Staff Automation Engineer

I00M05 Wipro GE Healthcare Private Limited; Karnataka; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Healthcare seeks an experienced Staff Automation Engineer to lead automation strategy for cloud-native healthcare apps and data platforms. The role covers Playwright, TypeScript, PyTest, REST API automation, AWS, SQL, and CI/CD integration across UI and data services.

The ideal candidate has 8–10 years in automation, with strong governance, collaboration with architects, and a passion for AI-enabled testing within an enterprise setting. Located in India, Karnataka, with on-site expectations.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years in software testing and automation with cloud data platforms.
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with relevant automation experience.
• Experience designing scalable automation frameworks and QA governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead automation strategy, framework architecture, and roadmap execution.
• Develop and maintain UI, API, ETL automation frameworks using Playwright and PyTest.
• Validate ETL pipelines, data warehouses, and data migration processes.
• Test AWS-hosted microservices, SQL data validation, and CI/CD integration.
• Drive test governance and reporting through dashboards and metrics.

Skills

Playwright

TypeScript

PyTest

Python

REST API automation

SQL

AWS

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/IT/Engineering

Tools

Git/GitLab

Jenkins

Artifactory

Job description

Job Description Summary

We are seeking an experienced Staff Automation Engineer to lead automation strategy, framework development, and quality engineering practices for cloud-native healthcare applications and enterprise data platforms within AIS Digital – Imaging360.

The ideal candidate will bring 8–10 years of experience across UI, API, ETL, database, cloud, and data validation automation, with strong expertise in Playwright, TypeScript, PyTest, REST API automation, AWS, SQL, and CI/CD integration.

GE Healthcare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator.

Our mission is to create a world where healthcare has no limits.

Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead automation strategy, framework architecture, and roadmap execution across applications, services, and data platforms.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for UI, API, integration, regression, smoke, deployment validation, and end-to-end testing using Playwright, TypeScript, PyTest, Python, SQL, and REST API tools.
• Define and execute validation strategies for ETL pipelines, data warehouses, data migration, source-to-target reconciliation, data quality, business rules, and analytical reporting outputs.
• Validate cloud-native microservices and enterprise data services deployed on AWS, including RDS platforms such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server.
• Integrate automation into Agile and DevOps workflows, including CI/CD pipelines, quality gates, release-readiness checks, and shift-left testing practices.
• Drive Scrum-level test governance by defining standards, tracking test and automation coverage, reviewing adherence to best practices, and improving sprint-level quality discipline.
• Promote AI-enabled testing across strategy, test design, test data preparation, automation development, execution analysis, defect triage, and reporting.
• Guide, mentor, and review automation engineers’ test strategy, framework design, code quality, reusable components, pull requests, and implementation approach.
• Showcase automation effectiveness, test coverage, quality risks, defect trends, and release readiness through dashboards, metrics, traceability reports, and stakeholder summaries.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, product owners, DevOps, system test, and integration test teams to solve technical problems and continuously improve quality outcomes.

Technical Skill Set

• Automation frameworks: Strong hands‑on experience with Playwright, TypeScript, PyTest, Python, REST API automation, reusable automation patterns, reporting, and data‑driven execution.
• Quality engineering: Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile, TDD/BDD, shift‑left testing, test pyramid, risk‑based testing, test coverage, traceability, and quality gates.
• Data and database testing: Expertise in ETL testing, data warehouse validation, data migration, SQL validation, source‑to‑target reconciliation, data quality checks, query optimization, and business rule validation.
• Cloud and DevOps: Experience testing AWS‑based microservices, cloud data services, RDS platforms, Git/GitLab, Jenkins, Artifactory, CI/CD pipelines, deployment validation, and release automation.
• AI‑enabled testing: Hands‑on use of GenAI tools such as GitHub Copilot for test strategy, test data preparation, test design, automation scripting, execution analysis, defect triage and quality reporting.
• Governance and reporting: Ability to define and present test coverage, automation coverage, quality metrics, risk coverage, Scrum‑level governance, and best‑practice adoption across Agile teams.
• Technical leadership: Ability to guide, mentor, and review automation engineers’ design, code, and strategy while influencing quality practices and communicating automation status, risks, and outcomes to stakeholders.

Education Qualification

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Data Engineering, or a related STEM discipline with 8–10 years of relevant experience in software testing, test automation, quality engineering, cloud testing, or enterprise data platform validation.

Desired Characteristics

• Experience leading automation initiatives for healthcare applications, regulated software products, SaaS solutions, or enterprise data platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to define automation strategy, institutionalize testing best practices, and scale quality engineering practices across Scrum teams.
• Strong technical problem‑solving skills with the ability to analyze complex automation, test data, environment, cloud, and data validation challenges.
• Experience collaborating with architects, developers, product owners, DevOps engineers, system test teams, integration test teams, and quality stakeholders.
• Ability to build dashboards, reports, and metrics that clearly communicate test coverage, automation progress, risks, dependencies, and release readiness.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a strong ownership mindset and the ability to mentor engineers, influence decisions, and drive continuous improvement.

Inclusion and Diversity

GE Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviours: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration, and support.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

At GE HealthCare, we see possibilities through innovation. We’re partnering with our customers to fulfill healthcare’s greatest potential through groundbreaking medical technology, intelligent devices, and care solutions. Better tools enabling better patient care. Together, we are not only building a healthier future but living our purpose to create a world where healthcare has no limits.