Automation Engineer

At U.S. Bancorp India, we're on a journey to do our best. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bancorp India gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at-all from Day One.

Job Description

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior Automation Test Engineer to design and deliver reliable automation for web applications and APIs. This role will focus on Playwright-based UI automation, REST API testing, reusable framework development, and continuous testing within CI/CD pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable Playwright automation frameworks for web applications.
• Develop automated UI, API, regression, smoke, and integration tests.
• Create reusable Page Object Models, fixtures, utilities, and reporting patterns.
• Validate REST API functionality, data integrity, business rules, and response performance.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and support reliable release validation.
• Review test results, investigate failures, document defects clearly, and partner with engineering teams to resolve issues.

Required Technical Skills

• 8+ years of hands-on experience with Playwright automation.
• Strong programming skills in Java
• Experience with Page Object Models, cross-browser testing, parallel execution, fixtures, hooks, and test reporting.
• Strong experience with REST API testing and API automation.
• Working knowledge of OAuth, JWT, bearer tokens, JSON/XML validation, and contract testing concepts.
• Experience with tools such as Postman, Bruno, Swagger/OpenAPI, Playwright API testing, and Newman.
• Working knowledge of Git, SQL, and Node.js.

Application and Backend Testing Experience

• Experience validating API integrations, backend workflows, and data flows across distributed systems.
• Understanding of microservices communication patterns and service-to-service integrations.
• Ability to troubleshoot API and application issues in Go, PHP, or similar backend environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience working in Agile or Scrum delivery environments.
• Exposure to microservices architecture and cloud-based platforms such as AWS.
• Understanding of performance testing, security testing, and quality engineering best practices.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• REST Assured or similar API automation tools.
• Contract testing with Pact or similar frameworks.
• BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, or similar cross-browser testing platforms.
• Familiarity with Go or PHP application architectures.
• Experience testing banking, payments, healthcare, or other regulated applications.

Experience - 8+ Years

Shift Timings - 11 AM - 8 PM

Location - Chennai

Location expectations This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week

If there's anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants. -https://careers.usbank.com/global/en/disability-accommodations-for-applicants

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.

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