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Lead Automation QA Engineer
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Req. VR-124402
QA engineering team supporting a long-running product line for an international manufacturing client. The team owns functional and regression coverage for web-based applications, maintains a Java/Selenium automation framework, and runs automated suites as part of the CI/CD pipeline. Work is organised in Agile/Scrum with distributed teams; the engineer collaborates directly with developers, BAs and product owners on requirement clarification, test design and defect triage. Delivery is from Bangalore in a hybrid model.
Design, develop and maintain automation frameworks using Java and Selenium WebDriver
Create and execute test plans, test cases and test scripts for functional, regression and integration testing
Perform manual testing — functional, smoke, sanity and exploratory — where automation is not applicable
Build and maintain automated suites on TestNG/JUnit; apply Page Object Model and other design patterns for scalability
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps)
Identify automation opportunities together with development teams and drive test coverage improvements
Perform API testing using Rest Assured, Postman or equivalent
Analyse results, raise and track defects in JIRA
Mentor junior QA engineers and set automation best practices
Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning and estimation; report test status to stakeholders
Must have
8–10 years in software QA with a strong automation focus.
Java (expert level, Core Java + OOP)
Selenium WebDriver, Selenium Grid
TestNG / JUnit
Maven or Gradle
Git / GitHub / Bitbucket
Jenkins, GitLab CI or Azure DevOps
API testing
Rest Assured, Postman, SoapUI
SQL / database testing
Cross-browser and cross-platform testing
Manual testing: SDLC/STLC, test case design, JIRA / TestRail / Zephyr, functional, regression, integration, UAT, smoke, sanity
Mentoring and technical guidance experience
Nice to have
BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow); performance testing (JMeter, LoadRunner); Agile/Scrum at scale
Languages
English: B2 Upper Intermediate
Seniority
Lead
Bengaluru, India
Req. VR-124402
Automated Testing Others
Cross Industry Solutions
05/08/2026
Req. VR-124402
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