QA Automation Engineer

QA Automation Engineer

Experience: 6–10 Years

Location: Indore / Pune

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role:

we are looking for a QA Automation Engineer who is passionate about building reliable, scalable, and maintainable test automation solutions. The role requires a strong combination of automation testing and manual testing expertise, with hands-on experience in Selenium, API testing, automation frameworks, and CI/CD.

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of software quality practices and be comfortable working closely with developers, business analysts, and QA teams in an Agile environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and enhance automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver.
• Build and maintain scalable automation frameworks using Page Object Model (POM), Hybrid, and Data-Driven approaches.
• Create reusable automation components and utilities to improve test coverage, stability, and maintainability.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, system, and exploratory testing.
• Design and execute API test cases and automation using REST Assured.
• Integrate automated test suites with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and support continuous testing practices.
• Use Git for source code management, branching, merging, and version control.
• Analyze automation failures, identify root causes, and troubleshoot application and test script issues.
• Identify, document, track, and verify defects throughout the testing lifecycle.
• Prepare and maintain test cases, test scenarios, test data, automation scripts, and relevant QA documentation.
• Collaborate closely with developers, business analysts, product teams, and other QA engineers to ensure product quality.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Contribute to improving test automation coverage, framework reliability, execution efficiency, and overall QA processes.
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive testing activities and continuously improve the team's quality engineering practices.

Mandatory Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Selenium WebDriver.
• Strong understanding of Manual Testing and software testing methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with Page Object Model (POM).
• Experience developing or working with Hybrid Automation Frameworks.
• Experience with Data-Driven Testing / Data-Driven Frameworks.
• Hands-on experience in API Testing using REST Assured.
• Experience integrating automation suites with Jenkins / CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of Git and version control.
• Good understanding of Functional and Regression Testing.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC and STLC.
• Good defect management, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.
• Good understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Good to Have

• Experience working with enterprise-scale applications.
• Experience with test automation framework design and optimization.
• Exposure to SQL/database validation.
• Exposure to Maven or Gradle.
• Knowledge of cross-browser testing and test execution strategies.
• Experience working with CI/CD-based test execution and reporting.

What You Will Bring

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to independently analyze requirements and derive effective test scenarios.
• Strong attention to detail and ownership of quality.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A quality-first mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Willingness to learn new tools, technologies, and testing practices.