Senior Engineer I - QA

Contentstack; Chennai; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Contentstack is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to lead testing across Platform Web and API, with hands-on experience in Playwright or Cypress. You will design automation frameworks, implement CI/CD quality gates, and mentor junior engineers in a fast-paced, Cloud-first environment.

You will collaborate with developers and data teams, ensure data integrity in analytics pipelines, and contribute to test strategy across multiple cloud regions.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of QA experience, with at least 2 years in test automation.
• Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript based E2E frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of JSON and REST APIs and test automation.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions.
• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes and cloud is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the test strategy for Platform (Web and API).
• Perform frontend and backend testing (Platform - Web, REST APIs, analytics and data pipelines).
• Design, build and maintain the UI and API automation frameworks (Playwright/Selenium), including shared page objects, fixtures, test data and stable selectors.
• Add automated quality gates to CI/CD pipelines, and track and fix flaky tests.
• Plan and run performance and load tests for APIs and data pipelines.
• Validate data correctness for analytics and metering pipelines (completeness, duplicates, reconciliation).
• Build internal scripts and tools to automate QA processes and test data creation Generate testing reports, status reports and QA metrics (pass rate, defect escape rate) Create and maintain the test case repository
• Provide feedback to the developers, review test code and pull requests
• Mentor junior QA engineers and help developers write better tests
• Complete tasks in a timely manner
• Update internal product documentation

Skills

QA Automation

JavaScript/TypeScript

REST/API Testing

CI/CD

Jenkins/GitHub Actions

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Job description

What is Contentstack?

Contentstack is redefining how modern digital experiences are built and managed. As the pioneer of the Agentic Experience Platform (AXP), Contentstack brings together structured content and brand governance (Content Cloud), real-time customer data, omnichannel personalization (Data Cloud) and autonomous AI orchestration (Agent OS) into one unified system.

While many organizations adopted headless CMS or standalone AI tools expecting transformation, they often found themselves managing disconnected systems and manual workflows. Contentstack helps enterprises move beyond that complexity by connecting content, data and AI in a way that makes digital experiences faster to launch, easier to manage and more adaptive in real time.

Leading brands including Steve Madden, LG Electronics, Subaru of America, Dolce & Gabbana, ASICS, Decathlon, and Caesars Entertainment rely on Contentstack to reduce operational friction and deliver personalized, scalable digital experiences with confidence. The company is known for its customer-first culture and commitment to the communities it serves through the Contentstack Cares program.

Learn more at www.contentstack.com.

Who Are We?

At Contentstack we are more than colleagues, we are a tribe. Our vision is to pursue equity among our communities, employees, partners, and customers. We are global-diverse yet close; distributed yet connected. We are dreamers and dreammakers who challenge the status quo. We do the right thing, even when no one is watching. We are curious trendspotters and brave trendsetters. Our mission is to make Contentstack indispensable for organizations to tell their stories and to connect with the people they care about through inspiring, modern experiences. We care deeply about our customers and the communities we serve. #OneTeamOneDream. Chalo, let’s go!

Roles & Responsibilities

• Own the test strategy for Platform (Web and API): decide what runs on every PR, nightly and at release
• Perform frontend and backend testing (Platform - Web, REST APIs, analytics and data pipelines)
• Perform regression and sanity testing across environments and cloud regions (AWS, GCP, Azure) and give a clear go/no-go for releases
• Design, build and maintain the UI and API automation frameworks (Playwright/Selenium), including shared page objects, fixtures, test data and stable selectors
• Add automated quality gates to CI/CD pipelines, and track and fix flaky tests
• Plan and run performance and load tests for APIs and data pipelines
• Validate data correctness for analytics and metering pipelines (completeness, duplicates, reconciliation)
• Build internal scripts and tools to automate QA processes and test data creation Generate testing reports, status reports and QA metrics (pass rate, defect escape rate) Create and maintain the test case repository
• Provide feedback to the developers, review test code and pull requests
• Mentor junior QA engineers and help developers write better tests
• Complete tasks in a timely manner
• Update internal product documentation

Mandatory Skills

• 3 to 5 years of QA experience, with at least 2 years in test automation
• Strong experience with JavaScript/TypeScript based E2E frameworks like Playwright or Cypress.io Experience designing an automation framework from scratch (page objects, fixtures, reporting)
• Strong knowledge of JSON and REST, and API test automation (Postman/Newman, REST Assured, Playwright API or similar)
• Experience in Load Testing with tools like JMeter, k6 or Locust
• Knowledge of Continuous Integration and hands-on experience with Jenkins, GoCD or GitHub Actions
• Experience in using Github and Git, including code reviews
• Experience in any bug reporting and test management tool such as JIRA
• Strong knowledge of the system development life cycle and the testing life cycle
• Experience in Agile/Scrum
• Good SQL and data validation skills; experience testing data or analytics pipelines is preferred
• Experience with logs and monitoring tools (Observe, Datadog or similar) for root cause analysis is preferred
• Basic knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes and cloud (AWS, GCP or Azure) is preferred Self-Directed - Ability to detect and solve problems

What Do We Offer?

Interesting Work | We hire curious trendspotters and brave trendsetters. This is NOT your boring, routine, cushy, rest-and-vest corporate job. This is the “challenge yourself” role where you learn something new every day, never stop growing, and have fun while you’re doing it.

Tribe Vibe | We are more than colleagues, we are a tribe. We have a strict “no a**hole policy” and enforce it diligently. This means we spend time together - with spontaneous office happy hours, organized outings, and community volunteer opportunities. We are a diverse and distributed team, but we like to stay connected.

Bragging Rights | We are dreamers and dream makers. Our efforts pay off and we work with the most prestigious brands, from big-name retailers to airlines, to professional sports teams. Your contribution will make an impact with many of the most recognizable names in almost every industry including AirFrance KLM, ASICS, Burberry, Mattel, Mitsubishi, Walmart, and many more!

One Team One Dream | This is one of our values, and it shows. We don’t believe in artificial hierarchies. If you’re part of the tribe, you have an opportunity to contribute. Your voice will be heard and you will also receive regular updates about the business and its performance. Which, btw, is through the roof, so it’s a great time to be joining…

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