QA Automation Engineer

Jobitus; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobitus is seeking a QA Automation Engineer with strong manual testing foundations and hands-on exposure to API, automation, and performance testing. The role covers functional testing, Playwright automation, Postman API testing, and load testing using JMeter, while collaborating with developers and the Senior QA Automation Engineer.

Candidates should have STLC/SDLC knowledge, experience with Postman, Playwright, JMeter, and SQL for data validation, plus basic programming in TS/JS, Python, or

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.
• Strong manual testing fundamentals and knowledge of STLC/SDLC.
• Experience with API testing, Postman.
• Hands-on Playwright automation with locators and assertions.
• Experience with JMeter and load testing.
• Strong debugging, analytical, and communication skills.
• Basic programming knowledge in TS/JS, Python or Java.
• Familiarity with Git/Bitbucket and Jenkins is a plus.
• ISTQB Foundation certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Analyse requirements and prepare test scenarios and test cases using appropriate test design techniques.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, smoke, and exploratory testing.
• Conduct API testing using Postman, including collections, environments, scripts, authentication, and response validation.
• Develop and maintain UI and API automation tests using Playwright.
• Create and maintain JMeter scripts for load and performance testing.
• Validate asynchronous workflows across queues, databases, and logs.
• Perform data validation using SQL.
• Log clear and reproducible defects in Jira and coordinate with developers for resolution.
• Contribute to improving test coverage, automation, and QA processes.

Skills

Manual testing

Debugging

Analytical thinking

Communication

SQL data validation

Test design techniques

Basic programming (TS/JS/Python/Java)

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Playwright

Postman

JMeter

Git/Bitbucket

Jenkins

Burp Suite

OWASP Top 10

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE:

We are looking for a QA Automation Engineer with strong manual testing fundamentals and hands-on exposure to API, automation, and performance testing. The role will involve functional testing, Playwright automation, API testing using Postman, and load testing using JMeter while working closely with developers and the Senior QA Automation Engineer.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyse requirements and prepare test scenarios and test cases using appropriate test design techniques.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, smoke, and exploratory testing.
• Conduct API testing using Postman, including collections, environments, scripts, authentication, and response validation.
• Develop and maintain UI and API automation tests using Playwright.
• Create and maintain JMeter scripts for load and performance testing.
• Validate asynchronous workflows across queues, databases, and logs.
• Perform data validation using SQL.
• Log clear and reproducible defects in Jira and coordinate with developers for resolution.
• Contribute to improving test coverage, automation, and QA processes.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Strong hands-on Manual Testing with good knowledge of STLC/SDLC.
• Knowledge of BVA, Equivalence Partitioning, Decision Tables, and State Transitions.
• Hands-on API testing using Postman.
• Familiarity with Playwright, including locators, assertions, auto-waiting, and basic fixtures.
• Familiarity with JMeter, including thread groups, samplers, listeners, and basic correlation.
• Hands-on SQL for data validation.
• Basic programming knowledge in TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, or Java.
• Understanding of test pyramid, shift-left testing, risk-based testing, eventual consistency, idempotency, and latency.
• Strong debugging, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

GOOD TO HAVE:

• Exposure to microservices, asynchronous systems, queues, retries, and dead-letter queues.
• Experience with Git/Bitbucket and Jenkins.
• Basic knowledge of OWASP Top 10, Burp Suite/ZAP.
• Knowledge of contract testing and accessibility testing.
• ISTQB Foundation certification.
• Experience identifying and troubleshooting flaky tests.

QUALIFICATION:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.