Senior Test Automation Engineer

Vanderlande Industries B.V.; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderlande Industries B.V. is seeking a highly skilled Senior Test Automation Engineer with expertise in end-to-end testing and strong automation skills. You will be responsible for designing and maintaining UI and API automation while ensuring high-quality product delivery through collaboration in Agile environments.

The ideal candidate should have 8+ years experience, possess strong communication skills, and be capable of mentoring juniors. Familiarity with tools like Postman, Playwright, and CI/CD processes are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in test automation and system integration.
• Strong understanding of software testing principles and automation strategies.
• Ability to mentor juniors and support onboarding of new team members.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end testing lifecycle including test planning, case creation, execution and reporting.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, Developers, and Scrum Masters.
• Continuously improve automation frameworks to increase stability and coverage.

Skills

Test automation expertise

Collaboration skills

Strong communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

BE/MCA or higher

ISTQB certification

Tools

Postman

SoapUI

Playwright

Cypress

Git

Jira

Job description

Job Title: Senior Test Automation Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Test Automation Engineer with strong experience in end‑to‑end testing, automation and integration of complex software systems. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise, strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across global cross‑functional teams to ensure high‑quality product delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Test Automation & Framework Development

• Design, develop and maintain UI and API automation using Java or C#.
• Create and enhance BDD tests using Gherkin and frameworks such as Cucumber.
• Write clean, reusable, maintainable automation code, following best practices for naming, structure and test data management.
• Continuously improve automation frameworks and pipelines to increase stability and coverage.
• Develop and maintain automated tests validating integration points across systems/modules.

Testing & Quality Assurance

• Own end‑to‑end testing lifecycle including test planning, test case creation, execution and reporting.
• Perform functional and non‑functional testing: system integration, performance and regression tests.
• Proactively identify, analyse and investigate defects; collaborate with developers, architects and QA to resolve issues.
• Ensure high‑quality delivery by driving defect root‑cause analysis and quality improvements.

Engineering Collaboration & Agile Delivery

• Represent the testing mindset within the development team; act as the test conscience and quality advocate.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Architects, Developers and Scrum Masters to understand requirements and deliverables.
• Work effectively in Agile/Scrum or SAFe environments with multiple stakeholders and evolving priorities.
• Participate in ongoing integration and system validation initiatives.

Tools, Technologies & CI/CD

• API Testing: Postman, SoapUI
• UI Automation: Playwright or Cypress
• BDD: Cucumber, Gherkin
• CI/CD: Jenkins, Bamboo, Flux or similar
• Version Control: Git (Bitbucket)
• Test Management: Jira, Quality Center (QC)
• Experience with cloud ecosystems (Azure/AWS) and containerised environments (Docker).
• Advantage: knowledge of Kafka, Gatling or distributed systems.

Required Skills & Competencies

• 8+ years of experience in test automation and system integration.
• Strong understanding of software testing principles, test design techniques and automation strategy.
• Ability to evaluate requirements, design test cases and deliver high‑quality automation scripts.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to influence stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving and debugging skills.
• Proactive, self‑driven and capable of working with minimal supervision.
• Ability to mentor juniors and support onboarding of new team members.
• Willingness to travel internationally for project needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• BE/MCA (or higher) with proven experience in similar roles.
• ISTQB certification (advantage).
• Domain knowledge in logistics or warehousing (advantage).