QA Engineer (Automation & AI-Driven Testing)

Job Title - QA Engineer (Automation & AI-Driven Testing)

Job Location - Pune, Maharashtra

Budget - INR 30 lacs

Role Overview

As a QA Engineer , you will be responsible for ensuring product quality, reliability, and customer trust across our clients SaaS platform. You will design, build, and maintain modern test automation systems , including AI-assisted and intelligent testing tools , while working closely with engineering, product, and DevOps teams.

This role goes beyond manual testing—you will help establish quality engineering best practices , automate aggressively, and ensure high confidence in every release.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze product requirements and participate in test strategy, test planning, and risk assessment
• Design, implement, and maintain automated test suites across API, UI, and end-to-end workflows
• Build and evolve test automation frameworks to support fast-paced feature development
• Leverage AI-powered / next-generation testing tools for test creation, maintenance, and optimization
• Ensure quality gates across releases by tracking test coverage, defects, and release readiness
• Participate in design and architecture discussions to proactively identify quality risks
• Debug, troubleshoot, and root-cause functional, integration, and production issues
• Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and DevOps to improve system reliability
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous quality validation
• Perform regression, integration, and performance testing as required
• Review test cases and automation code from peers to maintain high quality standards
• Learn and understand complex distributed systems , workflows, and domain-specific challenges
• Work effectively in a fast-paced startup environment with high ownership

Must-Have Skills

• 2–6 years of experience in Quality Engineering / Test Automation for SaaS products
• Strong experience testing APIs, web applications, and backend services
• Hands-on experience with Python-based test automation
• Experience building or maintaining custom or open-source test automation frameworks
• Experience writing and executing functional, integration, and regression test cases
• Exposure to AI-assisted / intelligent testing tools
• Examples: self-healing tests, AI-based test generation, flaky test detection, or similar modern approaches
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and analytical skills
• Experience with cloud-based platforms and environments
• Basic understanding of performance testing concepts
• Experience with design, document, and execute test cases using test management tools
• Log, track, and manage defects using JIRA
• Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python, Shell, or Groovy
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams

Good-to-Have Skills

• Hands-on experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Github Actions, ArgoCD or similar CI tools
• Exposure to cloud-native or IoT-based platforms
• Understanding of build processes and deployment automation
• Familiarity with Docker or containerized test environments
• Experience testing distributed systems or event-driven architectures
• Prior startup or fast-scaling product experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field from a reputed institution