Sdet Automation Test Engineer

Tekskills; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekskills in Bengaluru, India is seeking an automation QA engineer to design and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Playwright with TypeScript. The role includes UI, API, and backend testing, with emphasis on reliability and performance.

You will integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Git, Jenkins), collaborate with developers, and mentor junior engineers on testing best practices.

Qualifications

• Tests-selected skills: automation using Playwright with TypeScript and CI/CD integration.
• Hands-on experience with UI and API testing, including REST endpoints.
• Experience with version control and build pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Playwright with TypeScript.
• Automate UI, API (REST), and backend tests with focus on reliability and performance.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Git, Jenkins).
• Optimize test suites for speed and maintainability.
• Design and execute manual test cases for complex features where automation is not feasible.
• Perform exploratory testing to uncover edge cases and usability issues.
• Verify bug fixes and conduct regression testing in manual mode when required.
• Document and report defects with clear steps, logs, and evidence (JIRA/Similar tools).
• Collaborate with developers to shift-left testing and improve testability.
• Participate in requirement reviews to identify test scenarios early.
• Mentor junior engineers on both manual and automation best practices.

Skills

Playwright

TypeScript

CI/CD

API testing

UI testing

REST API

Jenkins

Git

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Playwright

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Automation:

• Develop and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Playwright with TypeScript.
• Automate UI, API (REST), and backend tests with a focus on reliability and performance.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Git, Jenkins).
• Optimize test suites for speed and maintainability.

Manual Testing:

• Design and execute manual test cases for complex features where automation is not feasible.
• Perform exploratory testing to uncover edge cases and usability issues.
• Verify bug fixes and conduct regression testing in manual mode when required.
• Document and report defects with clear steps, logs, and evidence (JIRA/Similar tools).

Collaboration & Process:

• Collaborate with developers to shift-left testing and improve testability.
• Participate in requirement reviews to identify test scenarios early.
• Mentor junior engineers on both manual and automation best practices.

Preferred candidate profile