Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

STAEDEAN; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

STAEDEAN in Hyderabad, India, seeks a seasoned Senior QA Engineer to lead test automation with a strong emphasis on Playwright-based frameworks, smoke and regression testing, and quality excellence.

You will design reusable components, integrate with Azure DevOps pipelines, mentor juniors, and collaborate across Product, DevOps, and QA teams to ensure release readiness and high-quality software.

Qualifications

• Analyze requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to plan tests.
• Build reusable automation components, page objects, and utilities.
• Execute, manage, and report functional, smoke, and regression tests.
• Investigate automation failures across product, scripts, environments, or CI/CD.
• Improve automation stability by reducing flaky tests and robust locators.
• Mentor juniors on Playwright and QA best practices.
• Collaborate with Product/DevOps/QA to ensure release readiness.

Responsibilities

• Mentor junior QA engineers on Playwright debugging and QA practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support testing and releases.
• Contribute to automation documentation and QA best practices.

Skills

Playwright automation

Mentoring junior QA engineers

CI/CD automation

Azure DevOps

Git/GitHub workflows

Manual testing

Exploratory testing

SQL/DB validation

Test framework design

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Playwright

Azure DevOps

Git/GitHub

Selenium

Cypress

Job description

Our mission is simple: we want to help our customers solve complex business matters using easy digital solutions. We have passionate and technologically savvy people working here, we’re proud of the awards we have received, but the trust we get every day from our 2000+ customers means more than anything!

Our growth and success are driven by the passion and dedication of everyone in the organization. We have expanded into an international team with offices in the Netherlands, India, and Italy, and a presence in the United States and Australia. Our motivated team members are the driving force behind our success.

What You'll Do:

We are looking for a seasoned Senior QA Engineer is responsible for contributing to quality assurance and test automation activities for Build products, with a strong focus on Playwright-based automation, automated smoke/regression execution, test suite stability, and continuous quality improvement. The role combines hands-on automation development with strong functional testing discipline, defect analysis, reporting, and collaboration with Product, Development, DevOps, and QA teams.

• Analyze product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to create effective manual and automated test coverage.
• Build reusable automation components, utilities, page objects, and test data solutions aligned with framework standards.
• Execute and manage functional, smoke, and regression test suites, analyze results, and report outcomes.
• Investigate automation failures and identify issues related to product, scripts, environments, test data, or CI/CD pipelines.
• Improve automation stability by reducing flaky tests and enhancing locators, assertions, and test readiness.
• Integrate and maintain automated tests in Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and manage code repositories using Git/GitHub.
• Report defects with clear evidence, logs, and reproducible steps while providing estimates and progress updates.
• Collaborate with Product, Development, DevOps, and QA teams to support testing, issue resolution, and release readiness.
• Support manual and exploratory testing activities where required and maintain automation documentation.
• Mentor junior QA engineers on Playwright automation, debugging, and QA best practices.
• Proactively identify quality risks and leverage AI-assisted tools responsibly to improve automation productivity and release quality.

What You Need to Be Successful:

• 6+ years of experience in software testing, QA, and test automation, including mentoring junior QA engineers.
• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field; equivalent experience is also acceptable.
• Strong experience with Playwright preferred; Selenium/Cypress experience is acceptable with willingness to work on Playwright.
• Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks, reusable components, page objects, fixtures, and utilities.
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and Git/GitHub workflows.
• Experience using Azure DevOps for test management, defect tracking, dashboards, and sprint activities.
• Good understanding of manual, functional, regression, and release testing processes.
• Exposure to Dynamics 365 F&O, ERP, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, or ISV product testing is an added advantage.
• Knowledge of Dynamics testing tools such as SysTest, RSAT, or ATL is a plus.
• Basic knowledge of MS SQL Server and database validation/troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of Playwright concepts including locators, assertions, fixtures, reusable utilities, and reporting.
• Ability to create scalable, maintainable, and reusable automation solutions aligned with framework standards.
• Good understanding of STLC, SDLC, Agile/Scrum methodologies, and testing techniques.
• Ability to convert requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria into effective test scenarios and automation coverage.
• Strong troubleshooting skills to analyze automation, environment, test data, and pipeline issues.
• Experience with continuous testing practices and CI/CD implementation.
• Strong manual and exploratory testing skills to complement automation efforts.
• Ability to track QA metrics, prepare reports, and communicate progress to stakeholders.
• Experience collaborating with customers and stakeholders to ensure testing aligns with business expectations.

STAEDEAN, Core Values:

• Customer Focus: Build strong relationships and prioritize customer needs by adapting to evolving expectations.
• Collaborates: Work effectively across teams and boundaries to achieve shared goals.
• Drives results: Deliver strong outcomes with focus and persistence, even under pressure
• Ensures Accountability: Take ownership of commitments and hold yourself and others responsible for results
• Action Oriented: Act quickly on opportunities and challenges, turning ideas into action
• Being Resilient: Stay effective and composed under pressure, adapting and learning from setbacks