QA Engineer – Automation & API TestingLocation: Permanent Remote – Pan India
Working Hours: 4:00 PM – 1:00 AM IST
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Model: Remote
Collaboration: USA-based teamsAbout the RoleWe are looking for a QA Engineer with robust hands-on experience in Playwright, TypeScript, API testing, database validation, integration/E2E testing, and CI/CD.The ideal candidate should be comfortable testing modern web applications and backend services, troubleshooting failures across frontend, backend, database, and cloud infrastructure, and building reliable automated test suites.Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, maintain, and execute automated UI and API test cases using Playwright and TypeScript.
- Build and maintain scalable automation frameworks using Page Object Model (POM).
- Perform REST API testing using Postman and/or Playwright Request Client.
- Validate API status codes, response payloads, business rules, validations, authentication, and error handling.
- Analyze application failures and identify whether defects originate from the frontend, backend/API, database, or infrastructure.
- Perform database testing and data validation using SQL.
- Write and execute SQL queries against PostgreSQL and Snowflake to validate data integrity, storage, transformation, and retrieval.
- Perform integration and end-to-end testing across multiple systems and data flows.
- Validate integrations involving platforms such as Deposco, Oracle, Snowflake, and SharePoint files.
- Develop and maintain automated regression and E2E test suites.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
- Work with GitHub branches, pull requests, code reviews, and version control.
- Investigate test failures and application issues using AWS CloudWatch logs.
- Have a working understanding of AWS Lambda, IAM, and Terraform to support troubleshooting and infrastructure-related testing.
- Perform performance and load testing for APIs and critical application pages using tools such as JMeter.
- Analyze response times, throughput, error rates,



and performance bottlenecks.
- Use monitoring/observability tools such as Datadog to investigate slow-performing services and identify potential bottlenecks.
- Collaborate closely with developers, product teams, and USA-based stakeholders to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve quality issues.

Required Technical SkillsAutomation Testing

- Strong hands-on experience with Playwright
- Strong TypeScript programming skills
- UI automation and API automation
- Page Object Model / Page Objects
- Test framework design, maintenance, and optimization

API Testing

- REST API testing
- Postman and/or Playwright Request Client
- Status code and response validation
- Request/response payload validation
- Authentication and authorization testing
- Negative/error scenario testing

Database Testing

- Strong SQL skills
- PostgreSQL
- Snowflake
- Data validation and reconciliation
- Backend/database verification

Integration & E2E Testing

- End-to-end testing across multiple applications/services
- Integration testing and data-flow validation
- Experience testing systems involving APIs, databases, files, and third-party platforms
- Ability to trace data across systems and identify where failures occur

CI/CD & Version Control

- GitHub
- Branching and pull requests
- Code reviews
- GitHub Actions
- Running automated tests as part of CI/CD pipelines

AWS & Debugging

- Working knowledge of AWS Lambda
- CloudWatch Logs
- IAM fundamentals
- Basic understanding of Terraform
- Ability to troubleshoot application and infrastructure-related failures

Performance Testing

- Experience with JMeter or similar performance-testing tools
- API and web-page load testing




- Response-time and error-rate analysis
- Basic performance bottleneck identification
- Experience with Datadog or similar monitoring tools

Required Experience

- 4+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance / Test Automation.
- Strong hands-on experience with Playwright + TypeScript.
- Solid experience in API, database, integration, and E2E testing.
- Practical experience working with CI/CD pipelines.
- Good understanding of cloud-based applications, preferably AWS.
- Strong debugging and analytical/problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment and collaborate effectively with USA-based teams.

Preferred Skills

- Experience with distributed systems and microservices.
- Experience testing serverless applications and AWS Lambda-based APIs.
- Experience with data-intensive applications and ETL/data integrations.
- Experience with Snowflake data validation.
- Knowledge of Terraform and infrastructure-as-code.
- Experience with Datadog or other observability platforms.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.

What We Are Looking ForThe ideal candidate is not limited to executing predefined test cases. They should be able to:

- Think from an end-user and system perspective.
- Build and maintain reliable automation.
- Investigate failures independently.
- Trace issues across UI → API → Database → AWS → External Systems.
- Understand the difference between a frontend defect, backend defect, data issue, and infrastructure issue.
- Communicate technical findings clearly to developers and stakeholders.
- Contribute to improving overall product quality and test coverage.

Pay: ₹1,000,000.00 - ₹2,000,000.00 per year

Benefits:

- Work from home

Application Question(s):

- Are you ok with work timings 4 pm to 1 am (Midnight )permanent work from Home ?
- How much notice period do you have ?
- What is your expected CTC ?

Experience:

- Playwright: 5 years (Required)
- Test automation: 8 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote

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