Lead II - Software Testing (Playwright, Typescript)

UST; Thiruvananthapuram; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

UST is seeking a highly motivated QA Automation Engineer with expertise in test automation, cloud-native testing, API validation, data quality assurance, and performance testing. You will drive end-to-end quality across web applications, microservices, event-driven architectures, and data pipelines using Playwright, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Node.js within CI/CD pipelines.

As part of an Agile team, you will validate AWS-based workflows, automate data flows, and ensure reliability, performance,

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in designing and building Test Automation Frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of QA automation across UI, API, data and cloud layers.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation in a cloud environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the E2E test strategy (manual and automation) covering UI, API, Cloud and data layers—validating user flows, integrations, and business rules across services, queues, and databases.
• Create and maintain comprehensive Test Plans, Test Strategies, Traceability Matrices, Test Cases, Checklists, and Test Data aligned to requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Create and manage Jenkins pipelines for continuous deployment and integrate automated tests to ensure continuous testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to automate data flows, and end- to-end system functionality.

Skills

Playwright

API Testing

AWS

TypeScript

Job description

• Own the E2E test strategy (manual and automation) covering UI, API, Cloud and data layers—validating user flows, integrations, and business rules across services, queues, and databases.


• Create and maintain comprehensive Test Plans, Test Strategies, Traceability Matrices, Test Cases, Checklists, and Test Data aligned to requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.


• Create and manage Jenkins pipelines for continuous deployment and integrate automated tests to ensure continuous testing


• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to automate data flows, and end- to-end system functionality.


• Validate end-to-end ETL pipelines, ensuring data integrity and accuracy through complex SQL validations


• Verify API integrations using API Gateway, Lambda, and backend microservices


• Create and Execute Performance tests to identify any performance bottlenecks


• Strong communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate with team members and stakeholders.


• Experience in Agile methodologies and a deep understanding of the overall testing process within an Agile framework.


• Knowledge of various testing methodologies and test automation tools, with hands-on experience in designing and building Test Automation Frameworks.


• Validate workflows involving AWS Lambda, including event-driven triggers and asynchronous processing


• Test data ingestion, storage, and retrieval processes using Amazon S3


• Execute end-to-end testing, debugging of cloud workflows/services in AWS

Role Description

We are seeking a highly motivated QA Automation Engineer with expertise in test automation, cloud-native application testing, API validation, data quality assurance, and performance testing. The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving end-to-end quality engineering initiatives across web applications, microservices, event-driven architectures, and data pipelines. This role requires hands-on experience in building scalable automation frameworks using Playwright, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Node.js, validating AWS-based solutions, integrating automated testing within CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring the reliability, performance, and integrity of applications across UI, API, cloud, and data layers. The candidate will collaborate closely with cross-functional Agile teams to deliver high-quality software solutions through continuous testing and automation. Key Responsibilities:

• Own the E2E test strategy (manual and automation) covering UI, API, Cloud and data layers—validating user flows, integrations, and business rules across services, queues, and databases.


• Create and maintain comprehensive Test Plans, Test Strategies, Traceability Matrices, Test Cases, Checklists, and Test Data aligned to requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.


• Develop and maintain automation framework, test plans, test scripts using JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, Playwright(preferred), ensuring the robustness, scalability, and performance of our applications.


• Create and manage Jenkins pipelines for continuous deployment and integrate automated tests to ensure continuous testing


• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to automate data flows, and end- to-end system functionality.


• Validate end-to-end ETL pipelines, ensuring data integrity and accuracy through complex SQL validations


• Verify API integrations using API Gateway, Lambda, and backend microservices


• Create and Execute Performance tests to identify any performance bottlenecks


• Strong communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate with team members and stakeholders.


• Experience in Agile methodologies and a deep understanding of the overall testing process within an Agile framework.


• Knowledge of various testing methodologies and test automation tools, with hands-on experience in designing and building Test Automation Frameworks.


• Validate workflows involving AWS Lambda, including event-driven triggers and asynchronous processing


• Test data ingestion, storage, and retrieval processes using Amazon S3


• Execute end-to-end testing, debugging of cloud workflows/services in AWS

Skills

Playwright, API Testing, AWS, TypeScript