Advanced Engineer Quality [T500-28179]

Albertsons Companies India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Albertsons Companies India is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer with strong automation, AI‑enabled testing, and API validation skills to strengthen our QA practice across web, API, and distributed systems. You will design and execute automated test strategies, perform hands‑on code reviews, and collaborate with product and engineering to ensure quality and reliability.

Ideal candidates will have hands‑on experience with Playwright/Selenium/Cypress, TypeScript or Python, API testing, and

Qualifications

• Strong experience in QA, SDET, or Quality Engineering roles.
• Hands‑on experience with Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or similar automation frameworks.
• Strong programming skills in TypeScript and/or Python.
• Experience in API testing and validating distributed systems.
• Performance testing expertise with tools such as k6, JMeter, or Locust.
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and Agile methodologies.
• Experience with automated unit and integration testing tools such as JUnit, TestNG, Rest‑Assured, Karate, or Cucumber.
• Familiarity with mobile testing tools such as Appium or Espresso is a plus.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• DevOps familiarity, including Docker and/or Kubernetes, is a strong plus.
• Strong understanding of design patterns and architectural principles for scalable, maintainable systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites for web, API, and distributed systems.
• Perform hands‑on code writing and code reviews for test automation and quality engineering work.
• Evaluate complex user requests and clarify functional and technical requirements for new or modified applications.
• Build and execute test strategies across functional, regression, integration, performance, and end‑to‑end testing.
• Conduct feasibility studies for new applications and existing systems, and make sound decisions within defined parameters.
• Improve and sustain software quality using strong domain knowledge and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate across product, engineering, and platform teams to solve quality and reliability issues.
• Contribute to hiring activities, team collaboration, and knowledge sharing.
• Uphold quality standards and mentor junior team members on testing practices and engineering excellence.

Skills

QA Engineer/ SDET

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

TypeScript

Python

API testing

Performance testing

Agile / SDLC

CI/CD

Docker/Kubernetes

AI/ML testing

Tools

JUnit/TestNG

Rest-Assured

Karate

Cucumber

Appium/Espresso

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

As a leading food and drug retailer in the United States, Albertsons Companies, Inc. operates over 2,200 stores across 35 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners across the United States, including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco and others, serve more than 36 million U.S customers each week.

We build and shape technology solutions that solve customers’ problems every day, making things easier for them when they shop with us online or in a store. We have made bold, strategic moves to migrate and modernize our core foundational capabilities, positioning ourselves as the first fully cloud-based grocery tech company in the industry.

Our success is built on a one-team approach, driven by the desire to understand and enhance the customer experience. By constantly pushing the boundaries of retail, we are transforming shopping into an experience that is easy, efficient, fun and engaging.

About Albertsons Companies India:

At Albertsons Companies India, we're not just pushing the boundaries of technology and retail innovation, we're cultivating a space where ideas flourish and careers thrive. Our workplace in India is a vital extension of the Albertsons Companies Inc. workforce and important to the next phase in the company’s technology journey to support millions of customers’ lives every day.

At the Albertsons Companies India, we are raising the bar to grow across Technology & Engineering, AI, Digital and other company functions, and transform a 165-year-old American retailer. At Albertsons Companies India associates collaborate directly with international teams, enhancing decision-making processes and organizational agility through exciting and pivotal projects. Your work will make history and help millions of lives each day come together around the joys of food and inspire their well-being.

ACI is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer with strong automation, performance, and API testing expertise, along with hands‑on experience validating AI‑enabled products and systems. The ideal candidate will combine deep QA engineering skills with modern software development practices, strong programming ability, and familiarity with AI‑assisted development and AI/ML system testing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites for web, API, and distributed systems.
• Perform hands‑on code writing and code reviews for test automation and quality engineering work.
• Evaluate complex user requests and clarify functional and technical requirements for new or modified applications.
• Build and execute test strategies across functional, regression, integration, performance, and end‑to‑end testing.
• Conduct feasibility studies for new applications and existing systems, and make sound decisions within defined parameters.
• Improve and sustain software quality using strong domain knowledge and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate across product, engineering, and platform teams to solve quality and reliability issues.
• Contribute to hiring activities, team collaboration, and knowledge sharing.
• Uphold quality standards and mentor junior team members on testing practices and engineering excellence.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Strong experience in QA, SDET, or Quality Engineering roles.
• Hands‑on experience with Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or similar automation frameworks.
• Strong programming skills in TypeScript and/or Python.
• Experience in API testing and validating distributed systems.
• Performance testing expertise with tools such as k6, JMeter, or Locust.
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and Agile methodologies.
• Experience with automated unit and integration testing tools such as JUnit, TestNG, Rest‑Assured, Karate, or Cucumber.
• Familiarity with mobile testing tools such as Appium or Espresso is a plus.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• DevOps familiarity, including Docker and/or Kubernetes, is a strong plus.
• Strong understanding of design patterns and architectural principles for scalable, maintainable systems.

AI-Related Skills and Experience:

• This role specifically requires candidates who can support AI‑driven products and workflows. Ideal candidates should have:
• Experience testing AI/ML systems, including LLMs, RAG pipelines, and agentic workflows.
• Familiarity with validating AI outputs for accuracy, consistency, safety, latency, and reliability.Understanding of how to test systems that use prompting, retrieval, tool use, and multi‑step orchestration.
• Experience using or evaluating AI‑assisted development tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot Cursor or similar tools.
• Ability to design test strategies for AI features where outputs may be probabilistic rather than deterministic.
• Comfort working with engineering teams building AI‑enabled applications, copilots, or multi‑agent systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in frontend testing with React and TypeScript.
• Background in performance and capacity planning for distributed and mobile environments.
• Exposure to cloud‑native engineering practices and scalable test infrastructure.
• Experience mentoring others and raising quality standards across teams.

What Success Looks Like:

• Reliable validation of AI‑powered features and workflows.
• Strong collaboration with engineering teams to prevent defects early.
• Improved release quality, performance, and maintainability across products.