Quality Assurance Analyst

Trantor; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Trantor in Bengaluru is seeking a high-caliber QA Automation Engineer with a strong foundation in automation fundamentals, Playwright experience, and hands-on test coverage across UI and API where applicable.

You will implement robust locator strategies, integrate with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps), collaborate with DevOps, and mentor teammates on automation best practices.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in automation fundamentals (selectors, waits, test design, framework patterns).
• Hands-on Playwright experience for reliable and maintainable automated test coverage.
• Comfort with modern testing tools, CI/CD integration, and Agile delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Playwright Automation Development.
• Implement robust locator strategies (data-testid, role selectors, stable DOM).
• Leverage Playwright features: auto-waiting, trace viewer, screenshots/video.
• API automation using RestAssured (Java) and/or Playwright API Request context.
• CI/CD integration: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps; report generation with Allure/Extent/Playwright HTML reports.
• Collaborate with developers, BAs, and DevOps to ensure quality delivery.
• Analyze test failures, debug scripts, manage test data and environment configs; maintain documentation.

Skills

Automation design

Agile delivery

Test design

Debugging

CI/CD collaboration

Tools

Playwright

Selenium WebDriver

Postman

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Allure Reports

Extent Reports

Job description

We are seeking a high-caliber QA Automation Engineer. This role requires a strong foundation in automation fundamentals (selectors, waits, test design, framework patterns), and hands-on Playwright experience to deliver reliable and maintainable automated test coverage. The ideal candidate should be comfortable with modern testing tools, CI/CD integration, and Agile delivery environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Playwright Automation Development
• Implement robust locator strategies (data-testid, role selectors, stable DOM strategy)
• Leverage Playwright capabilities:
• auto-waiting, trace viewer, screenshots/video
• network interception (where required)
• AppiumExperience

API Testing & Data Validation

• Build and maintain API automation tests using:
• RestAssured (Java) and/or Playwright API Request context
• Validate data integrity and end-to-end flows across UI + API (where applicable)

CI/CD & Reporting

• Integrate test execution into CI/CD pipelines:
• Jenkins / GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps
• Allure / Playwright HTML reports / Extent reports
• Collaborate closely with developers, BAs, and DevOps engineers to ensure quality delivery.
• Analyze test failures, debug automation scripts, and perform root cause analysis.
• Manage test data, environment configurations, and execution reports (Extent / Allure).
• Mentor team members on automation best practices and code reviews.
• Maintain documentation required for handover: automation coverage, known gaps, execution guide

Technical Skills Required

• Playwright (Critical)
• Solid knowledge of TypeScript
• Expertise in writing stable UI tests:
• retries (used responsibly)
• Selenium WebDriver with Java (legacy understanding helps migration)
• Understanding of framework patterns:
• Page Object Model / fixtures-based approach
• logs, traces, screenshots/video interpretation

CI/CD + Tools

• Jenkins / GitHub Actions (pipeline execution, triggers, artifacts)
• Git (branching, pull requests, code reviews)

API Testing

• RestAssured and/or Playwright API
• Postman for validations
• Strong understanding of request/response validation

Good to Have

• Docker / Selenium Grid / containerized execution
• SQL skills for backend validations
• Test management tools: Jira + Zephyr/Xray/TestRail
• Regulated domain maturity (healthcare/fintech): audit trails, PII/PHI awareness

Process Requirements

• Strong Agile delivery experience (Scrum ceremonies)
• Ability to create/update structured test documentation and maintain traceability