Automation Engineer

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Automation Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining comprehensive automated testing frameworks. The role focuses on developing and executing automated tests, identifying automation opportunities, and ensuring high-quality software delivery through robust automation strategies. The Automation Engineer will work closely with development teams and stakeholders to proactively identify and resolve issues while continuously optimizing testing processes.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reusable test automation frameworks.
• Develop and execute automated test scripts for UI and API testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and provide testing support.
• Create and execute test cases for REST services to validate system functionality.
• Apply strong QA principles and logical/analytical thinking to identify edge cases, negative scenarios, boundary conditions, and potential product risks.
• Review requirements from a QA perspective, proactively identify gaps, ambiguities, dependencies, and potential quality risks, and raise clarifications with relevant stakeholders.
• Design effective test scenarios and test cases covering both expected and unexpected system behavior, ensuring meaningful test coverage beyond happy-path scenarios.
• Identify and implement new automation opportunities to improve test coverage and efficiency.
• Create and maintain comprehensive test documentation, including test cases, checklists, and test plans.
• Stay up to date with new testing approaches, tools, and test strategies.
• Integrate automation frameworks with CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing.
• Evaluate and perform Proof of Concept (PoC) with new tools and frameworks when required.

SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS

• 0-3 years of experience in software testing and test automation using Java.
• Good understanding of QA methodologies, STLC, testing concepts, and best practices.
• Good analytical, logical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Hands-on experience in UI automation using Selenium WebDriver with Java.
• Good understanding of Java programming concepts, including OOP, collections, exception handling, and reusable code.
• Experience with test automation frameworks such as TestNG or JUnit.
• Understanding of automation framework structure and maintenance.
• Good knowledge of API testing, preferably using Rest-Assured.
• Understanding of REST APIs, HTTP methods, status codes, JSON, and request/response validation.
• Basic knowledge of database concepts and data validation techniques.
• Exposure to Git or other distributed version control systems.
• Exposure to integrating automation tests with CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins or GitLab.
• Knowledge of test/defect management tools such as Jira, Xray, Zephyr, or similar.
• Basic knowledge of AWS Cloud and Docker is a plus.
• Exposure to performance testing tools such as JMeter or Gatling is a plus.