Responsibilities : - Validate complex system workflows across UI, API, and backend layers, ensuring correctness, reliability, and consistency of every release.- Enhance and maintain the existing Playwright automation framework, expanding UI/API coverage and improving reliability, flakiness detection, and execution efficiency.- Build internal QA tools, improve test data workflows, and contribute to CI/CD quality gates and overall pipeline readiness.- Develop and maintain test infrastructure for containerized and distributed environments (Docker, Kubernetes).- Conduct performance, load, and scalability testing for high-traffic services using k6 or similar tools.- Collaborate closely with engineering, product, LeadGen, Payments, and design teams to embed quality early in the lifecycle.- Analyze failures across distributed systems using observability platforms (logs, metrics, dashboards) to identify root causes quickly.- Advocate for shift-left quality and influence system design and architecture for better testability.- Maintain accurate documentation and onboarding materials for frameworks, tooling, and best practices.Requirements : - 4+ years of experience in software testing or automation for SaaS, web applications,



or distributed systems.- Expertise in enhancing and maintaining automation frameworks (Playwright or equivalent).- Proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python for scalable automation development.- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and containerized infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes).- Working knowledge of AWS or GCP environments.- Deep understanding of RESTful API testing, backend validation, mocks/stubs, and integration testing.- Experience with performance and load testing tools like k6, Locust, or JMeter.- Familiarity with observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, or OpenTelemetry.- Solid debugging skills, especially in distributed and microservices-based architectures.- E-Commerce domain experience (preferred but optional).- Basic knowledge of AI-driven testing techniques or LLM-based test generation.- Excellent communication, documentation, and problem-solving abilities.Nice to Have : 1. Experience validating E-Commerce flows such as checkout, order lifecycle, payments, taxes, pricing rules, and inventory synchronisation.2. Experience analysing and testing AI/LLM-powered features, including prompt validation, hallucination detection, model consistency checks, and AI-assisted testing workflows. (ref:hirist.tech)

📌 Software Test Engineer III - Automation Testing (India)
🏢 Zealant Consulting Group
📍 India