Quality Engineer - Test Automation

Algoleap Technologies; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Algoleap Technologies Pvt Ltd in Hyderabad is seeking an experienced Senior QA/QE to own the quality strategy for complex enterprise applications. You will design and implement scalable Playwright automation, build end-to-end coverage, and drive data validation using SQL and logs.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing, framework development, and collaboration with product and engineering teams to ensure release readiness and strong quality metrics.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of hands-on software QA/QE experience.
• Advanced UI automation with Playwright is mandatory.
• Strong programming/scripting ability for test automation.
• Experience designing or extending automation frameworks.
• Experience with system, integration, regression, exploratory, and E2E testing.

Responsibilities

• Own the quality strategy for assigned products and releases.
• Design, develop, review, and maintain automated tests with Playwright.
• Build end-to-end, integration, regression, and data-validation coverage.
• Perform hands-on manual testing for high-risk scenarios.
• Use SQL queries and logs to validate data integrity and root cause defects.
• Manage test data, environments, and test plans with documentation.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering across the SDLC.
• Provide release readiness assessments and sign-offs.
• Identify risks affecting timelines and quality; propose mitigations.
• Champion QA practices, automation, and performance testing.
• Mentor engineers and lead reviews across teams.

Skills

Playwright automation

SQL queries

Test automation

QA strategy

Agile delivery

Job description

Algoleap Technologies Pvt Ltd | Full time

Key Responsibilities

• Own the quality strategy for assigned products and releases,translating business and technical requirements into risk-based test plans,coverage models, and acceptance criteria.
• Design, develop, review, and maintain scalable automated testsusing Playwright and TestCraft (internal tool); contribute to framework architecture, coding standards, reusable components, and reliable execution.
• Build and maintain end-to-end, integration, regression, anddata-validation coverage for complex enterprise workflows.
• Perform hands‑on manual and exploratory testing where automationis not appropriate, with emphasis on high‑risk scenarios, edge cases, usability, and production‑like behavior.
• Use complex SQL queries, application logs, and databaselogs to validate data integrity, isolate defects, and support root‑cause analysis.
• Manage test data, test environments, system test plans, regressionplans, defect evidence, and clear test‑result documentation.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and other stakeholdersthroughout the SDLC to improve requirements, testability, defect prevention, and delivery predictability.
• Provide evidence‑based release readiness assessments and cleartest sign‑offs against agreed quality standards and acceptance criteria.
• Identify, communicate, and track risks affecting releasetimelines, product quality, environment readiness, or testing efficiency;recommend practical mitigation actions.
• Champion compliance, quality engineering, Agile, and SDLCpractices; continuously improve automation, defect management, andperformance‑testing approaches.
• Mentor engineers, lead technical reviews, share knowledge, and influence quality practices across multiple teams without direct authority.

Required Skills &Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of hands‑onsoftware quality engineering experience, including ownership of end‑to‑end testing for complex enterprise applications.
• Advanced, recent hands‑on experience creating and maintaining UIautomation with Playwright; this is a mandatory requirement.
• Strong programming or scripting ability applicable to testautomation, including clean‑code practices, debugging, code reviews, and version control.
• Demonstrated experience designing or extending automationframeworks and improving test reliability, maintainability, and executionfeedback.
• Strong experience with system, integration, regression, exploratory, and end‑to‑end testing of web‑based applications and APIs.
• Proficiency in writing complex SQL queries for backendvalidation, reconciliation, and data‑integrity checks.
• Ability to analyze application and database logs, troubleshootfailures, and collaborate with developers on root‑cause analysis.
• In‑depth knowledge of QA processes, risk‑based test strategy, defect lifecycle, SDLC, and Agile delivery methodologies.
• Proven technical leadership, stakeholder communication, mentoring, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a deadline‑drivenenvironment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the abilityto document plans, results, risks, and release recommendations clearly and concisely.

Preferred / Nice-to-HaveQualifications

• Experience with API automation, source control, test reporting and automated execution in build or deployment workflows.
• Experience testing cloud‑based, distributed, multi‑tenant, ordata‑intensive enterprise platforms.
• Working knowledge of performance‑testing concepts and tools, including workload design, bottleneck analysis, and result interpretation.
• Experience improving quality metrics such as escaped defects, flaky‑test rate, regression duration, automation coverage, or releaseconfidence.

Screening Checklist

• Mandatory: 8–10+ yearsin software QA/QE with recent, hands‑on Playwright automation experience.
• Mandatory: Evidence ofbuilding or significantly enhancing an automation framework—not only executingexisting scripts.
• Mandatory: Ownership of test strategy, regression coverage, risk reporting, and release‑readinessrecommendations for complex workflows.
• Preferred evidence: APIautomation, CI/CD integration, enterprise‑platform testing, performancetesting, and measurable improvements in quality or delivery outcomes.