QA Automation Engineer / SDET - Lead / Senior

EXPERIENCE : 5 TO 13+ years

LOCATION : Hyderabad, India - Hybrid

EMPLOYMENT : Full-time

Available: : immediately

Role Overview

We are looking for automation-focused QA engineers who can establish strong quality engineering practices for enterprise web applications. The role requires hands-on UI/API automation, integration testing, CI/CD integration, data validation, defect analysis, and release-readiness ownership.

Key Responsibilities

Define and execute automation-first test strategies covering UI, API, integration, regression, and end-to-end scenarios.
Translate requirements and acceptance criteria into comprehensive test scenarios and automated test suites.
Build and maintain automation frameworks using Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or comparable tools.
Automate API testing using Postman/Newman, REST-assured, or equivalent frameworks.
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and establish quality gates for releases.
Perform database/data validation, negative testing, cross-browser testing, and integration validation.
Support performance, reliability, and security-focused testing in partnership with engineering and cloud teams.
Use AI-assisted test-generation and analysis tools where they improve coverage and productivity.

Required Experience & Skills

Lead: 7-10+ years in software quality engineering; Senior: 4-6+ years.
Strong hands-on experience with UI automation using Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or equivalent.
Strong experience testing REST APIs, backend integrations, and database-driven applications.
Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
Strong understanding of functional, regression, integration, end-to-end, and negative testing strategies.
Experience with SQL/data validation, defect triage, root-cause collaboration, and release-quality reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, k6, Gatling, or equivalent.
Experience testing cloud-hosted, microservice, or event-driven applications.
Experience with AI-assisted testing tools and test-data generation is a plus.