Job Summary

Espire Infolabs is seeking an experienced Senior/Lead QA Automation Engineer to drive quality strategy, define automation frameworks, and ensure high-quality delivery of enterprise applications. The role requires strong hands-on automation skills along with leadership in test planning, execution, and continuous quality improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the test automation strategy and framework across projects
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for web and API applications
• Lead automation implementation for functional, regression, integration, and smoke test suites
• Review test cases, automation code, and ensure best practices and standards
• Work closely with Engineering, Product, and DevOps teams to embed quality into CI/CD pipelines
• Drive shift-left testing, test coverage, and quality metrics
• Perform and oversee manual testing where automation is not feasible
• Mentor and guide junior QA/Automation engineers
• Participate in sprint planning, release planning, and quality sign-off activities
• Own defect management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Software Testing, with strong focus on Automation Testing
• Hands-on experience with tools like Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or similar frameworks
• Strong proficiency in Java / Python / JavaScript / C# (at least one)
• Strong experience in API automation (RestAssured, Postman, etc.)
• Solid understanding of Test Framework Design, OOPs, and Design Patterns
• Experience integrating automation with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps, etc.)
• Experience with Agile/Scrum delivery models
• Hands-on experience with Git or other version control systems
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills

Good to Have

• Experience in performance testing (JMeter or similar)
• Experience with CRM platforms like Salesforce / HubSpot / Dynamics (if relevant)
• Experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow, etc.)
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Experience in test management tools (JIRA, TestRail, Zephyr, etc.)