QE Engineer (UI and API Automation)

Spatial Alphabet; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Spatial Alphabet is seeking a QE Automation Engineer to strengthen product quality across the testing lifecycle. You will design AI-assisted test analysis, implement automated UI and API tests using TypeScript and Playwright, and contribute to exploratory testing within Agile sprints.

In this role you will collaborate with developers and product teams, maintain test assets, and ensure CI visibility via Allure or equivalent, driving release readiness and high automation health.

Qualifications

• Experience across the full testing lifecycle including requirements analysis, test design, and defect management.
• Proficiency in TypeScript with hands-on Playwright for UI and API automation.
• Familiarity with test case management platforms (TestRail) and test reporting (Allure).

Responsibilities

• Analyze stories, acceptance criteria, and specs with AI-assisted tooling to identify test scenarios and risks.
• Design and author test cases aligned with sprint deliverables and release scope.
• Build and maintain automated UI and API tests in TypeScript/Playwright within each sprint; perform exploratory testing where needed.
• Report, track and verify defects with developers and product teams; ensure CI visibility.
• Maintain test case management sync with automation results and CI status.
• Contribute to code reviews and reusable framework components; monitor automation health with AI insights.

Skills

TypeScript

Playwright

CI/CD

Agile

Tools

TestRail

Allure

GitHub Copilot

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION
QE Automation Engineer (UI & API Automation)
TypeScript | Playwright | AI-Assisted Quality Engineering
Role Overview
We are looking for a QE Automation Engineer to strengthen product quality across the testing lifecycle. The role focuses on AI-assisted test analysis and design, automated UI and API testing using TypeScript and Playwright, exploratory testing, defect management, and reliable quality validation within Agile sprints and release workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze stories, acceptance criteria, and specifications using AI-assisted tooling to identify test scenarios, coverage gaps, and risks before development begins.
• Design and author test cases with AI-assisted support, aligned with sprint deliverables and release scope.
• Build and maintain automated UI and API test coverage in TypeScript and Playwright within each sprint, using AI-assisted workflows for test design, code authoring, and suite maintenance; apply hands-on exploratory testing where it adds coverage that automation alone cannot provide.
• Report, track, and verify defects through resolution, coordinating with developers and product teams on priority and impact.
• Keep test case management and automation results in sync, ensuring automated coverage reflects test design and that results accurately represent CI state.
• Participate in sprint ceremonies as the QE voice for your team.
• Contribute to release sign-off activities, including stage verification, Allure results review, and release readiness confirmation.
• Participate in code reviews for automation contributions and contribute reusable components to the shared framework.
• Monitor automation health and defect trends using AI-powered analysis and raise quality concerns proactively.

Required Technical Skills

• Solid experience covering the full testing lifecycle: requirements analysis, test design, manual and exploratory testing, defect management, and test automation.
• Proficiency in TypeScript and hands-on experience with Playwright for UI and API test automation.
• Experience with test case management platforms such as TestRail or equivalent.
• Familiarity with test reporting platforms such as Allure or equivalent.
• Experience working in an AI-assisted development environment such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent.
• Understanding of AI agent concepts and their practical application across the testing lifecycle.
• Experience working within CI/CD pipelines and version control systems such as Git.
• Experience in Agile delivery (Scrum or equivalent) as a QE team member.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to define what needs testing, not just execute what is assigned.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across developers, product, and delivery.

AI & Emerging QE Capabilities

• Use AI-assisted tooling to support test scenario identification, test design, automation code authoring, and suite maintenance.
• Understand AI agent concepts and how they can be applied across the testing lifecycle.

Good to Have

• Familiarity with cloud-based cross-browser testing platforms such as LambdaTest or equivalent.
• Familiarity with cloud secrets management and infrastructure access, such as AWS Secrets Manager or equivalent.
• Exposure to enterprise SaaS platforms such as ERP, CRM, CMS, or LMS systems in a QE context.
• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman or equivalent.
• Familiarity with performance or accessibility testing approaches.
• Exposure to DevOps practices and automation pipelines.
• Understanding of modern software architecture patterns such as microservices, REST, and GraphQL.

What Success Looks Like

• Identify meaningful test scenarios, coverage gaps, and quality risks early in the development lifecycle.
• Maintain automated UI and API coverage aligned with sprint scope and test design.
• Keep test management records, automation results, and CI status consistent.
• Support release readiness through stage verification and review of Allure results.
• Improve automation health and proactively communicate defect trends and quality concerns.