Salary
≈ $14k – $36k per year (Estimated)
Location
Hybrid (Chennai, India)
Seniority
Senior
Employment
Full-Time
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 10, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 5, 2026.
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Cognizant is an American information technology services and consulting company founded in 1994 as an in-house technology unit of Dun and Bradstreet in Chennai, India, and headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey. It builds, integrates and operates software and infrastructure for large enterprises, with particularly deep positions in healthcare, financial services, insurance and life sciences, delivered by a global workforce of more than three hundred thousand people concentrated in India. Listed on Nasdaq, the company competes with the large Indian and global systems integrators and has reoriented its offerings around cloud migration, data platforms and AI-assisted engineering.
Backed by Peak XV Partners
Job Summary
Serve as a senior quality engineer responsible for designing automating and executing robust test solutions for enterprise applications using Java Selenium RestAssured and TestNG. Drive high reliability of digital products in a hybrid work model ensuring secure and seamless user journeys with added advantage if experienced in cards and payments domain.
Responsibilities
- Design comprehensive test strategies that cover functional regression integration compatibility and end to end flows for complex enterprise applications built on Java technology stack using a hybrid work arrangement
- Develop scalable and maintainable automated test frameworks using Selenium and TestNG that enable rapid feedback and support continuous integration pipelines for high quality releases
- Implement robust RestAssured based API automation suites that validate request and response structures status codes and business rules for internal and external services
- Execute detailed manual and automated test scenarios that cover happy path boundary negative and exploratory cases while carefully documenting steps data and observed outcomes
- Analyze test results and defect patterns to identify systemic quality gaps then collaborate with engineers to propose practical improvements in code test data and environment configuration
- Collaborate closely with product owners business analysts and developers to refine acceptance criteria clarify edge cases and ensure that stories and features are fully testable before development starts
- Create and maintain high quality test data and environment configurations that mirror production scenarios ensuring reliable reproducibility of issues without disrupting other project teams
- Contribute to performance and reliability checks by designing lightweight scripts or scenarios that uncover latency bottlenecks timeouts and resource constraints in critical business workflows
- Coordinate with DevOps or platform teams to integrate automated tests into build pipelines so that quality gates prevent defective code from reaching higher environments or customers
- Document clear reproducible defect reports with relevant logs screenshots and execution context so that engineers can quickly isolate root causes and deliver effective fixes
- Mentor junior quality engineers by reviewing their test designs automation code and defect reports while promoting consistent engineering standards and continuous learning practices
- Partner with stakeholders from cards and payments or related financial services when applicable to validate domain specific rules such as transaction flows authorization checks and settlement conditions
- Communicate concise and data driven quality status updates including risk assessments defect trends and release readiness indicators to relevant project members during day shifts in a hybrid environment
Qualifications
- Demonstrate strong hands on proficiency in Java programming including object oriented design reusable utilities and debugging techniques applied to test automation projects
- Exhibit advanced experience using Selenium for web application testing including page interaction synchronization handling dynamic elements and maintaining robust locator strategies
- Apply solid working knowledge of TestNG including annotations test suites data providers and reporting features to structure reliable and readable automation suites
- Show proven expertise in RestAssured for testing RESTful services including request specification response validation schema checks and authentication mechanisms
- Display sound understanding of software testing principles including test design techniques defect life cycle risk based testing and continuous quality practices within agile teams
- Bring prior exposure to cards and payments or similar financial services where test scenarios involve transaction lifecycles fraud checks limits and compliance rules even if gained on a smaller scale
- Adapt effectively to a hybrid work model by using collaboration tools clear written communication and structured updates to keep distributed team members aligned on quality goals
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