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Senior Test Engineer – Enterprise Automation & Platform Quality

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Summary

Senior test engineer in Chennai who designs and owns scalable automated test frameworks (UI, API, backend) for enterprise distributed systems, integrating them into CI/CD pipelines and validating performance, reliability, and compliance. Core tech includes Selenium/Playwright/Cypress/REST Assured, JMeter/k6/Gatling, Python or Java, and observability tools like Grafana and Datadog.

Senior Test Engineer – Enterprise Automation & Platform Quality

Primary Focus: Enterprise systems, automation frameworks, CI/CD, performance, and platform reliability.

Role Summary

We are seeking a Senior Test Engineer specializing in enterprise automation and platform quality to design scalable automated testing frameworks and ensure robustness across distributed enterprise systems.

Qualifications

Must have

  • 7+ years in software testing with strong automation focus
  • Expertise in automation frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, REST Assured
  • Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, k6, Gatling, etc.)

· Strong understanding of CI/CD and DevOps-integrated testing

Additional Qualifications

  • Strong programming in Python, Java, or similar
  • Strong debugging and system-level troubleshooting skills
  • Experience testing enterprise-grade distributed systems
  • Experience in financial services or regulated environments
  • Familiarity with observability tools (Grafana, ELK, Datadog, etc.)


Key Responsibilities

Automation Strategy & Architecture

  • Design and implement scalable automated test frameworks across UI, API, and backend layers.
  • Establish CI/CD-integrated test pipelines for rapid feedback and continuous validation.
  • Define automation standards, coding practices, and test data strategies.
  • Own regression, integration, and end-to-end automation suites.

Enterprise System Quality Assurance

  • Ensure reliability across distributed systems, APIs, asynchronous workflows, and microservices.
  • Validate performance, scalability, and resilience under production-like loads.
  • Implement security, compliance, and audit validation testing aligned with enterprise standards.
  • Conduct defect root-cause analysis and drive systemic quality improvements.

Full-Stack System Testing

  • Validate frontend components, backend services, databases, and integrations.
  • Build and maintain API automation frameworks (REST / GraphQL).
  • Collaborate closely with engineering teams to shift quality left.

Quality Governance & Release Assurance

  • Define test coverage benchmarks and quality KPIs aligned with business impact.
  • Embed observability and monitoring validation into release cycles.
  • Act as the quality gatekeeper prior to production releases.
  • Contribute to long-term quality engineering maturity and tooling strategy.




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