QA Automation Engineer

Role Overview

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Automation QA Engineer with strong expertise in Playwright, TypeScript, and Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) to strengthen our automation QA practice across multiple analytics-driven web applications.

The candidate will be responsible for expanding automation coverage and building a scalable, reusable automation framework across products. Strong experience in UI and API automation, Cucumber-based BDD, Azure DevOps CI/CD integration, and automated validation of analytics and dashboard workflows is essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain UI and API automation suites using Playwright and TypeScript.
• Automate critical workflows across analytics-driven web applications and dashboards.
• Develop reliable automated tests for functional, integration, and regression scenarios.
• Validate application behaviour across different workflows and identify defects early.
• Ensure automation coverage focuses on high-value business-critical scenarios.

BDD Automation & Framework Development

• Implement Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) automation using Cucumber.
• Develop and maintain reusable page objects, services, utilities, and automation components.
• Build scalable and maintainable automation frameworks that can be reused across multiple products.
• Follow automation design principles and coding best practices.
• Contribute to framework enhancements, standardisation, and continuous improvement.

Analytics & Data Validation

• Automate critical analytics, reporting, and dashboard workflows.
• Validate UI data against API responses and database results.
• Verify data consistency, accuracy, and integrity across application layers.
• Collaborate with development and QA teams to identify suitable data-driven automation scenarios.
• Investigate discrepancies between UI displays, API responses, and underlying data.

Azure DevOps & CI/CD Integration

• Integrate automated test suites with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
• Support automated test execution as part of continuous integration and delivery workflows.
• Configure and maintain automation execution processes within pipeline environments.
• Analyse test execution results and investigate pipeline failures.
• Improve automation reliability and support efficient release validation.

Test Reporting & Troubleshooting

• Maintain test execution reporting using Allure.
• Analyse automation failures and perform root-cause analysis.
• Debug flaky tests, locator issues, and failures involving dynamic web applications.
• Identify and resolve automation framework and test execution issues.
• Communicate test results, defects, risks, and recommendations to relevant stakeholders.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Collaborate with QA engineers and development teams to identify high-value automation opportunities.
• Participate in test planning, scenario reviews, and discussions on automation strategy.
• Contribute to automation standards, framework improvements, and QA best practices.
• Support automation coverage across multiple applications and product environments.
• Mentor junior QA engineers and share knowledge where required.

Required Technical Skills & Competencies

• 6+ years of experience in QA Automation.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience with Playwright.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and JavaScript.
• Hands-on experience implementing BDD automation using Cucumber.
• Experience developing UI and API automation suites.
• Experience integrating automated tests with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of locator strategies and handling dynamic web applications.
• Experience building reusable automation frameworks, page objects, services, and utilities.
• Experience validating UI data against API responses and database results.
• Familiarity with Allure reporting and automated test result analysis.
• Strong debugging, root-cause analysis, and problem-solving skills.

Must-Have Skills

• Playwright
• TypeScript
• JavaScript
• Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
• Cucumber
• UI Automation Testing
• API Automation & Validation
• Azure DevOps
• CI/CD Pipeline Integration
• Locator Strategies
• Dynamic Web Application Testing
• Reusable Automation Frameworks
• Page Object Model
• Test Reporting & Failure Analysis
• Debugging & Root-Cause Analysis

Good to Have Skills

• SQL for data validation
• Database testing and data integrity validation
• Allure reporting
• Experience with analytics-driven applications and dashboards
• Experience working across multiple applications and product environments
• Experience mentoring junior QA engineers
• Framework optimisation and automation best practices

Desired Attributes

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Hands-on approach to automation framework development and maintenance.
• Ability to identify high-value automation scenarios and improve test coverage.
• Strong debugging skills and attention to detail.
• Ownership of automation quality, reliability, and execution results.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with QA and development teams.
• Commitment to reusable, scalable, and maintainable automation solutions.
• Proactive approach to continuous improvement and engineering best practices.

Interview Process

2-3 rounds of discussion.