QA Automation Engineer (Pune/Mumbai)(Work From Office)

Role Overview
We are looking for a QA Automation Engineer with strong expertise in automation testing to ensure high-quality software delivery across enterprise applications. This role emphasizes an automation-first mindset, CI/CD integration, and end-to-end quality ownership across the SDLC.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust automation frameworks for UI, API, integration, workflow, and end-to-end testing.
• Automate acceptance, regression, workflow, and end-to-end test scenarios aligned with business requirements.
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and faster feedback.
• Execute and analyze performance testing and ensure performance readiness as a release gate.
• Support and govern security testing (static, dynamic, and penetration) in collaboration with development teams.
• Perform cross-browser and cross-device testing to ensure a consistent user experience.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, architects, TPMs, and SMEs to ensure quality at every stage.
• Design and implement automation frameworks using design patterns (Page Object Model, Factory, Facade, Adapter).
• Mentor junior QA engineers and drive automation best practices and quality standards across teams.

Required Skills
UI & API Automation
Must Have 

• Strong expertise in UI, API, and End-to-End Automation Testing
• Hands-on experience with Selenium
• Strong experience with BDD frameworks such as Cucumber
• Proficiency in Java and JavaScript
• Experience automating business-critical workflows
• Working knowledge of White and SWTBot

 Nice to Have  

• Experience with additional UI automation tools such as Sahi and Watir
• Experience with cross-browser UI automation strategies

 Integration Testing
Must Have  

• Strong experience in integration testing between dependent systems and services
• Hands-on experience with xUnit frameworks (JUnit / TestNG)
• Ability to validate service contracts, upstream/downstream integrations, and negative scenarios
• Experience working closely with Developers, QA, and TPMs
• Experience using Lisa or similar integration testing frameworks

 Nice to Have 

• Exposure to third-party system integration testing
• Experience with mocking and stubbing tools

 Workflow Testing
Must Have 

• Experience in workflow-level testing across multiple workstreams
• Strong experience with Cucumber for business workflow validation
• Ability to design tests from a business process perspective
• Experience collaborating with TPMs, SMEs, UX, Architects, and QA/UAT teams
• Experience using Lisa for workflow orchestration

 Nice to Have 

• Experience validating workflows with stubbed upstream/downstream dependencies

 CI/CD & DevOps
Must Have 

• Strong experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines
• Hands-on experience with build and dependency management tools such as Maven and Gradle
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and continuous testing practices

 Nice to Have 

• Exposure to DevOps-driven quality gates

 Performance Testing
Must Have 

• Strong experience in performance testing of enterprise applications
• Hands-on experience with JMeter and Perfecto
• Ability to design, execute, and analyze load, stress, and endurance tests
• Experience identifying performance bottlenecks and collaborating with developers

 Nice to Have 

• Experience with Apica
• Experience integrating performance tests into CI/CD pipelines

 Security Testing
Must Have 

• Strong understanding of static and dynamic security testing concepts
• Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
• Experience supporting dynamic security testing during iterations under QA governance
• Hands-on experience with Burp Suite or OWASP ZAP

 Nice to Have 

• Experience participating in penetration testing cycles

 Test Data, Messaging & Database Testing
Must Have 

• Experience in test data management (Apache POI for Excel, JSON handling)
• Experience with data-driven testing approaches
• Knowledge of database testing using JDBC
• Experience with message queue testing (Azure Service Bus, RabbitMQ)

 Nice to Have 

• Experience validating event-driven or asynchronous systems

 What We Expect

• Strong automation-first mindset over manual execution
• Ability to own quality end to end, not just test cases
• Experience working in enterprise-scale QA environments
• Ability to mentor teams and influence quality culture