Senior Automation Test Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Automation Engineer

Location: Bengaluru (Hybrid)
Experience: 7–10 years
Employment Type: Full-time

Role summary

Quality leader who sets the automation vision and executes it across teams using Playwright (TypeScript), strong API automation, Git, GitLab CI/CD, and Jira/Xray.

What you’ll do

· Set and deliver the automation strategy & roadmap (12–24 months): test pyramid balance, shift-left approach, non-functional checks in CI, and clear business outcomes, objectives and key results.

· Identify opportunities for automation,

· Define and enforce standards for Playwright/TypeScript (project structure, fixtures, page objects, assertions), API testing (schema/contract rules, backward-compatibility), Git (branch policies), and CI (required jobs, smoke packs).

· Establish governance: ownership/RACI for frameworks and high-risk flows, change control for shared libraries, cross-team reviews, and quality gates in GitLab (lint/typecheck, unit/contract/E2E thresholds, flaky-test quarantine).

· Codify policies: test data, secrets management for test runs, release readiness/sign-off criteria in Jira/Xray, pipeline SLOs and escalation routes.

· Architect the platform: evolve the Playwright/TypeScript framework, sharding/parallelism, caching, trace/HAR capture, non-functional and cost/performance optimisation in GitLab CI.

· Make quality measurable: build failure taxonomy, dashboards, and risk-based coverage in Xray/Jira to give exec-level release signals.

· Enable the org: mentor engineers, run internal workshops, lead design reviews, and align with client Product/Platform/Security on testability and observability.

Qualifications

Must-haves

· 7+ years leading test automation at scale with at least one front-end test automation tool such as Playwright + TypeScript and advanced API automation (REST, schema/contract testing).

· Proven record setting strategy and owning a roadmap, and instituting standards, governance, and policies adopted across multiple teams.

· Strong GitLab CI/CD (pipelines-as-code, templates, dynamic environments, test sharding, caching/artifacts, performance & cost tuning).

· Strong Git practices (branching strategy, protected branches, review workflows) and repo design (mono/multirepo).

· Deep Jira/Xray usage for requirement coverage, risk-based planning, dashboards, and release readiness reporting.

· Mobile Test Automation.

· Influences across Product/Platform/Security; drives data-backed decisions and clear go/no-go criteria.

· Excellent communication skills. Can clearly explain test automation strategies, results, and risks to technical and business stakeholders.

· Collaborate effectively with developers, product owners, and leadership.

· Can lead of team of other automation testers.

Should-haves

· Visual regression, accessibility (axe), performance and basic security checks integrated into CI; observability for test runs (logs/metrics/traces).

· Compliance awareness for test data policies and audit evidence in Xray.

· Contract-first/API-driven architectures, robust test data orchestration, and environment management.

· Experience reducing E2E runtime/flakiness via deterministic data, stable selectors, and pragmatic retries/timeouts.

· Good SQL.

· Computer Science related degree or similar.

· k6 or similar for basic performance smoke checks within CI.

Success indicators (12 months)

· Org-wide adherence to standards/policies.

· Trusted release signals via Jira/Xray dashboards; fewer escaped defects/sev-1 regressions.

· Documented governance (RACI, ADRs, exemption workflow) with declining exception rate and healthy quality KPIs.

· Increased automation coverage month on month.

Educational Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (mandatory).
• Master’s degree in a relevant discipline is a plus.

Additional Information

Why Join Us?

• Work in a dynamic and rapidly evolving field.
• Competitive compensation, benefits, and growth opportunities.
• Make a significant impact on the organization’s overall  posture.