Test Engineer

Job Summary The QA Automation Engineer role exists to ensure high-quality delivery of Salesforce and related business applications through effective manual testing, Playwright-based automation, API validation, regression coverage, and structured defect management. The role contributes to reliable releases by building reusable automation scripts, validating business-critical workflows, and supporting faster, more controlled delivery through Azure DevOps, Git, and CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, and maintain Playwright automation scripts using JavaScript and TypeScript for Salesforce and related application workflows.
• Design reusable automation components using page object model, modular scripting practices, and data-driven testing approaches.
• Execute UI, API, functional, and regression testing to validate business-critical Salesforce processes and release changes.
• Create, update, and maintain test cases, test execution records, and traceability in Azure DevOps Test Plans or JIRA.
• Log, track, retest, and validate defects through Azure DevOps Boards or JIRA, ensuring clear documentation and timely closure.
• Integrate and maintain automation suites within CI/CD pipelines and support Git-based version control practices.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, QA leads, and stakeholders to clarify requirements, resolve issues, and support release readiness.

Key Decisions / Dimensions

• Selection of suitable test scenarios for automation based on regression impact, business criticality, stability, and reusability.
• Choice of appropriate Playwright locators, assertions, waits, browser handling methods, and reusable automation design patterns.
• Prioritization of test execution, defect retesting, and automation maintenance activities in line with release timelines and QA priorities.
• Identification of defects, documentation of observations, and recommendation of severity or impact based on business workflow understanding.
• Determination of whether test failures are caused by script issues, environment instability, test data gaps, or actual application defects.
• Recommendations for improving automation coverage, reporting, framework maintainability, and CI/CD execution effectiveness.
• Direct Reports/Supervision (if applicable): 1-3 junior test engineers depending on POD size.
• Change Requests/Feature Testing Regression per month: 110 Man-days or 5 Man-months.

Major Challenges

• Maintaining stable and reusable Playwright automation scripts while handling frequent UI changes, dynamic Salesforce components, and evolving business workflows.
• Ensuring adequate regression coverage within tight release timelines while balancing manual validation, automation execution, and defect retesting activities.
• Debugging framework-level and script-level automation failures, including locator instability, waits, assertions, browser handling, and test data dependencies.
• Coordinating with developers, BAs, and stakeholders to clarify requirements, validate expected behavior, and ensure timely closure of defects.
• Maintaining accurate test documentation, execution evidence, and defect updates across Azure DevOps Test Plans, Boards, or JIRA.
• Supporting CI/CD execution of automation suites while ensuring failures are analysed and reported with clear root cause details.

Required Qualifications and Experience a) Qualifications
Bachelor's / master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline. Relevant QA automation certification or Salesforce testing exposure will be preferred.

b) Work Experience
3 to 4 years of QA and automation testing experience, including minimum 2+ years of hands-on Playwright automation using JavaScript and TypeScript. Salesforce testing experience is preferred.

Skills and Knowledge

• Strong hands-on experience in Playwright automation using JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Good understanding of page object model, reusable automation design, data-driven frameworks, and maintainable scripting practices.
• Strong knowledge of Playwright locators, assertions, waits, browser handling, test execution, and debugging techniques.
• Experience in UI, API, functional, and regression automation testing for web-based applications.
• Exposure to Salesforce testing, including validation of business workflows, user journeys, and integrated processes.
• Experience with Azure DevOps Test Plans and Boards or JIRA for test management, defect logging, tracking, and closure.
• Hands-on API testing experience using Postman and ability to validate request-response flows, status codes, payloads, and integration behaviour.
• Working knowledge of Git, branching practices, code reviews, and maintaining automation scripts in version control.
• Experience integrating automation suites with CI/CD pipelines and analysing pipeline execution results.
• Exposure to automation reporting integrations such as Allure reports and Playwright reports.
• Good understanding of Agile methodology, sprint ceremonies, QA estimation, test execution planning, and release validation.
• Strong analytical, debugging, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.

Skills

• Playwright
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• Salesforce Testing
• QA Automation
• UI Testing
• API Testing
• Postman
• Azure DevOps