Senior Automation Test Engineer

Job Title: Senior Automation Engineer

Location: Bengaluru (Hybrid)
Experience: 710 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 youll do

Set and deliver the automation strategy & roadmap (1224 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

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field (mandatory).
• Masters 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 organizations overall  posture.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time