Sr. Automation QA Engineer

We are looking for a Sr. Automation QA Engineer

As a QA Engineer, you will be an integral part of a cross-functional Agile product development group, responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and usability of the HR/cloud solution. You'll collaborate closely with Product Owners, Developers, UX/Design, DevOps, and other QA peers to define test strategy, execute test plans (manual and automation), raise quality metrics, and advocate for the end user.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and stand-ups to understand upcoming features, acceptance criteria, and risks.
• Define test strategy, test objectives, and scope for features in the product.
• Design, develop, and execute test cases (manual and automated) that cover UI, API, integration, and system behavior.
• Build and maintain automation suites using tools such as Selenium (or other UI automation frameworks), API test tools, BDD frameworks (e.g., Cucumber).
• Execute functional, regression, integration, system, performance, and usability tests.
• Work with DevOps/CI pipelines (e.g., Jenkins) to integrate automation and ensure build quality.
• Collaborate with developers to locate root causes, reproduce issues, provide detailed bug reports (with steps to reproduce, logs, screen captures, data), and verify fixes.
• Advocate for quality by identifying gaps in test coverage, recommending improvements in the process, toolchain, or product design.
• Generate and present metrics on test coverage, defect trends, automation execution, and quality status to stakeholders.
• Champion best practices around QA in the team (e.g., shift-left testing, pair testing, automation early in sprint).
• Stay current with new testing tools, frameworks, or techniques, and coach/mentor junior QA engineers as needed.

Requirements:

• Several years of professional QA/test engineering experience in a software development environment (UI, API, integration testing).
• Strong experience with automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium WebDriver) and test script development (languages such as Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python).
• Experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow) and writing feature/scenario files.
• Experience in API testing (Postman, REST/SOAP services) and backend testing (databases, SQL).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins) and integrating automation into the build pipeline.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in an Agile/Scrum environment with dynamic, ambiguous requirements, fast pace.

Required Skills:

• Ideally automation testing with Playwright experience.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with modern UI frameworks (e.g., React, Angular) or mobile testing frameworks.
• Familiarity with performance/load testing (JMeter, etc.) or accessibility testing (WCAG).
• Experience working on SaaS/cloud-based HR/HCM products.
• Experience mentoring other QA engineers, contributing to team process improvements.