QA Automation 3/ SDET3

Weekday 1; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 15,000,000 - 70,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Weekday is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer in Gurugram, Haryana, India to define quality strategies across the product lifecycle and collaborate with engineering, product, and cross-functional teams to ensure reliable releases.

The role requires strong Playwright expertise, hands-on automation design, API/CLI testing, and the ability to contribute to CI/CD automation while building scalable frameworks and maintaining high standards for test coverage and quality.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of QA, testing, or quality engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on Playwright experience.
• Experience testing APIs, CLI tools, or developer-facing apps.
• Good programming skills in Java, JavaScript, Python, or TypeScript.
• CI/CD experience and test automation practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA activities and define quality strategy.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated tests with Playwright.
• Create functional, regression, API, and end-to-end tests.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines and enable continuous testing.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to mitigate quality risks.
• Perform defect analysis, root-cause investigations, and triage.

Skills

QA experience

Automation

Test design

CI/CD understanding

Tools

Playwright

Java

JavaScript

Python

TypeScript

CI/CD pipelines

API testing

CLI testing

Node.js

Git

Job description

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 15000000 - Rs 70000000 (ie INR 15-70 LPA)

Experience: 5+ yrs

Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Job Type: Full-time

As a Senior QA Automation Engineer, you will play a key role in defining and implementing quality strategies across the product lifecycle. You will work closely with engineering, product, and other cross-functional teams to design effective test approaches, build scalable automation frameworks, and ensure reliable product releases.

The role requires strong practical experience withPlaywright, excellent programming capabilities, and experience testing APIs, developer-facing applications, or CLI-based products. You will also contribute to CI/CD automation, defect investigation, test coverage improvement, and continuous enhancement of QA practices.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Lead QA activities and contribute to the overall quality strategy for products and features.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalableautomated test suites using Playwright.
• Create comprehensive functional, regression, integration, API, and end-to-end test cases.
• Test developer-facing products, APIs, CLI tools, and complex software workflows.
• Develop reliable automation scripts usingJava, JavaScript, Python, or TypeScript.
• Build and maintain reusable automation frameworks and testing utilities.
• Integrate automated tests intoCI/CD pipelinesand ensure reliable continuous testing.
• Collaborate with developers and product teams to understand requirements and identify potential quality risks.
• Perform detailed defect analysis, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigation.
• Work closely with engineering teams to reproduce, track, and resolve software defects.
• Identify gaps in test coverage and continuously improve automation effectiveness.
• Validate application functionality, usability, reliability, and overall user experience.
• Participate in release planning, regression testing, and quality assessments.
• Maintain test documentation, automation standards, and quality metrics.
• Work effectively in an asynchronous environment and communicate progress, risks, and issues clearly.
• Contribute to improvements in QA processes, tools, frameworks, and engineering best practices.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• 5+ years of experiencein QA, software testing, or quality engineering, including experience leading QA initiatives.
• Strong hands-on experience withPlaywrightand modern test automation practices.
• Proven experience testingAPIs, CLI tools, developer-facing products, or large-scale applications.
• Strong programming skills inJava, JavaScript, Python, or TypeScript.
• Extensive experience writing, maintaining, and optimising automated test cases.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and continuous testing practices.
• Excellent debugging, troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong knowledge of software testing methodologies, test strategy, regression testing, and defect management.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a strong focus on delivering clean, reliable user experiences.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to take ownership of QA initiatives and work independently while collaborating effectively with engineering and product teams.
• Comfortable working in astartup or fast-paced product environment.
• Experience withNode.js, Electron applications, and Git-based development workflowsis an advantage.
• Exposure toopen-source projects or contributionsis a plus.
• Experience testing API clients or other developer-oriented applications will be an added advantage.