Senior Software Engineer - Quality

Agilent Technologies; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Agilent Technologies is seeking a Senior Software Engineer QA to design scalable automated testing solutions for Agilent.com and connected apps. You will mentor QA engineers, develop automation frameworks, and validate functional, regression, and performance testing across hybrid environments.

Ideal candidates have 6+ years in QA automation, strong Playwright experience, and proficient in Python/JavaScript.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s Degree or equivalent.
• 6+ years of QA and automation experience.
• Hands-on Playwright for end-to-end automation across modern web apps.
• Experience with Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or Appium.
• CI/CD tooling with Jenkins, GitLab CI, and GitHub Actions.
• Programming in Python, JavaScript, React, Java.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience with AI-assisted test case generation.

Responsibilities

• Automate test cases as part of each sprint to support in-sprint testing and faster release confidence.
• Design and develop automation frameworks for evolving AI-driven workflows.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitLab CI, and GitHub Actions.
• Collaborate with development and product teams to create effective test plans and strategies.
• Perform functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Mentor QA engineers to improve coverage and results.

Skills

QA automation

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

Appium

JavaScript

Python

Jira

GitHub Actions

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree or equivalent

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

Appium

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Software Engineer QA to help deliver high-quality digital experiences across Agilent.com and its connected applications. In this role, you will design and implement scalable automated testing solutions, validate critical product and content experiences, and partner closely with development, product, content, and centralized testing teams to improve release quality, reliability, and speed. You will play a key role in strengthening QA coverage across functional, regression, integration, content functional quality validation, and performance testing while mentoring others and promoting modern quality engineering practices.

This role currently follows a hybrid work model. Work arrangements may evolve based on future business needs.

What you’ll do

• Work with a team of engineers to deliver feature set that are crucial to Revenue growth.
• Be a part of a world class global organization.
• Automate test cases as part of each sprint to support in-sprint testing, faster validation, and higher release confidence.
• Design and develop comprehensive automation test scripts and frameworks for our constantly updating A/B testing and personalization workflows.
• Collaborate with centralized testing team to integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Collaborate with the development team to understand product features and technical specifications to create effective test plans and strategies.
• Perform functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Analyze test results, identify defects, and work with developers to resolve them.
• Mentor QA engineers to deliver better QA coverage and results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s Degree or equivalent.
• 6+ years of relevant experience in QA and automation dev.
• Hands-on experience with Playwright for full end-to-end automation, including test design, execution, debugging, and maintenance across modern web applications.
• Collaborate with the development team to understand product features and technical specifications to create effective test plans and strategies.
• Perform functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Analyze test results, identify defects, and work with developers to resolve them.
• Experience writing exceptional test cases in JIRA, Cucumber etc.
• Experience with test automation frameworks like Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or Appium.
• Solid understanding of the AI-assisted software development lifecycle (SDLC) and QA methodologies.
• Experience with setting up test automation with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Experience with GitHub Actions for CI/CD is a must.
• Programming skills in Python, JavaScript, React, Java
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative perspective.
• Experience in Using generative AI for test case generation and execution

Ways to stand out

• Ability to fully utilize agentic development techniques, including AI-assisted coding, automated test generation, code review support, documentation acceleration, and workflow automation, to improve engineering efficiency, delivery speed, and overall development quality.
• QA automation for testing in the eCommerce domain.
• Test automation integration with CI/CD.

Additional Details

This job has a full time weekly schedule.

Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. During the hiring process, a recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for a preferred location. Pay and benefit information by country are available at: https://careers.agilent.com/locations

Agilent Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other protected categories under all applicable laws.

Travel Required

Occasional

Shift

Day

Duration

No End Date

Job Function

IT