We are looking for a Senior QA Automation Engineer with a strong engineering mindset who can drive both manual and automation strategies and ensure high product quality across Mobile, Web, and API platforms. You will play a key role in building scalable automation solutions, improving test reliability, and embedding quality into the development lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Understand user stories, use cases, and requirements to define comprehensive test strategies
- Develop reliable, maintainable automated test suites for functional, regression, smoke, and E2E testing
- Design, develop, and maintain automation test frameworks and test suites
- Write, execute, and maintain automated and manual functional, regression, and smoke test cases
- Identify, log, track, and verify software defects, and drive them to closure
- Work closely with developers to reproduce, debug, and resolve issues efficiently
- Analyze test results for data integrity, errors, performance issues, and usability gaps
- Apply risk-based testing and maintain traceability matrices to ensure maximum test coverage
- Integrate automation tests into CI/CD pipelines and release workflows
- Participate in requirement, design, and code reviews to ensure quality is built in early
- Mentor junior QA engineers and provide technical guidance
- Ensure QA processes, standards, and best practices are consistently followed
- Provide release sign-off, test reports, and documentation as required
Technical Skills & Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in QA Automation / SDET roles
- Strong hands-on experience with automation tools:
- Appium (Android & iOS)
- Playwright / Selenium / Cypress (Web)
- Proficiency in at least one programming language:
- Java / Python / JavaScript / TypeScript
- Strong experience in:
- API automation testing (REST, JSON, Postman, RestAssured, etc.)
- Test framework design and architecture
- Solid understanding of:
- STLC, defect life cycle, and test strategy design
- Agile/Scrum development practices
- Experience with:
- CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.)
- Version control systems (Git)
- Hands-on experience with bug tracking tools like JIRA
- Ability to debug issues across UI, API, and backend layers
- Proficiency in at least one programming language: Java / Python / JavaScript / TypeScript
- Strong knowledge of software testing concepts, STLC, and defect life cycle
- Experience with bug tracking and test management tools such as JIRA
- Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Strong problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills
- Ability to take ownership and work independently in a startup environment
Good to Have (Big Plus)
- Experience with cloud device farms (BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, LambdaTest)
- Exposure to performance testing (JMeter, k6)
- Basic knowledge of security testing concepts
- Experience working on high-scale consumer or media/content applications
- Familiarity with Docker, test environments, or DevOps practices
About KUKU
Founded in 2018, KUKU is India's leading storytelling platform, offering a vast digital library of audio stories, short courses, and microdramas. KUKU aims to be India's largest cultural exporter of stories, culture and history to the world with a firm belief in Create In India, Create For The World.
We deliver immersive entertainment and education through our OTT platforms: Kuku FM, Guru, Kuku TV, and more. With a mission to provide high-quality, personalized stories across genres from entertainment across multiple formats and languages, KUKU continues to push boundaries and redefine India's entertainment industry.
Website: www.kukufm.com
Android App: Google Play
iOS App: App Store
LinkedIn: KUKU
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Skills: selenium,java,qa automation,appium,software testing life cycle (stlc),ci/cd tools,python
