Senior QA Automation Engineer (Cypress)

Experion; Thiruvananthapuram, Bengaluru, Ernakulam; Hybrid; INR 10,00,000 - 15,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer with over 5 years of experience. You will be responsible for ensuring quality through test automation for major product implementations. The ideal candidate must possess skills in Automation Testing, Cypress, TestRail, and Agile processes. This role can be based remotely or in major locations such as Kochi or Trivandrum.

Responsibilities

• Function as the test automation engineer for major product platform implementation.
• Analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Perform test planning, team coordination, monitoring and control of testing activities.
• Ability to communicate findings in both technical and user-friendly language.
• Participate in customer calls and requirement gathering exercises.
• Work experience with projects having in sprint test automation.
• Knowledge of different automation testing tools, especially Cypress and TestRail.
• Liaison with customer and development teams regarding testing activities.
• Ensure accuracy of acceptance criteria and testing per sprint plan.
• Monitor project from process and quality standpoint.
• Track quality metrics and initiate proactive interventions.
• Efficiently report test metrics to client stakeholders.

Skills

Automation Testing

Implementation of test automation frameworks

Functional & Product Testing Experience

In sprint Test automation experience

UI & API based test automation

Experience on Cypress & TestRail

Test Reporting and KPIs

Client interfacing skills

Agile & DevOps

Job description

Senior QA Automation Engineer

Experience: 5+ years

Location: Kochi/ Trivandrum/ Bangalore/ Remote

Mandatory Skills

• Automation Testing
• Implementation of test automation frameworks
• Functional & Product Testing Experience
• In sprint Test automation experience
• UI & API based test automation
• Experience on Cypress & TestRail
• Test Reporting and KPIs
• Client interfacing skills
• Agile & DevOps

Good to have skills

• Financial and Payments domain experience
• Security testing
• Performance testing

Duties & Responsibilities

• Function as the test automation engineer for major product platform implementation, ensuring quality of the application under test.
• Analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, the ability to see the root of the problem and come up with efficient, creative, and cost-effective solutions
• Perform test planning, team coordination, monitoring and control of the testing activities.
• Ability to communicate findings in both technical and user-friendly language
• Participate in customer calls, the requirement gathering exercises, sprint planning / grooming sessions, sprint review etc. as needed.
• Work experience with projects having In sprint test automation.
• Knowledge of different automation testing tools and expertise in Cypress and TestRail.
• Work in close liaison with customer and development teams for co-ordination and communications related to the testing activities.
• Ensure that the stories are verified for accuracy of acceptance criteria and is tested as per the sprint plan to enable early validation and prevent defect leakage to production.
• Monitor the project from process and quality standpoint and alert the project manager about the deviations/risks at the earliest.
• Track the quality metrics and initiate proactive interventions with customer and development teams to improve the metrics.
• Efficient reporting of the test metrics to client stakeholders reflecting the accurate information on the status and quality of the product.
• Should have good working knowledge of agile processes and DevOps processes specifically regarding testing.
• Work experience in financial domain (specifically payments-based systems) will be an added advantage.