Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Job description:

Role - QA Automation

Location - Mahadevapura, Bangalore

Job Mode- Hybrid

Required Skills - QA Automation, Playwright with Typescript, Appium, healthcare domain

Role Summary

We are seeking a high-caliber QA Automation Engineer. This role requires a strong foundation in automation fundamentals (selectors, waits, test design, framework patterns), and hands-on Playwright experience to deliver reliable and maintainable automated test coverage.

Project Mandate

Understand and rationalize legacy/manual test suitesEnsure stable CI execution with reporting and traceabilityImprove regression execution speed through Playwright parallelism

Key Responsibilities

1) Manual → Automation MigrationAnalyze and understand legacy manual test cases (test steps, data, expected outcomes)Identify gaps, ambiguities, and missing dependencies earlyConvert prioritized test cases into Playwright automation aligned to agreed standardsSupport test case rationalization: remove duplicates, improve clarity, tag critical coverage

2) Playwright Automation DevelopmentDevelop clean, maintainable Playwright automation scripts using TypeScript/JavaScript (preferred) or JavaImplement robust locator strategies (data-testid, role selectors, stable DOM strategy)Leverage Playwright capabilities:auto-waiting, trace viewer, screenshots/videoparallel execution, sharding, taggingnetwork interception (where required)

3) API Testing & Data ValidationBuild and maintain API automation tests using:RestAssured (Java) and/or Playwright API Request contextPostman (for quick validations)Validate data integrity and end-to-end flows across UI + API (where applicable)

4) CI/CD & ReportingIntegrate test execution into CI/CD pipelines:Jenkins / GitHub Actions / Azure DevOpsMaintain execution reports:Allure / Playwright HTML reports / Extent reportsPerform RCA for failures and reduce flakiness through engineering improvements

5) Delivery Governance (Fixed Bid Mindset)Work with leads to follow:estimation, burn down tracking, velocity managementchange control when test scope expandsMaintain documentation required for handover:automation coverage, known gaps, execution guide

Required Skills (Must Have)

Playwright (Critical)Strong hands-on Playwright implementation experience

Solid knowledge of TypeScript/JavaScript (preferred) or Java-based Playwright

Expertise in writing stable UI tests:locators, auto-waits, assertionsretries (used responsibly)handling dynamic elements, iframe, new tabs, downloads

Selenium WebDriver with Java (legacy understanding helps migration)Appium experience

Automation Engineering Fundamentals

Understanding of framework patterns:Page Object Model / fixtures-based approachdata-driven strategiesreusable utilities (auth, common flows, assertions)

Strong debugging skills:logs, traces, screenshots/video interpretation

CI/CD + ToolsJenkins / GitHub Actions (pipeline execution, triggers, artifacts)Git (branching, pull requests, code reviews)

API TestingRestAssured and/or Playwright APIPostman for validations

Strong understanding of request/response validation

Good to Have

Docker / Selenium Grid / containerized execution

SQL skills for backend validations

Test management tools: Jira + Zephyr/Xray/TestRail

Regulated domain maturity (healthcare/fintech): audit trails, PII/PHI awareness

Process Requirements

Strong Agile delivery experience (Scrum ceremonies)

Ability to create/update structured test documentation and maintain traceability