QA Automation SDET

Role & responsibilities

QA Automation Engineer / SDET 3–5 Years

Location: Bangalore, India
Experience: 3–5 Years
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

We are looking for a skilled QA Automation Engineer / SDET with 3–5 years of experience in software quality assurance, test automation, and API testing. The ideal candidate should have strong programming fundamentals, hands-on experience building and maintaining automation frameworks, and a good understanding of CI/CD and Agile development practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust automated test scripts for web and API applications.
• Build and enhance automation frameworks using Java/Python/JavaScript and tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or Appium.
• Create and execute functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end test suites.
• Develop and execute REST API automation using tools such as REST Assured, Postman, or equivalent.
• Analyze requirements and create comprehensive test scenarios and test cases.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and track software defects using tools such as Jira.
• Perform root-cause analysis of automation and application failures.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar tools.
• Work closely with developers, product managers, and other QA engineers to ensure product quality.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Maintain test documentation, automation reports, and test data.
• Contribute to improving test coverage, automation stability, execution speed, and overall QA processes.

Required Skills

• 3–5 years of experience in Software Testing / QA Automation / SDET roles.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Python, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience with Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar automation tools.
• Strong knowledge of API testing and automation, preferably REST APIs.
• Experience with TestNG/JUnit/PyTest/Jest or equivalent testing frameworks.
• Good understanding of SQL and database testing.
• Experience with Git and source-control practices.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab.
• Good understanding of SDLC, STLC, defect lifecycle, and Agile methodologies.
• Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and reusable automation code.

Good to Have

• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes.
• Exposure to AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Experience with performance or load testing tools such as JMeter or k6.
• Mobile automation experience using Appium.
• Experience testing microservices and distributed systems.
• Knowledge of BDD frameworks such as Cucumber.
• Experience with test reporting and observability tools.
• Familiarity with security testing concepts.

Preferred candidate profile

Perks and benefits