Quality assurance automation engineer

Dentsu Global Services · Bengaluru, India

Key Responsibilities
Exp - 4-6 years
Pune/ Mumbai/ Bangalore
Immediate joiners only
Test Automation & Technical Delivery
Develop, improve, and maintain automated test suites across frontend and backend components.
Write high‐quality, maintainable automated tests that support rapid delivery and reliability.
Identify and implement a test coverage tool to monitor coverage.
Own the execution and reporting of automated test pipelines within CI/CD workflows.
Monitor test flakiness and stability; proactively diagnose root causes and implement fixes.
Contribute to discussions on testing strategy, tooling, and testability improvements across the product.
Ensure all automated testing follows best practice, is version‐controlled, and integrates cleanly into engineering workflows.
Design and implement E2 E testing to simulate real user actions and validate the full workflow.
Collaboration & Ways of Working
Work day‐to‐day with developers across three squads to embed quality into feature development.
Participate in squad ceremonies (stand‐ups, refinement, planning), providing input on test impact and automation needs.
Collaborate with product managers and engineering leads to understand feature requirements and identify test scenarios.
Work within an agile, cloud‐first engineering environment and contribute to continuous improvement of testing processes.
Document and track bugs encountered, providing detailed reproduction steps, environment details and visual documentation to facilitate efficient resolution.
Learning & Growth
Learn from developers to deepen technical skills.
Stay current with modern test automation frameworks, patterns, and tools, recommending improvements where valuable.
Contribute to documentation of test suites, frameworks, and best practices.
Required Experience & Skills
1–3 years' experience in QA automation or software engineering roles with a testing focus.
Experience developing automated tests for web applications (frontend or backend).
Familiarity with at least one E2 E / Browser Automation framework (e.g., Cypress, Playwright, Selenium) and one Unit Framework (x Unit, Jest, NUnit).
Ability to read and write code in at least one programming language (Java Script/Type Script, C#, Python, or similar).
Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automated test execution.
Ability to work within an agile engineering environment.
Desirable / Nice-to-Have Skills
Experience with some of the following is beneficial but not required :
Backend Testing
x Unit or similar unit testing frameworks for. NET environments.
API / integration testing methods and tools.
Frontend Testing
Cypress, Playwright, or similar browser automation tools.
(We currently use Cypress but are open to modernising our approach.)
General Technical Experience
Git and version control workflows.
Dockerised development/testing environments.
Cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform preferred but not essential).
Tech Environment (for Context)
The Pipes product is built using:
Backend: C# (. NET)
Frontend: React JS
Data: My SQL, Firestore, Big Query
Infrastructure: Google Cloud Platform (Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Cloud Scheduler, Docker)
Testing Frameworks (Current & Planned):
x Unit (C#)
Cypress (legacy, under review)
Potential introduction of Playwright or similar end-to-end test automation tool.
What Success Looks Like
Within 6-12 months, success in this role will include:
Demonstrably higher automated test coverage across the platform.
Stable, reliable automated pipelines with decreased test flakiness.
Ability to work independently across squads and manage the testing suite.
Meaningful contribution to the team's confidence in software quality and release reliability.