Lead Automation QA Engineer

Luxoft; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft in Bengaluru (hybrid delivery) seeks an experienced QA Automation Engineer to design, build and maintain robust automation frameworks using Java and Selenium WebDriver. You will own test planning and scripting for functional, regression and integration testing, while contributing to API testing and cross-browser coverage.

You will also mentor junior QA engineers, participate in Agile ceremonies, and drive quality improvements across CI/CD pipelines and testing practices in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• 8–10 years in software QA with a strong automation focus.
• Proficiency in Java and Selenium WebDriver.
• Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks and CI/CD integration.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automation frameworks using Java and Selenium WebDriver
• Create and execute test plans, test cases and test scripts for functional, regression and integration testing
• Perform manual testing — functional, smoke, sanity and exploratory — where automation is not applicable
• Build and maintain automated suites on TestNG/JUnit; apply Page Object Model and other design patterns for scalability
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps)
• Identify automation opportunities together with development teams and drive test coverage improvements
• Perform API testing using Rest Assured, Postman or equivalent
• Analyse results, raise and track defects in JIRA
• Mentor junior QA engineers and set automation best practices
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning and estimation; report test status to stakeholders

Skills

Java

Selenium WebDriver

TestNG/JUnit

Maven/Gradle

Git

Jenkins

API testing

SQL testing

Manual testing

Mentoring

Tools

Jenkins

Git

Maven/Gradle

Postman/REST client

Job description

Project description

QA engineering team supporting a long-running product line for an international manufacturing client. The team owns functional and regression coverage for web-based applications, maintains a Java/Selenium automation framework, and runs automated suites as part of the CI/CD pipeline. Work is organised in Agile/Scrum with distributed teams; the engineer collaborates directly with developers, BAs and product owners on requirement clarification, test design and defect triage. Delivery is from Bangalore in a hybrid model.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automation frameworks using Java and Selenium WebDriver
• Create and execute test plans, test cases and test scripts for functional, regression and integration testing
• Perform manual testing — functional, smoke, sanity and exploratory — where automation is not applicable
• Build and maintain automated suites on TestNG/JUnit; apply Page Object Model and other design patterns for scalability
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps)
• Identify automation opportunities together with development teams and drive test coverage improvements
• Perform API testing using Rest Assured, Postman or equivalent
• Analyse results, raise and track defects in JIRA
• Mentor junior QA engineers and set automation best practices
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning and estimation; report test status to stakeholders

SKILLS

Must have

• 8–10 years in software QA with a strong automation focus.Java (expert level, Core Java + OOP)Selenium WebDriver, Selenium GridTestNG / JUnitMaven or GradleGit / GitHub / BitbucketJenkins, GitLab CI or Azure DevOpsAPI testing - Rest Assured, Postman, SoapUISQL / database testingCross-browser and cross-platform testingManual testing: SDLC/STLC, test case design, JIRA / TestRail / Zephyr, functional, regression, integration, UAT, smoke, sanityMentoring and technical guidance experience

Nice to have

BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow); performance testing (JMeter, LoadRunner); Agile/Scrum at scale