Automation Engineer

Description

Responsibilities 

• Provide technical leadership on the design, implementation, and execution of highly complex and/or high-profile test cases using Playwright, Selenium, NUnit testing framework expertise.
• Design and maintain custom test automation frameworks, including compile-time consistency strategies across the stack using C#, Java, TypeScript or similar high-level language.
• Develop and maintain test data management strategies using direct database manipulation. SQL Server — proficiency in database setup, management, and database-driven test scenarios. 
• Experience in leveraging generative and/or agentic AI in all possible aspects of automation and quality assurance to reduce manual efforts to the minimum and streamline processes.
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline tools and version control systems. Mercurial (Hg) source control with TortoiseHg. 
• Experience in Web APIs (SOAP, OData, REST) . Co-ordinate with developers in identifying overlaps between Unit tests and automations tests.
• Experience testing complex business workflows and processes. Understanding of typical ERP business logic (AP/AR, Billing, HRM, etc.). 
• Experience and Understanding of common automation design patterns such as the Page Object Model and robot pattern implementations. 
• Lead process improvements, agile scrum meetings, code reviews, defects detection and  identify strategic solutions. Achieve 100% traceability between manual Zephyr test scripts and automated tests.
• Mentor and train QA staff on framework-specific patterns, best practices, and QA initiatives throughout the agile SDLC and take primary responsibility for certifying product releases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or or related field.
• 10 or more years of automation development experience. 
• 4 or more years of technical lead experience.
• Proven experience and exemplary track record leading and providing directions to a team. Must lead by example.
• Technical lead helping the team resolve any technical roadblocks.
• Strong experience of Agile SCRUM development processes. 
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills across multiple onshore and offshore teams of developers, QAs and automation engineers.