Senior QA Engineer

TransUnion; Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

TransUnion is seeking a QA professional to ensure quality across web and mobile platforms. The role combines manual and automated testing, with a strong emphasis on building and maintaining automation using Playwright and TypeScript.

You will design test cases, validate APIs, participate in Agile ceremonies, and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines. Regular collaboration with developers and stakeholders is essential, with a hybrid work arrangement at a TU office location at least two days per

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on QA experience including manual and automated testing.
• Experience writing automated tests with Playwright and TypeScript.
• Contribute to test automation framework stability and scalability.
• Able to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with API testing using Postman or Playwright API testing.
• Manual and automated testing across web and mobile platforms.
• Ensure test coverage for new features and regression testing.
• Log defects clearly in Jira with steps and repro details.

Responsibilities

• Participate in user story refinement to understand requirements and risks.
• Define acceptance criteria and write test scenarios before development starts.
• Collaborate with developers to embed quality across the lifecycle.
• Provide feedback during code reviews and sprint demos.
• Design and execute manual and automated test cases for functionality and performance.
• Triage defects, document steps, and verify fixes before release.
• Contribute to test automation frameworks and maintain scripts.
• Maintain QA documentation in TestRail, Confluence, or similar.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and continuous improvement.

Skills

QA experience

Manual testing

Automation testing

Playwright

TypeScript

CI/CD

Tools

Playwright

TypeScript

Postman

Git

TestRail

Confluence

Jira

CI/CD

Job description

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Team Overview

At TransUnion, we are dedicated to finding ways information can be used to help people make better and smarter decisions. As a trusted provider of global information solutions, our mission is to help people around the world access the opportunities that lead to a higher quality of life, by helping organizations optimize their risk-based decisions and enabling consumers to understand and manage their personal information. Because when people have access to more complete and multidimensional information, they can make more informed decisions and achieve great things.

Every day TransUnion offers our employees the tools and resources they need to find ways information can be used in diverse ways. Whether it is helping businesses better manage risk, providing better insights so a consumer can qualify for his first mortgage, or working with law enforcement to make neighborhoods safer, we are improving the quality of life for individuals, families, communities, and local economies around the world.

The role requires a QA professional with 3+ years of experience in both manual and automated testing, with a strong focus on building and maintaining automation using Playwright and TypeScript. The candidate will ensure application quality across web and mobile platforms by validating functionality, performance, usability, and reliability. Responsibilities include API testing, comprehensive test case design, defect tracking in Jira, and regression testing. The role collaborates closely with developers and other stakeholders, integrates testing into CI/CD pipelines, participates actively in Agile ceremonies, uses Git for version control, and continuously seeks ways to improve testing processes and overall product quality.

This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.

Role Overview And Core Responsibilities

• Actively participate in user story definition and refinement sessions to understand business requirements and identify potential risks early.
• Collaborate with product owners and developers to define acceptance criteria and write test scenarios before development begins, ensuring clarity and testability.
• Work closely with developers to ensure quality is embedded throughout the development lifecycle.
• Provide feedback during code reviews and sprint demos to help catch issues early and improve feature implementation.
• Design and execute manual and automated test cases to validate functionality, performance, and user experience.
• Apply a variety of testing techniques including regression, smoke, integration, and exploratory testing to ensure robust coverage.
• Treat bugs with urgency and professionalism-log defects with clear reproduction steps, expected vs actual results, and relevant screenshots or logs.
• Collaborate with developers to triage and resolve issues, and verify fixes before release.
• Apply coding skills to contribute to test automation frameworks, helping expand coverage and reduce manual effort.
• Maintain and improve existing test scripts, ensuring they remain reliable and relevant as the product evolves.
• Use Git or similar version control systems to manage test scripts and collaborate on code changes.
• Understand branching strategies and how to work within a shared codebase.
• Maintain up-to-date test cases, test plans, and QA documentation in tools like TestRail, Confluence, or similar.
• Ensure documentation is clear, organized, and accessible to the wider team.
• Join Agile ceremonies such as daily stand‑ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives to stay aligned with team goals and contribute to continuous improvement.
• Stay curious and open to feedback-actively seek opportunities to learn new tools, techniques, and domain knowledge.
• Share insights and mentor junior QA engineers when appropriate, contributing to a culture of learning and collaboration.

Required Knowledge And Experiences

What you will bring:

• 5+ years of hands‑on QA experience, including both manual and automated testing.
• Write, maintain, and enhance automated test scripts using tools like Playwright with TypeScript.
• Contribute to the stability and scalability of the test automation framework.
• Collaborate with developers to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Use tools such as Postman, Playwright’s API testing features, or similar to validate RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Design and execute test cases for various API scenarios including authentication, error handling, and edge cases.
• Perform manual and automated testing across web and mobile platforms.
• Validate functionality, performance, usability, and reliability of applications.
• Ensure comprehensive test coverage for *new* features and regression testing.
• Log defects clear‑ly and concisely using tools like Jira, including steps to reproduce, expected vs actual results, and screen