QA Engineer - Automation

Position Title: QA Engineer - Automation Experience: 5 - 8 years Job Location: Hyderabad/Ahmedabad Work Mode: Hybrid Time Zone/Shift: Starts at 12:30 PM IST Requirement: We are looking for a skilled QA Automation Engineer with 5–8 years of experience in both manual and automation testing . The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in WebDriverIO or Playwright using JavaScript/TypeScript and should actively contribute to sprint deliverables by performing functional validation, developing automation scripts, integrating automation with CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring high-quality software releases. Key Responsibilities Sprint Testing Activities Participate in Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, Story Refinement, and Estimation sessions. Analyze business requirements and prepare test scenarios and test cases. Perform Functional, Integration, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, and End-to-End testing for sprint features. Validate defect fixes, perform impact analysis, and provide QA sign-off. Execute cross-browser and cross-platform validations where required. Collaborate with Developers, Product Owners, and Business Analysts to ensure quality deliverables. Automation Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks using WebDriverIO or Playwright with JavaScript/TypeScript . Develop automation scripts for new features and maintain existing automation suites. Enhance reusable automation components and framework capabilities. Execute automation suites and analyze failures to identify application issues versus script issues. Improve automation coverage across sprint features and regression suites. Review automation code and follow engineering best practices. Integrate automation suites with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, etc.). Support continuous testing and automated regression execution during deployments. Monitor pipeline execution results and troubleshoot automation failures. Perform automation result analysis and provide detailed execution reports. Estimate automation effort and contribute to sprint planning. Identify opportunities to improve testing efficiency through automation. Work with cross-functional teams to improve release quality and reduce regression risks. Mentor junior team members on automation best practices and testing methodologies. Mandatory Skills 5–8 years of experience in Software Testing. Strong experience in Manual Testing (Functional, Regression, Integration, Smoke, Sanity, End-to-End Testing). Hands-on experience with WebDriverIO or Playwright . Strong programming skills in JavaScript or TypeScript . Experience in automation framework development and maintenance. Experience integrating automation with CI/CD pipelines . Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies. Experience with JIRA or similar defect management tools. Experience in automation execution, debugging, result…