Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Stratacent; Pune District; On-site; INR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group Medical Insurance

Job summary

A leading IT consulting firm is looking for an Automation Test Engineer based in Pune. The role involves building Playwright frameworks, executing API tests, and integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines. Candidates should have over 7 years of experience in SDET roles and a strong background in test automation and backend testing. The company offers group medical insurance and focuses on services in financial and healthcare sectors. Join to advance your career in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in SDET roles with expertise in test automation.
• Experience with Node.js backend testing.
• Proficiency in API testing with automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Build and execute automated test cases with Playwright.
• Implement CI/CD test strategies.
• Execute E2E testing across multiple components.

Skills

Test automation

Node.js

Playwright

API testing

SQL

Jira

GitHub

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Postman

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Job description

Overview

Business Title: Automation Test Engineer

Job Location: Pune

Experience: 7+ Years

Employment Type: Full Time

Shift Timings: 3 PM IST to 12 AM IST

Skills and Competencies

• 7+ years in SDET roles with deep expertise in end-to-end test automation and complex integration testing, including preferred experience with IBM GRC services automation.
• Experience with Node.js backend testing.
• Expertise in designing and implementing Playwright test automation frameworks from scratch.
• Expertise in GitHub and branching strategies and workflow management, including feature branching, pull request reviews, and CI/CD pipeline integration.
• Experience using GitHub Copilot.
• Proficiency in API testing using Postman and automation frameworks; experience with REST (GraphQL is a plus).
• Advanced SQL for database testing, data validation, and reconciliation across systems.
• Experience with Jira (preferably Xray for test management), Confluence, Git/GitHub.
• Solid understanding of SDLC, Agile/Scrum, CI/CD, branching strategies, and code review practices.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and exceptional communication and stakeholder collaboration.
• Experience with Excel-based data analysis and reporting.
• BS or higher in Computer Science or related technical field.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

• Build Playwright frameworks from scratch and develop/execute automated test cases, and test scripts with a focus on functional, integration, and regression testing.
• Implement test tagging & parallelization strategies to optimize test suites for CI/CD.
• Execute integration testing ensuring accurate data flow between platforms.
• Drive E2E testing spanning multiple components (UI, services, data stores, ETL jobs, events/queues) and validate key workflows via test automation.
• Perform API and backend testing to validate data integrity and system interactions.
• Create and manage test plans, test cases, and executions using JIRA (preferably with Xray).
• Defect tracking and reporting.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps), enabling shift-left testing, parallelization, test flakiness control, and reporting dashboards.
• Work closely with development, product, and integration teams to identify issues and drive resolution.
• Provide actionable insights for continuous improvement in testing processes. Adapt to evolving testing requirements driven by business priorities across diverse platforms and products.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate QA and AI-driven test automation to boost coverage, speed, and reliability.
• Track and communicate quality metrics/KPIs (coverage, escape rate, flakiness) and drive continuous improvement.

Company Benefits

• Group Medical Insurance

Company Profile

Stratacent is a Global IT Consulting and Services firm, headquartered in Jersey City, NJ, with global delivery centres in Pune and Gurugram plus offices in USA, London, Canada and South Africa.

We are a leading IT services provider focusing in Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare and Life Sciences. We help our customers in their transformation journey and provides services around Information Security, Cloud Services, Data and AI, Automation, Application Development and IT Operations.

URL - http://stratacent.com

Stratacent India Private Limited is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, ancestry, handicap, or any other factor protected by law.