QA Automation Engineer Job Description

Experience

4–6 Years

Role Summary

We are looking for a QA Automation Engineer with 4+ years of experience in manual and automation testing. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining automation frameworks while ensuring high product quality through comprehensive testing across web applications, APIs, and end-to-end workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for web and API testing.
• Automate functional, regression, smoke, sanity, and end-to-end test scenarios to improve test coverage and reduce manual effort.
• Create and execute detailed test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on business and functional requirements.
• Perform manual testing for new features and exploratory testing where automation is not applicable.
• Validate REST APIs using Postman, Rest Assured, or similar tools.
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or equivalent tools.
• Analyze automation results, investigate failures, and collaborate with development teams to resolve issues.
• Log, track, and verify defects using Jira or similar defect management tools.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.
• Continuously improve automation coverage, framework stability, and testing best practices.
• Prepare test execution reports, quality metrics, and release readiness reports.

Required Skills

• 4+ years of experience in software quality assurance with a strong focus on automation testing.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, or Cypress.
• Strong programming skills in Java /Python/JavaScript for automation development.
• Experience with TestNG, JUnit, PyTest, or similar testing frameworks.
• Hands-on experience in API automation using Rest Assured, Postman, or similar tools.
• Good understanding of Page Object Model (POM), data-driven, keyword-driven, or hybrid automation frameworks.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git.
• Exposure to CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions.
• Strong SQL knowledge for backend and database validation.
• Good understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile, and Scrum methodologies.
• Excellent analytical, debugging, and communication skills.

Good to Have

• Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter.
• Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Knowledge of BDD frameworks such as Cucumber.
• Experience testing microservices and distributed applications.
• Familiarity with security and accessibility testing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• ISTQB or equivalent QA certification is a plus.

Job description created for internal use.