Automation Test Engineer Lead

Tech Mahindra; Mumbai, Pune District; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Mahindra in Pune/Mumbai invites an experienced Automation Test Engineer to join our SDET team. You will design, implement and own Playwright-based end-to-end test suites, working with developers to ensure test code meets production-grade standards.

The role demands a developer-first mindset, strong programming skills in Python and .NET, and the ability to optimize tests for speed, reliability, and scalable execution in CI/CD pipelines and containerized environments.

Qualifications

• SDET with strong Playwright expertise and automation mindset.
• Experience designing robust test architectures and scalable suites.
• Proficient in Python and .NET for test automation workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute fast, reliable end-to-end web tests using Playwright.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Automate API/backend validation and mock network layers when needed.
• Minimize test flakiness and optimize tests in containerized environments (Docker).
• Demonstrate core testing stack mastery with Playwright across its lifecycle.

Skills

Playwright

SDET

Test Automation

CI/CD

Python

DotNet

Automation Frameworks

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Docker

Job description

Dear Candidate,

Hope you are doing well!

We have opportunity for Automation Test Engineer for our company.

PFB the Job description QA Playwright role.

Job Role: QA Playwright

Job Location: Pune/ Mumbai

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Highly skilled and analytical SDET specializing in Playwright. Act as a core member of our engineering team
• Go beyond standard QA execution to treat test code with the same rigor, architecture, and scalability as production-grade software.

This role requires a developer-first mindset with exceptional programming skills to optimize local test velocities and pipeline execution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Test Engineering & Execution: Design and execute fast, reliable end-to-end web application tests, leveraging advanced Playwright native features like custom fixtures, request/response interception, and multi-context storage states.
• CI/CD Infrastructure: Build, manage, and optimize automated test parallelization, test sharding, and orchestration within CI/CD engines such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI.
• API & Backend Testing: Build unified automation suites that validate RESTful or GraphQL API endpoints, mocking network layers to isolate frontend components when necessary.
• Performance & Analytics: Track, report, and dramatically minimize test flakiness; optimize local and cloud test suites to run efficiently within containerized environments like Docker.
• Core Testing Stack: Expert-level proficiency with Playwright automation framework and its full lifecycle architecture.
• Programming Languages: Strong software development background in modern languages—ideally Python and DotNet.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience implementing Agentic AI, self-healing locators, or autonomous LLM pipelines into the testing lifecycle.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms – Azure and configuring scalable browser grids or serverless test runners.