QA Automation Engineer

• Design, develop, and maintain robust automated test scripts using Selenium.

• Build and enhance automation frameworks (data-driven, hybrid, or BDD).

• Perform functional, regression, integration, and system testing.

• Analyze business requirements and create comprehensive test scenarios and test cases.

• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and architects to clarify requirements.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, grooming, retrospectives).

• Perform API testing (manual and automated).

• Conduct defect tracking, root cause analysis, and impact assessment.

• Ensure CI/CD pipeline integration of automation suites.

• Provide test coverage analysis and quality metrics reporting.

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and testing.

• Strong hands-on expertise in Selenium WebDriver and automation tools.

• Proficiency in Java (preferred), C#, or Python for automation scripting.

• Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch.

• Strong understanding of functional testing principles.

• Experience with TestNG/JUnit/NUnit, Maven/Gradle, Git.

• Experience integrating automation with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).

• Experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured).

• Strong SQL knowledge for backend validation.

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

• Solid understanding of test planning, test case design techniques, regression strategy, and risk-based testing.

• Ability to independently own testing for a feature/module.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow).

• Experience with Selenium Grid / parallel execution.

• Experience testing cloud-based applications (Azure/AWS).

• Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter).

• Familiarity with containerization (Docker).

• Exposure to DevOps practices and shift-left testing.

• Experience in microservices architecture testing.

• Knowledge of security testing basics.