Sr Eng, Software Dev Test QE

LPL Financials; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

LPL Financials is seeking an experienced Senior QA Engineer to define and scale our QA strategy across web apps, APIs, and data-intensive systems. You will lead test automation, data validation, and AI-assisted testing in cloud-native environments, ensuring robust quality coverage and reliable releases.

You will design and implement Playwright-based UI and API automation, governance of Behave test suites, and CI/CD integration, while validating data across SQL databases and ETL/ELT pipelines.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of QA experience in complex environments.
• 3+ years in a senior QA role or equivalent leadership position.
• Hands-on Playwright for web/API automation.
• Strong SQL skills for data validation and querying.
• Experience with Delphix or comparable data virtualization/masking.
• Experience applying AI insights to QA workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Playwright-based UI and API automation frameworks.
• Implement Behave (BDD) test suites with clear Gherkin scenarios and reusable steps.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines with reliable parallel execution.
• Validate data integrity across relational and warehouse databases and design ETL/ELT test strategies.

Skills

Playwright

BDD

SQL

Data validation

CI/CD

AI in QA

Cloud testing

Test automation

Tools

Delphix

AWS

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Postman

JMeter

Job description

Job Description

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior QA Engineer to define, build, and scale our quality assurance strategy across web applications/openAPI, and data-intensive systems. This role combines test automation leadership, data validation expertise, and modern QA practicesincluding AI-assisted testing and cloud-native test environments.

You will establish testing standards, and ensure reliable releases through robust automation, synthetic test data management, and end-to-end quality coverage.

Key Responsibilities

Test Automation

• Design and maintainPlaywright-based UI and API automation frameworks
• Implement and governBehave(BDD) test suites with clear Gherkin scenarios and reusable step definitions
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines with reliable, parallel execution

Data & Database Testing

• Validate data integrity, transformations, and reporting usingSQLacross relational and warehouse databases
• Design test strategies for ETL/ELT pipelines, data migrations, and analytics workloads
• UseDelphixfor data virtualization, masking, and provisioning of non-production test environments
• Build and managesynthetic test datastrategies to support secure, scalable, and repeatable testing

Cloud & AI-Enabled QA

• Deploy and manage test infrastructure onAWS(e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch)
• LeverageAItools and techniques for test case generation, defect triage, visual regression, or intelligent test prioritization
• Test AI/ML-powered features where applicable (model outputs, data drift, edge cases, and regression scenarios)

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of QA experience, with 3+ years in a senior QA role
• Strong hands-on experience withPlaywrightfor web/API automation
• Proficiency withBehaveor similar BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow)
• SolidSQLskills for data validation, query optimization, and test assertions
• Experience withDelphixor comparable data virtualization/masking platforms
• Demonstrated experience indata synthesis/ synthetic test data generation for complex, privacy-sensitive datasets
• Working knowledge ofAWSservices and cloud-based test environment design
• Experience applyingAIin QA workflows (e.g., Copilot-assisted scripting, LLM-based test design, or AI product testing)
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile/Scrum, and CI/CD integration (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence across technical and non-technical teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience testing data platforms (Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks, or similar)
• Knowledge of API testing tools (Postman, REST Assured, or custom frameworks)
• Familiarity with performance and load testing (k6, JMeter, Locust)
• Experience with test management and reporting tools (TestRail, Zephyr, Allure, or similar)
• ISTQB Advanced or relevant cloud/data certifications
• Python proficiency (common with Behave and many automation stacks)