Quality Analyst with AI - Hyd - 4-6Yrs

PragmaEdge Software Services Private Limited; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

PragmaEdge Software Services Private Limited is seeking a Senior Quality Analyst – Automation to lead the transformation of our Selenium-based automation framework into a modern Playwright-based solution. You will mentor junior QA engineers while driving automation strategy across the product lifecycle and collaborate with Dev, DevOps, and product teams.

You will own automation planning, implement reusable libraries, and ensure release readiness with strong debugging, tracing, and

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years in QA; 3+ years in automation.
• Strong understanding of Playwright features (tracing, fixtures, test runner, parallel execution)
• Experience in API automation – REST/GraphQL
• CI/CD and version control expertise
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

• Lead migration of automation suites from Selenium/WebDriver to Playwright (TypeScript/Python)
• Identify test coverage gaps and implement automation-first approach
• Build reusable libraries, utilities, fixtures, and page objects using Playwright
• Own automation planning, scoping, estimates, and prioritization
• Integrate test suites into CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins)
• Ensure reliability, flakiness reduction & maintainability
• Collaborate with Dev, DevOps, Product & BA teams for test strategy
• Lead shift-left initiatives & quality engineering mindset
• Drive release readiness, sign-off & quality KPIs
• Troubleshoot automation failures using advanced debugging
• Assist in RCA for product defects & automation gaps
• Support continuous regression for monthly/quarterly releases

Skills

Playwright features

API automation

CI/CD integration

Debugging & problem solving

Automation strategy

Mentoring juniors

Tools

Playwright

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Docker/Kubernetes

Job description

We are looking for a highly skilledSenior Quality Analyst – Automationto lead the transformation of our existing Selenium-based automation framework into a modern, scalable, and maintainable Playwright framework. The ideal candidate brings deep automation expertise, strong problem‑solving skills, and the ability to mentor junior QA engineers while driving automation strategy across the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead migration of automation suites from Selenium/WebDriver to Playwright (TypeScript/Python)
  
• Identify test coverage gaps and implement automation-first approach
  
• Build reusable libraries, utilities, fixtures, and page objects using Playwright
  

Test Planning & Execution

• Own automation planning, scoping, estimates, and prioritization
  
• Integrate test suites into CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins)
  
• Ensure reliability, flakiness reduction & maintainability
  

Quality Governance & Collaboration

• Collaborate with Dev, DevOps, Product & BA teams for test strategy
  
• Lead shift-left initiatives & quality engineering mindset
  
• Drive release readiness, sign-off & quality KPIs
  
• Troubleshoot automation failures using advanced debugging
  
• Assist in RCA for product defects & automation gaps
  
• Support continuous regression for monthly/quarterly releases
  

Required Skills & Experience

• 5–8+ years in QA; 3+ years in automation
  
• Strong understanding of Playwright features (tracing, fixtures, test runner, parallel execution)
  
• Experience in API automation – REST/GraphQL
  
• CI/CD and version control expertise
  
• Strong debugging and problem‑solving skills
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Playwright or K6-based performance testing experience
  
• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes