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Automation Test Engineer

ZL Tech
Hyderabad, IND
Full-time
Senior · 7+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 1 months ago
SeleniumJavaPythonPostmanREST AssuredJMeter

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Key Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end test strategy and test plan for assigned products/releases, covering functional, regression, integration, and automation coverage. • Lead, mentor, and manage a team of manual and automation QA engineers — including sprint planning, task allocation, and performance reviews. • Drive automation framework design, tool selection, and coverage roadmap in partnership with automation engineers. • Define and track quality metrics (defect density, test coverage, automation ROI, escape rate) and report status to engineering leadership. • Act as the primary QA point of contact in sprint ceremonies, release planning, and go/no-go decisions. • Review test plans, test cases, and automation scripts authored by the team to ensure quality and consistency. • Coordinate with development, product and (where applicable) performance/security testing teams to ensure end-to-end release quality. • Champion QA best practices, process improvements, and tooling upgrades (test management, CI/CD integration, shift-left testing). • Manage resourcing and capacity planning for the QA team.

Must-Have Skills

  • 7 years of overall QA experience, including 4+ years in a hands-on test automation role and 3+ years leading QA teams. • Strong hands-on experience with automation frameworks/tools such as Selenium using Java, Python. • Proven experience managing a team (direct reports or matrixed) spanning both manual and automation testers. • Solid understanding of the STLC/SDLC, Agile/Scrum practices, and release management processes. • Experience with API testing (Postman/REST Assured) and CI/CD integration. • Hands-on experience with test management and defect tracking tools. • Strong stakeholder management, planning, and communication skills, with the ability to represent QA in cross-functional discussions. • Demonstrated ability to build and evolve a test automation strategy, including ROI-driven prioritization of automation coverage. • Strong at Debugging/Troubleshooting/Log Analysis. • Strong in SQL queries writing and DB concepts.

Good-to-Have Skills

  • Exposure to performance testing (JMeter/LoadRunner) or security testing basics. • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and containerized test environments (Docker/Kubernetes). • Familiarity with BDD frameworks and shift-left/shift-right testing practices. • Prior experience in a product-based environment working on Enterprise application.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. • Demonstrated people-management or mentorship experience. • Ownership mindset with the ability to balance hands-on contribution with team leadership.

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