Quality Automation Lead

Job Description – Automation Test Engineer

Company: DentalKart

Department: Technology / Product

Role: Automation Test Engineer

Experience: 2–5 Years

Location: Delhi NCR

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Overview

We are looking for an Automation Test Engineer who can build and maintain automated testing frameworks for our web applications, APIs, and critical e-commerce workflows.

The candidate will work closely with developers, product managers, and QA team members to improve product quality, reduce manual regression effort, and enable faster and more reliable releases.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks for web applications.
• Automate critical e-commerce journeys including Login, Search, Product Listing, Product Detail, Cart, Checkout, Payments, Orders, Returns and Refunds.
• Perform API automation testing for backend services and third-party integrations.
• Build and maintain automated Regression, Smoke and Sanity Test Suites.
• Integrate automation test suites with CI/CD pipelines.
• Analyze automation failures, identify root causes, and coordinate with development teams for resolution.
• Create reusable test utilities, test data, and automation components.
• Perform cross-browser and responsive testing where required.
• Track defects and ensure proper documentation, prioritization, and closure.
• Improve automation coverage and continuously identify test cases that can be moved from manual to automated testing.
• Generate clear automated test reports and provide release-quality visibility to the Product and Engineering teams.
  
  

Required Technical Skills

• 2–5 years of experience in Software Testing with strong exposure to Automation Testing.
• Hands-on experience with one or more automation tools/frameworks:
• Playwright – preferred
• Selenium
• Cypress
• Good programming/scripting skills in JavaScript/TypeScript, Java or Python.
• Experience with API testing and automation using tools such as Postman, REST Assured, Playwright API or similar.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, JSON, HTTP methods and status codes.
• Experience with test frameworks and concepts such as Page Object Model (POM), data-driven testing and reusable test components.
• Understanding of Git and CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins or similar.
• Experience with bug tracking/project management tools such as Jira.
• Good understanding of SQL and ability to perform basic database validation.

Good to Have

• Previous experience testing e-commerce or high-traffic transactional platforms.
• Experience with payment gateway testing.
• Experience with mobile application automation using Appium.
• Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter or k6.
• Familiarity with cloud environments such as AWS.
• Understanding of microservices and distributed systems.
• Experience testing integrations with ERP, CRM, logistics, payment gateways or other third-party systems.
  
  

What We Expect

We are looking for someone who does more than simply execute test cases. The candidate should be able to identify high-risk customer journeys, determine what should be automated, build reliable automation suites, and help the engineering team catch issues before they reach production.

The ideal candidate should have a strong ownership mindset and be comfortable working in a fast-moving e-commerce environment.