Automation Framework Development: Design, develop, and maintain scalable,

reusable, and reliable test automation frameworks using industry-standard tools,

libraries, and best practices.

- Automation Strategy: Define and implement automation strategies aligned with

business requirements, application architecture, release cycles, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Hands-on Test Automation: Develop, execute, and maintain automated test

scripts for web applications, APIs, and database-driven applications across multiple platforms and browsers.
- API and Database Testing: Perform API automation and backend data validation,

including complex SQL queries and database testing across SQL-based and cloud data platforms.
- Test Planning and Coverage: Collaborate with developers, product owners,

business analysts, and QA teams to understand requirements, identify test scenarios, and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
- Defect Management: Analyze test execution results, identify failures, perform root cause analysis, document defects, and coordinate with relevant teams through

resolution.
- Framework Optimization: Improve automation script reliability, reusability,

maintainability, execution speed, and overall test efficiency.
- CI/CD Integration: Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines and

collaborate with DevOps teams to improve continuous testing and release quality.
- Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to QA engineers

on automation frameworks, coding standards, debugging techniques, and testing best practices.
- Code Reviews: Review automation code and test scripts to ensure quality,

consistency, maintainability, and adherence to engineering standards.
- Agile Collaboration: Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand ups, retrospectives, test estimation, and release planning.
- Quality Metrics and Reporting: Track and communicate automation coverage, test

execution results, defect trends, and other quality metrics to relevant stakeholders.




- Continuous Improvement: Identify gaps in existing QA processes, evaluate

emerging tools and technologies, and recommend improvements to automation practices and quality engineering standards.
- Quality Governance: Contribute to the development and continuous improvement

of QA strategy, testing standards, and automation roadmaps Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related technical discipline.
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in automation testing, preferably in enterprise scale applications.
- Prior experience in a Senior Automation Engineer, Lead Automation Tester, or

equivalent technical role.
- Robust programming skills in Java, with a solid understanding of object-oriented

programming (OOP) concepts.
- Extensive hands-on experience with automation tools and frameworks such as

Selenium, Playwright, REST Assured, or equivalent technologies.
- Strong experience in developing and maintaining automation frameworks using

TestNG, JUnit, Cucumber, or similar frameworks.
- Experience automating web applications, REST APIs, and database-driven

applications.
- Strong SQL skills, including writing complex queries for backend data validation and

testing.
- Experience working with databases and data platforms such as Snowflake, Amazon

Redshift, Oracle, Databricks, or other SQL-based systems.
- Thorough understanding of software testing methodologies, SDLC, STLC, test

design techniques, and QA best practices.
- Hands-on experience with version control systems such as Git and CI/CD tools

such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, including test planning, effort

estimation, and release support.
- Strong analytical, debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently, drive automation initiatives end to end, and provide

technical leadership to the QA team.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate

effectively with technical and business stakeholders.

📌 Lead Automation Tester (Bengaluru)
🏢 ExaThought
📍 Bengaluru