QA Automation Engineer

The QA Automation Engineer builds and maintains automated test coverage for insurance applications, translating requirements and test designs into reliable Playwright/Java and REST Assured automation deliverables across SDLC phases. This hands-on role improves release confidence and reduces production risk by executing smoke, sanity, and regression suites, analysing automation results to isolate failing code changes, and working closely with product domain SMEs, while following established automation standards and leveraging approved AI-augmented and SaaS-aware tooling to strengthen automation efficiency and software quality delivery.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the implementation and execution of automation deliverables for product features per requirements during SDLC phases.
• Translate requirements and test designs into test artefacts (test cases, automation scripts) using Playwright/Java and API automation with REST Assured; debug and maintain automation scripts.
• Conduct smoke, sanity, and regression testing using automation scripts across various releases.
• Analyse automation results, isolate the code changes causing failures, and produce detailed reports.
• Collaborate with product domain SMEs to achieve quality deliverables.
• Follow and meet established automation standards.
• Support clients on-site during implementation phases as required.
• Continuously learn and share learnings with the team.

Requirements

Experience & Background

• 3 to under 5 years of experience performing complex software quality analysis and system testing.
• Good conceptual, analytical, and mathematical skills.

Technical & Functional Skills

• Well-versed in coding with Core Java and OOP concepts.
• Well-versed in writing XPaths / object locators.
• Well-versed with Selenium/Playwright with Java.
• Experience working with SQL queries.
• Experience reviewing and refactoring code.
• Experience automating webservices for REST and SOAP APIs.
• Experience analysing business requirements and functional specifications, and collaborating with business analysts.
• Experienced with SDLC and STLC QA processes; experience working in Agile.

AI-Related Expectations

• Use approved AI/LLM tools to accelerate automation script generation, test case design, and script refactoring/maintenance.
• Leverage AI assistance for debugging automation failures, root-causing script breaks, and drafting test data.
• Validate AI-generated code and scripts for correctness, coverage, and adherence to automation standards before committing.
• Follow approved privacy, security, and responsible-AI guidelines in all AI-assisted automation activities.

SaaS & Cloud Awareness

• Understanding of environment-based automation execution across Dev, QA, UAT, and Production-like setups.
• Awareness of SaaS delivery concepts such as configuration-driven change, release cadence, and multi-environment automation runs.
• Experience integrating and running automation suites within CI/CD pipelines for continuous validation in cloud-hosted environments.

Communication & Collaboration

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-management abilities and the ability to work directly with customers.

Education

• Computer science university degree or equivalent.

Preferred / Good to Have

• Experience with Continuous Integration concepts using Jenkins.
• Experience in the Property & Casualty insurance market.

Benefits

• Work on business-critical insurance platforms while building deep automation engineering expertise across Playwright, Java, and API test automation, in a quality-first, collaborative delivery environment.