QA Automation Engineer

Applied Info Services India Pvt Ltd; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

AIS in Hyderabad is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to join a fast‑paced, agile team. You will design and implement automated tests across UI, API, and integration layers, integrate them into CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with developers to improve testability and reliability.

The role emphasizes quality, efficiency, and proactive problem solving. You will work with modern tech stacks and mentoring juniors while driving best practices in testing and automation.

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills with C#/.NET or Python; write production‑quality automation code.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks.
• Experience with Playwright or Cypress for UI automation and REST API testing with Postman/Swagger.
• Experience testing RESTful APIs, backend services, and integrated systems.
• CI/CD concepts and Azure DevOps pipelines (YAML preferred).
• Azure DevOps for user stories, tasks, acceptance criteria, test case management and defect tracking.

Responsibilities

• Work as an SDET in an agile product team, collaborating with engineers and product owners to ensure quality.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated tests across UI, API, and integration layers.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and fast feedback.
• Contribute to test strategy, test design, and acceptance criteria aligned to user stories.
• Perform exploratory and targeted manual testing where automation may not cover.

Skills

C#/.NET

Python

Playwright/Cypress

REST API testing

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Automation frameworks

SDET

Tools

Selenium

Postman

Swagger

JMeter

Job description

Why AIS?

When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.

Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.

Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.

Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.

Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

What are we looking for?

At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

Working@AIS

At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a QA Engineer.

Core Knowledge & Skills: Applies test automation basics, advanced testing techniques, performance testing, and Agile methodologies; uses tools like Selenium and JMeter.

Work & Complexity: Designs and executes complex test cases, analyzes defects, develops automation scripts, and collects/report metrics.

Quality & Independence: Conducts thorough testing, maintains consistency, seeks process improvements, and works independently on routine tasks.

Teamwork & Communication: Participates in team projects, shares best practices, coordinates with other teams, and mentors juniors.

Consulting & Engagement: Advises on test strategies, analyzes defects, suggests process improvements, and mentors junior testers.

As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a QA Automation Engineer.

Project Summary

We are looking for an SDET who combines software engineering skills with a passion for quality. Working in a rapid iterative agile environment, you will conduct testing (manual and automated), develop automats tests which include writing code and building high-quality test scripts which will be integrated into a CI/CD pipeline. You will work closely with developers, focus on testing efficiencies, and ensuring that software developed will address the organization’s business need or problem as defined in user stories and in adherence to the defined acceptance criteria.

Key Responsibilities

• Work as an SDET within an agile product team, partnering closely with software engineers, product owners, and architects to ensure quality is built into the solution from design through release.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated tests across UI, API, and integration layers using clean maintainable automation code.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps) to enable continuous testing and fast feedback.
• Contribute to test strategy and test design, including defining test scenarios, edge cases, and acceptance criteria (Gherkin) aligned to user stories.
• Perform exploratory and targeted manual testing where appropriate to uncover high‑risk or complex defects that automation alone may not cover.
• Collaborate in requirements review, design discussions, and code reviews to improve testability, reliability, and overall software quality.
• Maintain and enhance automation frameworks, test data, and test environments as the product evolves.
• Execute and support functional, integration, regression, and API testing, and support performance, reliability, and security testing efforts as needed.
• Analyse test results, track defects, perform root cause analysis, and drive issues to resolution.
• Communicate test status, quality metrics, and risks clearly and transparently to the broader product team.
• Act as a quality champion, promoting best practices in testing, automation, and engineering excellence.

Required For This Opportunity

• Strong programming skills with C# (.NET/ .NET Core) OR Python; ability to write production‑quality automation code.
• Hands‑on experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks.
• Experience with modern automation tools such as: Playwright or Cypress for UI automation (either is acceptable) AND Postman and/ or Swagger for REST API testing.
• Experience testing RESTful APIs, backend services, and integrated systems.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD concepts, with hands‑on experience integrating tests into Azure DevOps pipelines (YAML preferred).
• Experience using Azure DevOps for: User stories, tasks and acceptance criteria, Test case management and defect tracking.
• Comfortable working across a modern tech stack: React, .NET, PostgreSQL/SQL Server.
• Strong understanding of software testing fundamentals, including functional, integration, regression, and exploratory testing.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to diagnose complex issues and propose practical solutions.
• Experience in working with developers to ensure that systems are designed with testability, reliability, performance, and security in mind.
• Exposure to containerized or cloud hosted environments (Azure) - Docker, Kubernetes.
• Proven ability to use analytical and problem-solving skills to gather appropriate data to diagnose the cause of a problem or to develop a solution.

Nice to Have Skills

• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum or Kanban delivery models in fast‑changing product environments.
• Experience with performance, load, or security testing tools.
• Prior experience influencing test strategy for large or complex enterprise systems.

A company with a commitment to building strong relationships with our clients and employees for almost 40 years. AIS has a valued and long-term partnership with the Microsoft Corporation dating back to 1994 when Microsoft first launched its partner program. Since then, we have focused on growing our technical competencies to complement Microsoft’s product innovations and new feature releases. As one of the first 15 partners to attain all possible Microsoft Solution Partner Designations, we are continually aiming to progress the enterprise-level innovations of our clients.