Senior Software Engineer, Test

Jobtailor; Chennai District; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Chennai, India is seeking an experienced test automation engineer to triage failed automated tests, maintain the CI/CD pipeline, and coordinate bug hunts with product and development teams. The role emphasizes proactive test design, performance awareness, and mentoring colleagues in testing best practices, with hands-on work in Playwright, Java, Python, and API testing.

Candidates should have 5–8 years of industry experience, a CS degree, and strong skills in AWS, SDLC, OOP, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Advanced proficiency in data analysis using analytics services such as New Relic and SumoLogic.
• Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible and Puppet.
• Experience with version control systems such as GitHub or Bitbucket.
• Experience with CI/CD delivery pipelines and tools such as Jenkins.
• Knowledge of SOA and SDLC.
• Proficiency in OOP with Java and Python; familiarity with JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Knowledge of multi-tier web apps, HTTP/JSON within an SOA.
• Experience with Playwright and API testing.
• Familiarity with AWS (EC2, S3); agile testing for CD.
• Understanding of Spring and Express frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Triage failed automated tests and report defects.
• Maintain automated tests in deployment pipelines.
• Coordinate bug hunts to gather user feedback for new features.
• Identify useful test cases to isolate faults.
• Build trust and collaborate with product and development teams.
• Participate in design and code reviews to guide testing direction.
• Perform exploratory testing to identify high-risk areas and refine requirements.
• Coordinate cross-team test efforts to ensure coverage.
• Contribute robust test framework solutions and architectures.
• Understand architecture and use cases for team services.
• Define acceptance criteria for complex projects and priorities for automation.
• Design longevity and destructive tests to assess robustness.
• Assist support engineers with escalated issues and bug explanations.
• Mentor engineers in the art of testing.

Skills

Data analysis

Automation tooling

Git

Jenkins

Playwright

APIs testing

AWS

SOA

SDLC

OOP

Design patterns

Java

Python

JavaScript

Typescript

Express

Spring

HTTP/JSON

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Playwright

Git

Jenkins

Ansible

Puppet

GitHub

Bitbucket

New Relic

Sumo Logic

AWS

Spring

Express

Job description

Responsibilities

• Triage failed automated test executions and report defects when appropriate
• Maintain automated test jobs in an automated deployment pipeline
• Coordinate bug hunts to gather user feedback for new features
• Identify useful test cases that identify and isolate faults
• Build trust and maintain relationships with team members of product management and development
• Participate in design and code reviews to help mentor other team members and to influence technical direction of testing department
• Perform exploratory testing to identify high risk areas, refine requirements, and isolate bugs to increase testability of application
• Coordinate test efforts for projects involving multiple teams to ensure appropriate test coverage
• Contribute robust, well architected solutions to the shared test framework
• Expert in the architecture, design, and customer use cases for their team's services
• Identify acceptance criteria for complex projects and determine priorities for test automation to balance operational efficiency with sufficient test coverage
• Identify areas of risk for performance, longevity, and architectural robustness by designing and running longevity and destructive tests
• Assist support engineers with escalated customer issues by reading logs, explaining intended behaviors, and identifying defects
• Mentor other engineers on the "art of testing" to build a stronger team and solve complex problems
• Exercise judgment to set the direction and vision for changes to our testing frameworks

Requirements

• A Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science (preferred) or related degree or equivalent in work experience.
• Advanced proficiency of the following
• Ability to analyze and interpret data using software analytics services such as New Relic and SumoLogic to monitor services and diagnose problems
• Ability to use automation and configuration management frameworks such Ansible and Puppet
• Ability to use version control systems such as GitHub or Bitbucket
• Ability to use delivery pipeline automation and configuration tools such as Jenkins.
• Knowledge of service-oriented architecture (SOA)
• Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming (OOP) using programming languages such as Java and Python
• Knowledge of object-oriented design patterns
• Knowledge of multi-tier web applications and technologies such as HTTP, JavaScript, Typescript and JSON in a service-oriented architecture (SOA)
• Ability to work with Playwright framework.
• Ability to work and test on API’s
• Knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS) such as EC2 and S3
• Knowledge of agile testing methodologies and best practices for continuous delivery (CD)
• Understand how to use application frameworks such as Spring and Express to develop applications
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• 5 to 8 years of industry experience