QA/QE - Automation Engineer
Position Description
Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2024 reported revenue is CA$14.68 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.
Job Title: Senior Automation Test Engineer
Position: Senior Test Engineer
Experience: 5-8 Years
Category: Quality Engineering
Shift: 6 am – 2 pm / 1 pm – 10 pm
Main location: India, Telangana, Hyderabad / India, Karnataka, Bengaluru
Position ID: J0826-2107
Employment Type: Full Time
Education Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or higher with minimum 8 years of relevant experience.
Position Description: We are looking for a QA / QE Senior Software Engineer with strong experience in test automation, RPA, API testing, and modern AI-assisted quality engineering practices. The position involves designing, developing, executing, and maintaining scalable automation frameworks and reusable test scripts for UI and end-to-end testing. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Selenium, Playwright, UiPath, API automation, CI/CD integration, and Generative AI tools to improve test automation efficiency and overall software quality
Your future duties and responsibilities
• Understand business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and business processes to define effective test coverage.
• Design, develop, execute, and maintain scalable UI and end-to-end automation frameworks using Selenium and Playwright.
• Create reusable, maintainable, and robust automated test scripts for functional, regression, smoke, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Develop and maintain automation solutions using appropriate frameworks, coding standards, design patterns, and reusable components.
• Leverage UiPath for Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and business process automation.
• Design and execute API automation and validate REST API responses, integrations, data flows, and business workflows.
• Integrate automated test suites with CI/CD pipelines and support automated test execution in build and deployment environments.
• Analyze test failures, identify root causes, troubleshoot automation issues, and provide clear defect reports with supporting evidence.
• Use Generative AI and Prompt Engineering techniques to improve test script generation, test data creation, defect analysis, root cause analysis, and automation optimization.
• Leverage AI-assisted development and testing tools such as ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Cursor AI, and Microsoft Copilot to improve productivity and automation quality.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, business analysts, and other stakeholders to triage defects and ensure timely resolution.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to test planning, estimation, sprint activities, and release readiness.
• Maintain test documentation, test data, automation assets, execution results, and test reports.
• Identify opportunities to improve test coverage, framework scalability, automation stability, and overall QA processes.
• Support continuous quality improvement by adopting modern testing, automation, DevOps, and AI-assisted testing practices.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
Must-Have Skills:
• Strong hands-on experience in UI and end-to-end test automation using Selenium and Playwright.
• Experience designing, developing, executing, and maintaining scalable automation frameworks and reusable test scripts.
• Hands-on experience with UiPath for Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and business process automation.
• Strong understanding of QA concepts, test design, defect lifecycle, and software testing methodologies.
• Experience with functional, regression, smoke, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Experience with API automation and validation of RESTful APIs.
• Experience integrating automated tests with CI/CD pipelines and build environments.
• Experience with test reporting, defect tracking, and release validation.
• Knowledge of Generative AI, Prompt Engineering, and AI-assisted test automation.
• Hands-on or practical experience using AI-assisted tools such as ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Cursor AI, or Microsoft Copilot.
• Ability to leverage AI for automated test script generation, test data creation, defect analysis, root cause analysis, and automation optimization.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, SQL, Git, Jira, Azure DevOps, and modern DevOps practices.
• Strong analytical, debugging, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Experience working in Agile / Scrum teams and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.
Good-to-Have Skills:
• Experience with advanced Selenium or Playwright automation framework development.
• Exposure to BDD frameworks such as Cucumber.
• Knowledge of API automation tools such as Postman, REST Assured, or similar tools.
• Experience with UiPath Orchestrator and enterprise RPA implementations.
• Exposure to test management tools such as Zephyr, TestRail, or similar platforms.
• Experience building test dashboards, automation metrics, and quality reporting.
• Exposure to cloud-based testing and DevOps platforms.
• Experience using AI to optimize test coverage, generate test scenarios, and improve automation maintenance.
• Knowledge of Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or other programming languages used for test automation.
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