Senior QA Automation Engineer
First seen by Alion on Sep 16, 2026.
Senior QA Automation Engineer (Manual + Playwright)
Experience : 4 - 8 Years
Job Summary :
We are looking for a highly skilled QA Engineer with strong experience in both Manual and Automation Testing. The ideal candidate should have hands-on expertise in designing test strategies, executing manual testing activities, and building scalable automation frameworks using Playwright with TypeScript/JavaScript. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring software quality throughout the SDLC by performing functional, integration, regression, API, and end-to-end testing while contributing to automation initiatives and continuous quality improvement.
Key Responsibilities :
- Manual Testing : Analyze business requirements, functional specifications, and user stories.
- Create and maintain test plans, test cases, test scenarios, and test data.
- Execute Functional, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, Integration, System, UAT, and Exploratory Testing. Perform end-to-end validation of application workflows.
- Conduct cross-browser, cross-platform, and responsive testing.
- Identify, document, track, and verify defects using defect management tools such as JIRA.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and Stakeholders to ensure quality deliverables. Participate in requirement reviews and provide early quality feedback.
- Automation Testing : Design, develop, and maintain automation frameworks using Playwright and TypeScript/JavaScript.
- Automate functional, regression, and end-to-end test scenarios. Develop reusable page objects, utilities, fixtures, and test components.
- Implement data-driven and keyword-driven automation approaches where applicable.
- Execute automated test suites and analyze failures. Improve automation coverage and framework maintainability.
- Ensure adherence to automation best practices and coding standards.
API Testing :
- Perform REST API testing using Postman and automation tools.
- Validate request/response payloads, headers, authentication, status codes, and business rules. Develop and maintain API automation test suites.
- Perform API integration and contract validation testing.
CI/CD & Quality Engineering :
- Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines.
- Participate in release validation and production readiness activities.
- Monitor test execution reports and quality metrics.
- Support continuous testing practices within Agile development environments.
- Contribute to quality processes, standards, and test strategy improvements.
Required Skills :
- Testing: Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke & Sanity Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Exploratory Testing, End-to-End Testing
- Automation : Playwright, TypeScript or JavaScript, Page Object Model (POM), Test Fixtures, Parallel Execution, Test Data Management, Automation Framework Design, Reporting and Logging, API & Database, REST APIs, Postman, JSON/XML, SQL Queries, Database Validation
Tools & Technologies :
- Playwright, TypeScript / JavaScript, Git, GitHub / GitLab / Bitbucket, JIRA, Jenkins / Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions, Maven/NPM Package Management
Agile :
- Scrum Methodology, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives
Preferred Skills :
- Experience building automation frameworks from scratch.
- Exposure to Performance Testing and Security Testing.
- Experience with Mobile or Web Application Testing.
Skills
Software Quality Assurance, Testing, Automation Testing, Manual Testing, Playwright Testing, API Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing