Automation Engineer, Playwright, Selenium – Capital Market Domain

Role Overview

• Designing, developing, and maintaining robust test automation solutions for an industry leader and a comprehensive private equity fund accounting and investor management software.
• Focusing on automation-first testing strategies, enabling fast feedback, high confidence releases, and scalable quality practices across teams.
• Lead requirement analysis, test strategy definition, and automation-first test plan design across functional, integration, and regression layers.
• Design, build, enhance, and maintain test automation frameworks using Playwright and Selenium for UI and API automation.
• Develop and maintain scalable, reusable, and maintainable automated test suites aligned with CI/CD pipelines.
• Use LLM-based structured prompts to assist in generating test scripts, test scenarios, and edge-case coverage (added advantage).
• Automate repetitive and regression-heavy test scenarios to maximize coverage and reduce manual effort.
• Contribute actively to QA Automation metrics, including coverage, stability, execution time, and defect leakage, and share progress with stakeholders.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute toward sprint and release goals.
• Build strong understanding of the product at both functional and technical levels, including client workflows in the BFSI domain.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Solution Architects, and Developers to understand requirements, identify gaps, and mitigate functional and technical risks early.
• Design and engineer test data to be used across the SDLC, including backend and data validation scenarios.
• Drive all phases of test execution and documentation, including: Functional testing, Automation regression testing, Integration testing, Acceptance testing, Performance and usability testing (where applicable).
• Work closely with developers and downstream teams to ensure faster defect resolution and smoother release cycles.
• Implement and continuously improve quality processes, documentation repositories, and automation best practices.
• Guide and mentor junior team members on automation frameworks, coding standards, and QA best practices.
• Ensure quality gatekeeping for new features and regression safety across releases.

Requirements

• 8–12+ years of hands-on experience in functional and automation testing (frontend and backend), with strong understanding of QA best practices.
• Strong hands-on expertise in test automation tools and frameworks, specifically: Playwright and Selenium
• Experience integrating automation suites with CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with generating and optimizing test scripts using LLMs via structured prompts (added advantage).
• Strong understanding of BFSI / Capital Markets domain, including middle
• and back-office flows.
• Proficiency in SQL / PL-SQL, including writing complex queries with joins for data validation.
• Working knowledge of UNIX/Linux commands and scripting.
• Experience with test case management tools, and version control systems such as Bitbucket.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines and deliver quality outcomes in fast-paced environments.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Tech Stack

• Linux
• SDLC
• Selenium
• SQL
• Unix

Benefits

• A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities
• A broad range of professional education and personal development possibilities – FIS is your final career step!