Senior Automation QA Engineer

Job Description Ciklum is looking for a Senior Automation QA Engineer to join our team full-time in India. We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live. About the role: As a Senior Automation QA Engineer, become a part of the Enterprise Security Engineering team. You will be part of a scrum team and work closely with them to enable and support good quality practices and build integration and system tests, both manual and automated. The goal is to ensure quality code releases that are highly resilient, scalable, and performing optimally on our state-of-the-art distributed infrastructure. Responsibilities: - Create white/black box test cases and develop target test applications based on identified use cases - Work closely with developers to create comprehensive test plans using the developer's design spec or bug description - Building/harnessing existing testing tools and automated testing frameworks written in Java and/or Python - Understand product requirements and ensure the engineering implementation covers all of them - Participate in design and code reviews, software maintenance releases, and documentation of test cases and results - Evaluate and test new product features according to business and functional requirements while identifying potential risks - Be involved in functional (integration, system) and non-functional (usability, performance, security) testing of products - Develop new approaches to solve problems identified during Quality Engineering activities - Influence development teams with regard to prioritizing testability and operationalization aspects of the modules collaborate with team members on testing activities - Drive test efforts for major releases or within Agile sprints - Work in tandem with other engineers to build advanced automated frameworks to deliver and exercise our world-class applications Requirements: - Bachelor's degree in computer science, Electronics or related discipline - Work experience in Python and Selenium web driver UI - Good knowledge of Internet technologies: RESTful Web Services and HTTP proxies, HTTP and HTTPS Protocols, web servers and databases (SQL), and how to test them - Good command of testing different QA Methodologies (black-box, white-box and gray-box) for both web UIs and backends, both manually and automated - Experience in identifying and formulating test cases - Experience in testingREST-based API interfaces and Service-Oriented Architectures both manually and automated - Good command of Selenium WebDriver and Playwright, including Page Object design patterns and Selenium Grid configurations, CI/CD, Jenkins, CircleCI - Passion for finding defects and breaking things is a must - Fluency in English Desirable: - Experience in using testing tools like FireBug, PostMan, Charles Proxy or similar - Experience with GIT source code management - Highly responsible, self-disciplined, self-motivated, able to work with little or no supervision - Good written and verbal communication skills - Ability to work late Indian hours, to interact with US team, till 19:00-20:00 What`s in it for you - Strong community: Work alongside top professionals in a friendly, open-door environment - Growth focus: Take on large-scale projects with a global impact and expand your expertise - Tailored learning: Boost your skills with internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy access, language courses, and company-paid certifications - Endless opportunities: Explore diverse domains through internal mobility, finding the best fit to gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies - Care: We've got you covered with company-paid medical insurance, mental health support, and financial & legal consultations About us: At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you'll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress. India is a strategic innovation hub for Ciklum, with growing teams in Chennai and Pune leading advancements in EdgeTech, AR/VR, IoT, and beyond. Join us to collaborate on game-changing solutions and take your career to the next level. Want to learn more about us Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn. Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum Interested already We would love to get to know you Submit your application. We can't wait to see you at Ciklum.