QA Automation Tester
Weekday AI · Pune, Maharashtra, India · ₹500K–₹3M/yr
Technology, Information and Internet · 11-50 employees
About the role
The Senior SDET will architect and maintain scalable automation frameworks while owning the automation strategy across web, API, and mobile platforms. They will also lead defect triage, mentor team members, and integrate performance and contract testing into CI/CD pipelines.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have 5-8 years of experience in SDET or automation roles with strong proficiency in TypeScript and Python. Expertise in Playwright, API testing tools, and CI/CD infrastructure is required for this role.
Full description
This role is for one of the Weekday's clients
Salary range: Rs 500000 - Rs 3000000 (ie INR 5 - 30 LPA)
Min Experience: 5+ years
Location: Pune (Hybrid) JobType: full-time
We are looking for a Senior SDET to own automation strategy, architect scalable test frameworks, and drive quality engineering across web, API, and mobile for Musafir’s cloud-native travel platform.
What You’ll Do
- Architect and maintain scalable automation frameworks in Playwright (TypeScript/Python)
- Define automation strategy, coverage, and quality KPIs; mentor SDETs
- Build API, contract, and performance testing integrated into CI/CD pipelines
- Lead defect triage, RCA, and shift-left / quality-gate practices
- Partner with Dev and DevOps on testability, test infrastructure, and release quality
- Execute testing across web, mobile apps, and backend services
What You Must Have
- 5–8 years in SDET / automation with strong coding (TypeScript, Python; Java/C# a plus)
- Expert Playwright (primary) and framework design (POM, data-driven, keyword-driven)
- API testing (Postman, Swagger, REST/SOAP) and performance (JMeter/Gatling/k6)
- CI/CD (Azure Pipelines/GitHub Actions), Docker; Jira, TestLink, BDD (Cucumber/SpecFlow)
- Dashboards/KPIs (Grafana/Elasticsearch); Agile/Scrum and microservices testing
Nice to Have
- ISTQB / Playwright certification; travel/OTA/e-commerce domain
- Cloud testing (AWS/Azure); DB testing; contract testing (Pact); security (OWASP)
AI Skills — Ready to Use
- AI-assisted test generation and maintenance — self-healing locators and AI test-data synthesis
- Use AI copilots for Playwright/TypeScript authoring and code review
- LLM-based validation (test oracles) and failure triage; prompt basics
- Awareness of AI evaluation and guardrails when testing AI-powered features
Must-have skillsQA Automation, Typescript, playwright
Good-to-have skillsJMeter, REST APIs, Postman
