Minimum Required Experience : 5 years

Full Time

Skills

Jmeter

Gherkin

Performance Testing

Bdd Cucumbar

Typescript

Generative Ai Tools

Playwright Automation

Description

Senior QA Automation Engineer (Playwright / TypeScript)

Job Summary

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior QA Automation Engineer with strong expertise in test automation, framework development, performance testing, and data validation. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience building automation frameworks from the ground up, developing scalable test solutions, and driving quality throughout the software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Playwright and TypeScript.
- Create reliable automated test suites with robust locator strategies, parallel execution, and effective debugging mechanisms.
- Develop and execute performance and load testing strategies using JMeter.
- Analyze application behavior, troubleshoot failures, and perform root cause analysis.
- Build and maintain CI/CD test automation pipelines using Jenkins.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
- Create and maintain BDD-based test suites using Cucumber and Gherkin.
- Perform backend and data validation testing using complex SQL queries.
- Leverage Generative AI tools to improve engineering productivity while ensuring proper review and validation of generated outputs.
- Continuously improve automation coverage, framework maintainability, and testing processes.

Required Skills & Experience

- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Playwright and TypeScript.
- Expertise in resilient locator strategies.
- Experience with parallel test execution.




- Strong knowledge of trace-based debugging and test failure analysis.

- Proven experience designing, developing, or significantly enhancing an automation framework.

- Ability to explain framework architecture, design decisions, and implementation approach.

- Strong SQL expertise.
- Ability to understand and explain complex SQL queries and data transformations.
- Strong hands-on experience with JMeter for performance, load, and stress testing.
- Experience with Jenkins, including:

- Declarative pipelines
- Scheduled jobs
- Build agents
- Credential management

- Strong experience with BDD/Cucumber and writing clear, maintainable Gherkin scenarios.
- Working knowledge of AWS Cloud Services, with experience supporting test automation and CI/CD workflows in cloud environments.

- Familiarity with services such as EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda is preferred.

- Practical experience using Generative AI tools in day-to-day engineering activities with a strong emphasis on reviewing and validating generated outputs.
- Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills with a structured approach to investigation and issue resolution.
- Robust communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

- Python development experience.
- Experience with ALM / Quality Center, including REST API integrations.
- Exposure to regulated software environments.
- Working knowledge of Docker and Linux.
- Experience with Oracle and/or Snowflake databases.

What We Look For

- Strong ownership and accountability.
- A quality-first engineering mindset.
- Ability to articulate technical decisions and debugging approaches clearly.
- Curiosity, analytical thinking, and a systematic approach to problem-solving.
- Experience building scalable, maintainable, and reliable automation solutions.

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