Engineer Automation Testing

Tata Consultancy Services; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive

Medical coverage

Parental leave

401K plan

Training reimbursement

Holidays

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Pittsburgh seeks a highly skilled Quality Engineer to design, develop, and execute automated testing solutions for enterprise applications. You will ensure quality, reliability, and performance across the stack.

The role requires hands-on experience with Selenium, Playwright, Karate, Postman, and Oracle SQL, plus strong collaboration with product and development teams to ensure quality, performance, and security across the SDLC.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and executing automated tests and QA processes.
• Ability to define test strategies and quality standards.
• Experience with UI, API, and data validation across enterprise apps.
• Strong collaboration with product and dev teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement test strategies, test plans, and test cases.
• Define quality standards, testing methodologies, and automation best practices.
• Ensure applications meet functional, non-functional, performance, and security requirements.
• Participate in requirement reviews and provide quality-focused feedback.
• Drive continuous improvement across testing processes and frameworks.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts.
• Create scalable automation solutions using Selenium, Playwright, Karate.
• Automate UI, API, integration, regression, and end-to-end tests.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and execute API test cases using Postman and Karate.
• Validate REST API functionality, response structures, and error handling.
• Perform integration testing across systems.
• Verify data flow and messaging between applications.
• Support testing of microservices architectures.
• Create and execute Oracle SQL queries for data validation.
• Verify database updates, transformations, and business rules.

Skills

Test automation

API testing

Database validation

Quality assurance

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Karate

Postman

Oracle SQL

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Job description

• We are seeking a highly skilled Quality Engineer (QE) with strong expertise in test automation, API testing, database validation, and quality assurance practices.
• The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and executing automated testing solutions to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of enterprise applications.
• The candidate should possess hands-on experience with Selenium, Playwright, Karate, Postman, Oracle SQL, and demonstrate strong stakeholder communication and collaboration skills.
• Exposure to Kafka and Elasticsearch (Elastic) is preferred to support testing of modern event-driven and search-based applications.

Roles & Responsibilities
Test Strategy & Quality Assurance:

• Develop and implement comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases.
• Define quality standards, testing methodologies, and automation best practices.
• Ensure applications meet functional, non-functional, performance, and security requirements.
• Participate in requirement reviews and provide quality-focused feedback.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across testing processes and frameworks.

Job Description
Skill: Quality Engineer

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• We are seeking a highly skilled Quality Engineer (QE) with strong expertise in test automation, API testing, database validation, and quality assurance practices.
• The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and executing automated testing solutions to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of enterprise applications.
• The candidate should possess hands-on experience with Selenium, Playwright, Karate, Postman, Oracle SQL, and demonstrate strong stakeholder communication and collaboration skills.
• Exposure to Kafka and Elasticsearch (Elastic) is preferred to support testing of modern event-driven and search-based applications.

Roles & Responsibilities

Test Strategy & Quality Assurance:

• Develop and implement comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases.
• Define quality standards, testing methodologies, and automation best practices.
• Ensure applications meet functional, non-functional, performance, and security requirements.
• Participate in requirement reviews and provide quality-focused feedback.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across testing processes and frameworks.

Automation Testing

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts.
• Create scalable automation solutions using: Selenium, Playwright, Karate Framework.
• Automate UI, API, integration, regression, and end-to-end test scenarios.
• Improve automation coverage and reduce manual testing efforts.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.

API Testing & Integration Validation

• Develop and execute API test cases using Postman and Karate.
• Validate REST API functionality, response structures, and error handling.
• Perform integration testing across multiple systems and services.
• Verify data flow and message processing between integrated applications.
• Support testing of microservices-based architectures.

Database Testing

• Create and execute Oracle SQL queries for data validation and reconciliation.
• Verify database updates, transformations, and business rule implementation.
• Perform backend testing to ensure data accuracy and completeness.
• Analyze and troubleshoot database-related defects.
• Validate source-to-target data mappings and reporting outputs.

Agile & SDLC Participation

Participate in Agile ceremonies including:

• Sprint Planning
• Daily Standups
• Backlog Refinement
• Sprint Reviews
• Retrospectives
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and DevOps teams.
• Provide testing estimates and support release planning activities.
• Ensure testing activities align with project timelines and sprint goals.

Defect Management & Reporting

• Identify, document, track, and retest defects.
• Perform root cause analysis and support defect resolution.
• Collaborate with development teams to reproduce and resolve issues.
• Provide quality metrics, testing status reports, and risk assessments.
• Track test execution progress and communicate quality risks.

Stakeholder Communication & Management

• Act as a key quality advocate across business and technical teams.
• Communicate testing progress, risks, issues, and release readiness.
• Participate in stakeholder meetings and project reviews.
• Ensure all stakeholders understand quality objectives and testing outcomes.
• Support business users during User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Event-Driven & Search Platform Testing (Good to Have)
• Support validation of Kafka-based event messaging and data streaming workflows.
• Verify message publishing, consumption, and event processing scenarios.
• Assist in testing Elasticsearch indexing, search capabilities, and data retrieval.
• Analyze logs and troubleshooting information related to messaging and search services.

Salary Range - $90,000-$120,000 a year

TCS Employee Benefits Summary

• Discretionary Annual Incentive.
• Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.
• Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.
• Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.
• Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.
• Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.
• Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.

Qualifications: BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE