Automation QA Engineer
PeopleGrove
Quality Assurance
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Posted 6+ months ago
PeopleGrove is seeking an Automation QA Engineer to support an agile product development team. This role will collaborate with product managers and engineers to test, iterate, and approve feature releases in a fast-paced and innovative environment.
Candidates should have a strong interest in software development, technology, and the testing process as well as exceptional attention to detail and communication skills.
The QA Engineer will report into QA Lead and work alongside Product, Engineering and Customer Success to develop innovative products in a fast-paced environment and automate test scenarios. This position presents the opportunity to work in a cross-functional and business-critical role in a rapidly growing industry.
Responsibilities
- Work within the team to define the scope of testing for each feature and attend all walkthrough ceremonies including daily stand-ups, planning meetings and retrospectives
- Helps write and maintain test plans, test environments, test cases, automated and manual test scripts and track defects using JIRA
- Execute test scripts/cases and communicate the results of testing daily.
- Expand testing coverage by enhancing automated test suite capabilities and adding new tests.
- Integrate automation tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, or similar).
- Send night run execution reports. Setup night run environment.
- Apply AI-driven QA solutions (self-healing scripts, intelligent test case generation, anomaly detection).
- Monitor, analyze, and report test results, highlighting risks and issues early.
- Convert requirements/acceptance criteria into test plan and test cases.
- Experience with Playwright and Javascript
- Maintaining Automation frameworks and leverage existing build framework
- Good in modification of existing scripts
- Maintain test suites written in behaviour-driven development (BDD)and Ready to contribute on Manual testing when required.
- Continuously evaluate and recommend new automation tools, AI frameworks, and processes for improving test efficiency.
Required Skills
- Minimum 2 to 5 Years’ experience in QA Automation Testing using Playwright
- Experience in any of the programming languages like JavaScript, Typescript, Java, Python. Preferred will beJavaScript/Typescript
- Experience building framework from scratch will be an added advantage using Playwright andJavaScript
- Good understanding of QA methodologies, Project life cycle, QA process, Defect life cycle etc
- Experience working on BDD, TDD or Data driven framework
- Must have hands on experience working on playwright Automation tool
- Excellent in writing custom Xpaths
- Experience of using any defect tracking tools like Bugzilla, Redmine, Jira and HP ALM
- Experience in Data Driven/Hybrid Framework will be an added advantage
- Experience in Functional Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Sanity/Smoke Testing required.
- Have experience or exposure to using AI coding assistant platforms such as Github Copilot, Cursor, etc
- Experience with git repositories for code management and CI/CD tools including Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, and GitHub Actions
- Proficient in JavaScript with practical experience using control flow constructs (for, while, if/else) and effective exception handling using try/catch for building reliable and efficient web applications.
- A clear and concise communicator, able to work well with a small and cohesive team.
- A technology enthusiast. Excited to work in a fast-paced development environment, and eager to work with new technologies.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Motivated to learn and grow. This position exposes the candidate to all aspects of a successful product, from development through end-user adoption.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
Additional Skills
- Good to have knowledge of Java/Python/C#
- Experience with Selenium, Appium or other mobile automation tool
- Good to have knowledge of Maven, TestNG and CI/CD pipeline setup experience
- Experience with cloud-based testing platforms(Perfecto / Saucelabs/ Lambdatest /BrowserStack)
- Exposure to any AI-powered tools (e.g., KaneAI, Testim, mabl, QASE, Applitools).
- Experience with other automation tools: Cypress, RestAssured (API testing), AUTO IT tool
- Familiarity with self-healing automation scripts and AI-based defect prediction.
- Performance Testing (Jmeter/Load runner) and Security Testing
- Familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes for test environment setup.
- Experience working with large datasets and AI/ML-based analytics.
At PeopleGrove, we don’t just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. PeopleGrove is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at careers@peoplegrove.com or you may call us at 650-584-3400