Test Engineer (Chennai Metropolitan Area)

Job Description: Key Responsibilities - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and derive test scenarios and test cases. - Develop and maintain automated test scripts for UI and APIs. - Execute smoke, sanity, and regression test suites as part of release cycles. - Perform functional and exploratory testing for recent features and bug fixes. - Identify, log, and track defects; support triaging and validation of fixes. - Run automated tests as part of CI/CD pipelines and report results. - Assist in test data preparation and environment setup. - Continuously improve test coverage and execution efficiency. - Follow QA best practices and contribute to team processes. Experience & Qualifications - 35 years of overall experience in Quality Assurance. - Minimum 2+ years of experience in test automation. - Hands-on experience in API testing/validation. - Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). Must-Have Skills - Hands-on experience with Playwright (TypeScript preferred) for UI automation. - Experience in API testing (REST APIs, response validation, etc.). - Basic understanding of automation concepts and scripting. - Exposure to CI/CD tools such as Jenkins. - Good understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, and QA processes. - Experience with test case design, execution, and defect tracking (JIRA). - Working knowledge of Git/version control systems. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Good-to-Have Skills - Exposure to CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps. - Awareness or basic usage of AI tools in QA/automation workflows. - Experience working in Agile/fast-paced environments. - Familiarity with test reporting tools. - Domain exposure to e-commerce applications. .