary Stack: Playwright | TypeScript | API | SQL | MQTT | CI/CD Testing Scope: UI + API + Database + MQTT + Services + Devices + End-to-End Integration

Domain: Transit Ticketing & Payments

Experience: 4+ Years, 8 + Years.

📌 Senior Test Automation Engineer/ SDET (Hyderabad)
🏢 Sansid Solutions
📍 Hyderabad