Senior QA Automation Engineer (Python)

Company Description

👋🏼 We're Nagarro. We are a digital product engineering company that is scaling in a big way! We build products, services, and experiences that inspire, excite, and delight. We work at scale — across all devices and digital mediums, and our people exist everywhere in the world (18 000+ experts across 39 countries, to be exact). Our work culture is dynamic and non-hierarchical. We're looking for great new colleagues. That's where you come in! By this point in your career, it is not just about the tech you know or how well you can code. It is about what more you want to do with that knowledge. Can you help your teammates proceed in the right direction? Can you tackle the challenges our clients face while always looking to take our solutions one step further to succeed at an even higher level? Yes? You may be ready to join us.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Senior QA Automation Engineer to join an Agile development team working on a complex software solution with microservices, microfrontends, and multiple API integrations.

The role has a strong focus on Python-based test automation, API/integration testing, BDD, and automated test framework development.

• Design, implement, and maintain automated test cases and test scenarios.
• Develop automated tests primarily using Python.
• Maintain and continuously improve a BDD test automation framework based on Behave.
• Perform API and integration testing, including gRPC-based communication.
• Use Playwright with Python for end-to-end and API testing.
• Create and maintain regression and smoke integration test suites.
• Analyze failed automated tests, investigate root causes, and create defects when appropriate.
• Develop and improve test clients, mocks, and supporting automation tools.
• Create and maintain test data and test environments.
• Review and improve existing test automation code.
• Collaborate closely with developers, Test Automation Engineers, and Software Requirement Leads.
• Analyze testability and challenge acceptance criteria where necessary.
• Execute automated tests locally and through CI/CD pipelines.
• Work with mocked APIs and hardware components as part of the testing environment.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Python for test automation.
• Solid experience in Test Automation within Agile development teams.
• Strong experience with API and integration testing.
• Experience with Protocol Buffers and gRPC.
• Strong hands-on experience with Docker, ideally including Docker Compose.
• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining automated test frameworks.
• Good understanding of test design, regression testing, and defect analysis.
• Experience with Git-based development workflows.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to have:

• Experience with BDD/TDD, ideally using Behave.
• Experience with Playwright using Python.
• Experience with GitLab and GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with mocking services, APIs, or hardware components.
• Knowledge of OPC UA.
• Experience with VS Code, WSL2, and DevContainers.
• Shell scripting experience.

Additional Information

Technology environment: 

• Test Automation: Python, Behave, Playwright
• APIs: gRPC, Protocol Buffers, OPC UA
• Environment: Docker, Docker Compose, VS Code, WSL2, DevContainers
• CI/CD: GitLab
• Backend: C++ microservices
• Frontend: React, TypeScript, Web Components

• Service Region: Eastern Europe