Lead Test Automation Specialist

2 weeks ago

Palakkad, Kerala, India beBeeQuality Full time ₹ 6,75,000 - ₹ 8,25,000
Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Quality Assurance Engineer with strong expertise in both manual and automation testing. The ideal candidate should have deep experience in building scalable automation frameworks, ensuring high-quality product delivery, and mentoring junior team members. You will work closely with developers, product owners, and business analysts to design and implement effective test strategies.

  • Design, develop, and maintain robust automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver and BDD (Cucumber/Gherkin).
  • Perform both manual and automated testing to ensure product quality across web, API, and integration layers.
  • Write feature files with clear, business-oriented scenarios and maintain reusable step definitions.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements, define acceptance criteria, and ensure test coverage.
  • Implement and maintain Page Object Model (POM) for scalable and maintainable automation.
  • Build and extend core framework utilities such as wrappers, waits, retry mechanisms, and driver handling.
  • Ensure clean code practices in test automation frameworks (SOLID principles, OOP concepts).
  • Identify, document, and track defects, providing detailed root cause analysis.
  • Mentor junior QA team members and contribute to overall process improvements.
Required Skills & Qualifications

Core QA Automation Skills

Selenium WebDriver (Advanced): Deep knowledge of WebDriver APIs, custom waits, element handling, handling synchronization issues, stale elements, and workarounds.

BDD (Cucumber/Gherkin)

Writing business-readable feature files, mapping steps correctly to ensure reusability and modularity.

Java (or framework language)

Strong OOP concepts (inheritance, abstraction, polymorphism), clean code practices with SOLID principles, exception handling, and custom exception creation.

Framework & Layer-Specific Skills

Step Definitions: Designing high-level steps without mixing UI locator logic, ensuring modularity and reusability, Page Object Model (POM): Strong understanding of POM & Page Factory, writing maintainable locators and encapsulating UI interactions, handling dynamic elements and reusable components, Core Framework (Wrappers, Waiters, Driver handling): Building wrapper methods around Selenium APIs, implementing custom waits, retry mechanisms, and driver utilities, extending WebDriver with custom elements where needed.

Additional Skills

Hands-on experience with manual testing (functional, regression, smoke, UAT), experience in API testing using Postman/RestAssured, strong understanding of test planning, test design, and defect management, knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and integration with tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab, familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, 3+ years of experience in QA, with at least 2+ years in automation testing, proven experience in building and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch.

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