About the job
Job Title: Senior Automation Test Engineer
Location: Bengaluru (Hybrid)
Experience: 7–10 years
Employment Type: Full-time
Role Summary:
As a pivotal quality leader, you will establish the automation vision and implement it across various teams utilizing Playwright (TypeScript), robust API automation, Git, GitLab CI/CD, and Jira/Xray.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute an automation strategy and roadmap (12–24 months) focusing on test pyramid balance, shift-left approach, non-functional checks in CI, and tangible business outcomes.
- Identify and leverage opportunities for automation enhancement.
- Define and uphold standards for Playwright/TypeScript (including project structure, fixtures, page objects, assertions), API testing (schema/contract rules, backward compatibility), and Git (branch policies).
- Implement governance structures: ownership/RACI for frameworks and high-risk flows, change control for shared libraries, and quality gates in GitLab.
- Document policies regarding test data, secrets management for test runs, and release readiness criteria in Jira/Xray.
- Architect the platform by evolving the Playwright/TypeScript framework, optimizing for sharding, parallelism, caching, and non-functional performance in GitLab CI.
- Measure quality through building failure taxonomy, dashboards, and risk-based coverage metrics to provide executive-level release signals.
- Empower the organization by mentoring engineers, conducting workshops, leading design reviews, and ensuring alignment with client Product/Platform/Security on testability and observability.

