Test Automation Engineer
Cuculus
- Bengaluru, India
- Full-time
- Mid Level
- Posted
Responsibilities
- Test Automation & Framework Development
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks from scratch using
- Java and/or JavaScript/TypeScript
- Develop and execute automated test suites for
- UI and API testing, ensuring high coverage and stability
- Implement end-to-end automation using
- Playwright
- and related automation libraries
- Ensure automation solutions follow best practices for maintainability, performance, and scalability
- CI/CD & Test Execution
- Integrate automated test suites into
- CI/CD pipelines
- using
- Manage test execution, reporting, and traceability using
- JIRA, Xray, and TestRail
Maintain automation code using
- Git, following best practices for branching, reviews, and version control
- Support environment configuration and test setup for consistent execution across environments
Analysis, Quality & Collaboration
- Analyze test results, identify root causes, and collaborate with development teams to resolve issues efficiently
- Improve automation reliability and execution performance through continuous refactoring and optimization
- Contribute to overall test strategy, automation standards, and reporting practices
- Actively participate in requirement analysis and mapping automated tests to requirements
- API & Integration Testing
- Design and execute
API and integration tests
- Implement authentication setup via APIs (token/session generation) to optimize test execution
- Perform contract validation, response verification, and chaining of API + UI test flows
- Maintain traceability between automated tests and requirements in
Requirements
- 3–6 years
- of experience in test automation engineering
- Strong hands-on experience with
- Java and/or JavaScript/TypeScript
- Proven experience in
- automation framework design and implementation
- (from scratch or major enhancements)
- Hands-on expertise with
- for end-to-end test automation
- Solid understanding of
- CI/CD concepts
- with practical experience in
GitLab CI and/or Jenkins
- using Playwright request context
- JIRA/Xray/TestRail
Required Skills & Experience
Playwright
GitLab CI and/or Jenkins
Experience with test management and defect tracking tools:
JIRA, Xray, TestRail
- Strong understanding of test strategies, automation best practices, and reporting
- Nice-to-haves (great if you have them, but not a dealbreaker)
Experience with
API automation (REST)
and integration testing
- Familiarity with test data management, stubbing, and mocking techniques
- Exposure to
- Docker, containerized test execution, or cloud-based CI/CD pipelines
Experience with
parallel test execution and test optimization strategies
Knowledge of cloud platforms
(AWS, Azure, or similar) for test environments
Experience with
- performance, reliability, or non-functional testing
- Understanding of microservices-based architectures
- Familiarity with
- BDD frameworks or behavior-driven testing approaches
- Experience working in
- Agile / Scrum development environments
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