Senior Staff Architect - Software Testing & Automation

Thermo Fisher Scientific India Pvt Ltd; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific India Pvt Ltd in Bengaluru seeks a Sr. Staff Architect of Software Test to lead automation Strategy and platform engineering for complex instrument and application software products.

You will drive AI integration, design reusable frameworks, mentor engineers, and partner with DevOps, product teams, and customers to elevate quality across the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software development, QA automation, or test engineering.
• 12+ years of advanced programming with Python and Java.
• 3+ years strong experience in AI tools, LLMs, RAG, AI agents.
• Experience with REST API testing and PyTest or similar.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise automation frameworks using Python and Playwright.
• Build automated UI, API, functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end test suites.
• Develop reusable Python libraries, utilities, fixtures, and automation components.
• Implement Playwright capabilities including browser contexts, fixtures, parallel execution, tracing, screenshots, and reporting.
• Integrate automated test suites with CI/CD pipelines and develop API automation using Python libraries and REST APIs.
• Create maintainable test frameworks using appropriate design patterns and coding standards.
• Improve test execution speed, reliability, coverage, and maintainability and work closely with developers, QA engineers, product teams, and DevOps engineers.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance on Python and automation practices.

Skills

Python

Playwright

Java

Selenium

PyTest

UI Automation

AI

API Automation

REST APIs

Automation Frameworks

CI/CD

Git

SQL

Docker

Agile

Tools

Docker

AWS

Selenium

Job description

Sr. Staff Architect, Software Test Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office

How Will You Make an Impact?

Seeking a strategic technical leader with expertise in process innovation, product development, AI integration, and platform engineering. You will team up closely with engineers, leaders, and customers to identify and implement opportunities for automation and reusable assets during complex scientific instrument and application SW Products. This position encompasses more than just engineering; it demands systems thinking, tracking various quality metrics in line with product requirements technical proficiency, and the capacity to lead implementation teams while crafting vision and adoption strategy. Your role will demand overall quality and testing strategy for complex products, risk-based testing practices throughout the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise automation frameworks using Python and Playwright .
• Build automated UI, API, functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end test suites .
• Develop reusable Python libraries, utilities, fixtures, and automation components.
• Implement Playwright capabilities including browser contexts, fixtures, parallel execution, tracing, screenshots, and reporting.
• Integrate automated test suites with CI/CD pipelines and develop API automation using Python libraries and REST APIs.
• Create maintainable test frameworks using appropriate design patterns and coding standards.
• Improve test execution speed, reliability, coverage, and maintainability and work closely with developers, QA engineers, product teams, and DevOps engineers.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance on Python and automation practices.

Technical Skills

• 12+ years of software development, QA automation, or test engineering experience.
• 12+ years of advanced programming experience with Python, Java .
• 3+ years strong experience in AI tools, techniques, solutions using LLMs, RAG, AI agents .
• Strong experience in compiling industry trends and able to bring best practices to organization.
• Strong hands-on experience with Playwright, Selenium .
• Experience designing automation frameworks from scratch and strong knowledge of UI and web application automation.
• Experience with REST API testing and automation and experience with PyTest or similar Python testing frameworks.
• Strong understanding of Git and source-control workflows and experience integrating automation with CI/CD platforms.
• Understanding of SQL and database validation and strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.

Leadership Skills

• Strategic Leadership : Sets a clear vision, aligns priorities, and drives execution toward business goals.
• Decision-Making : Makes timely, data-driven decisions while balancing business priorities and risks.
• Communication & Influence : Communicates with clarity and inspires alignment across diverse teams and levels.
• Results Orientation : Translates strategy into measurable outcomes while maintaining focus on quality and continuous improvement.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Docker and containerized test execution and familiarity with AWS or other cloud platforms. Experience with Selenium or other browser automation technologies and knowledge of performance and security testing and experience with test reporting and quality metrics.

Core Skills

Python | Playwright |J ava | Selenium PyTest | UI Automation | AI | API Automation | REST APIs | Automation Frameworks | CI/CD | Git | SQL | Docker | Agile

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with an annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving sophisticated analytical challenges, growing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life‑changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our distributed team of more than 130,000 colleagues delivers an unrivalled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry‑leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.

Experience Level

Senior Level