Walk-In Drive: SDET QA Automation Lead - 10th Oct

Walk-In Drive on 10th Oct 2026 at Neurealm - Chennai Office

Address:

7th Floor, Block B, Futura Tech Park,

334, Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR),

Sholinganallur, Chennai – 600119

Experience: 7-10 yrs

Location: Chennai

Working Mode: 5 days from office

Technical Expertise:

Test automation using Playwright

Framework development

Test case design and execution

API automation

CI/CD pipeline

Test Strategy, Planning, Reporting & Metrics

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled, customer-facing Senior / Lead QA Automation Engineer with deep expertise in Quality Engineering, Test Automation Framework Development, Playwright, CI/CD Integration.

This role requires a strong Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) mindset, combining robust testing fundamentals with hands-on automation architecture, programming expertise, and strategic quality leadership. The ideal candidate will champion Shift-Left testing practices, lead automation framework modernization initiatives, and drive quality engineering excellence across web, API, and backend systems.

As a senior technical leader, you will work directly with customers, architects, developers, and business stakeholders to design scalable quality solutions, remove delivery bottlenecks, and establish enterprise-grade automation practices. This role demands excellent technical depth, strong problem-solving ability, and the capability to articulate complex technical concepts with confidence.

Key Responsibilities

Testing Strategy, Quality Engineering & Test Design

• Define and own comprehensive Test Plans, Test Strategies, and quality assurance approaches for complex healthcare applications.
• Establish testing scope, entry and exit criteria, risk assessment models, and quality gates across the SDLC.
• Design effective test cases and end-to-end business scenarios using industry-standard test design techniques.
• Ensure complete traceability between business requirements, test coverage, defects, and quality outcomes.
• Drive adoption of Agile, Shift-Left, Risk-Based, and Exploratory Testing methodologies.
• Partner with business and product teams to ensure critical healthcare workflows receive adequate coverage.

Framework Architecture & Automation Engineering

Playwright & Selenium Framework Leadership

• Architect, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Playwright.
• Lead automation modernization efforts, including migration from legacy Selenium-based frameworks to modern Playwright-based solutions.
• Design reusable framework components, utilities, reporting modules, test execution engines, and configuration management layers.
• Implement robust automation solutions supporting:
• Cross-browser testing
• Parallel execution
• Data-driven testing
• API automation
• Environment management
• CI/CD integration
• Automated reporting

Framework Engineering Excellence

• Define and maintain framework architecture, package structures, folder hierarchies, and coding standards.
• Apply Object-Oriented Programming principles, design patterns, and software engineering best practices.
• Conduct framework reviews and recommend scalability, maintainability, and performance improvements.
• Mentor engineering teams on framework design and automation development best practices.

API Testing & Backend Validation

• Design and execute automated API testing strategies for microservices and RESTful applications.
• Implement contract testing, integration testing, and service-level validation frameworks.
• Validate end-to-end business transactions across application, service, and database layers.
• Develop automated solutions for test data creation, API mocking, and service virtualization.

Flaky Test Elimination & Troubleshooting

• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve unstable automation executions.
• Perform deep-root-cause analysis using:
• Playwright Trace Viewer
• Browser Developer Tools
• Execution Logs
• CI/CD Diagnostics
• Monitoring Platforms
• Optimize synchronization strategies, locator design, waits, retries, and test stability mechanisms.
• Improve automation reliability, execution performance, and maintenance efficiency.

CI/CD, Observability & Quality Orchestration

Continuous Integration & Delivery

• Integrate automation frameworks with enterprise CI/CD pipelines using:
• Azure DevOps
• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• GitLab CI/CD