Senior Python Automation testing-Quest Global-Bangalore

Quest Global; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Quest Global in Bengaluru is seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to own quality assurance for web and desktop applications. You will design, build, and maintain automated regression and smoke suites using Playwright in TypeScript, while collaborating with developers and product teams to expand test coverage.

You will integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines, perform API testing, and help shape test strategies in an Agile environment, coaching fellow testers and ensuring robust, scalable

Qualifications

• Understanding of software test methodologies and automation frameworks.
• AGILE Scrum methodology experience and Safe Agile is mandatory.
• Hands-on testing and automation of web-based or PC based software.
• Experience coaching other testers.
• Knowledge of various testing types: functional, non-functional, integration, system, performance, robustness, compatibility, regression, customer mode testing.
• Hands-on automation with Playwright for UI and API, using TypeScript/JavaScript.
• CI/CD integration for automated tests and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own quality assurance for assigned applications across frontend and backend.
• Identify, log, prioritise, and track defects to closure with dev collaboration.
• Contribute to test strategy, test plans, estimation, and quality gates within the SDLC.
• Participate fully in Agile/Scrum ceremonies.

Skills

Selenium

Playwright

JavaScript

TypeScript

Python

CI/CD

Tools

Postman

Job description

Essentials:

• 1. Understanding and experience of software test methodologies & types of test automation frameworks
• 2. AGILE scrum methodology experience & Safe agile is mandatory.
• 3. Hands-on experience on manual testing & automating web-based or PC based software
• 4. Experience in coaching other testers.
• 5. Understanding and experience of various aspects of software and system testing, Functional, non-functional, integration, system, performance, robustness, compatibility, regression, customer mode testing.
• 6. CANDIDATES WITH WORKING KNOWLEDGE & HANDS ON ANY AUTOMATION TOOL LIKE TEST COMPLETE/PYTHON/SELENIUM WITH ROBOT FRAMEWORK ARE ESSENTIAL
• 7. WORKING KNOWLEDGE ON JAVASCRIPT, TYPE SCRIPT, PYTHON, SELENIUM, HTML, CCS
• 8. DESIGN BUILD AND MAINTAIN TEST AUTOMATION FRAMEWORTSCRIPT/JAVASCRIPT WITH PLAYWRIGHT MANDATORY
• 9. HANDS-ON TEST AUTOMATION EXPERIENCE WITH JAVASCRIPT AND TYPESCRIPT - MANDATORY
• 10. HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH PLAYWRIGHT FOR BOTH UI AND API AUTOMATION - MANDATORY
• 11. Develop and maintain automated regression and smoke suites; keep them stable, reliable, and low-noise
• 12. Convert high-value manual regression cases into automated coverage
• 13. Integrate automated suites into CI/CD pipelines and report results back to the team
• 14. Automate API tests using Playwright's built-in API testing capabilities (APIRequestContext / request fixture) in TypeScript.
• 15. Perform exploratory and manual API testing using Postman or equivalent tools
• 16. Test REST services and SOAP services where applicable.
• 17. Validate applications against JSON/XML API contracts, including schema validation, error handling, authentication, and negative scenarios.
• 18. Combine UI and API layers in end-to-end scenarios using API calls for test setup, data seeding, and state verification.
• 19. Own quality assurance for assigned applications and features across frontend and backend layers

General

• 20. Identify, log, prioritise, and track defects to closure reproduce issues and partner with developers on root cause.
• 21. Contribute to test strategy, test plans, estimation, and quality gates within the SDLC.
• 22. Participate fully in Agile/Scrum ceremonies sprint planning, standups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• 23. Ensure compliance with web, cloud, browser, and API standards.
• 24. CANDIDATES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS, LIKE MODBUS, HTTP, SNMP, IEC61850 WORKING KNOWLEDGE ON WIRESHARK FRAME TRACE, MODBUS LOGS ETC WOULD BE PREFERRED.
• 25. KNOWLEDGE ON ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION DEVICES ARE PREFERABLE.