Senior Test Lead
Technology, Data & Digital · Software & Web Development · QA & Testing · Software Engineering · DevOps
In short
Polaris seeks a Senior QA Automation Engineer for its Sourcing Applications and Platforms team in Madurai, India. The role involves designing, building, and maintaining automated testing solutions for web and mobile applications, integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment. A Bachelor's degree and 8-9 years of software testing experience are required.
Responsibilities
- Develop and drive test plans, test cases and test strategies based on project requirements.
- Build, maintain, and execute robust and scalable web automation frameworks and scripts.
- Integrate automation and performance tests into CI/CD pipelines.
- Identify, document, and track software defects and perform root cause analysis.
- Execute regression & smoke testing to support software releases.
- Conduct performance and load testing to identify bottlenecks and ensure scalability.
- Explore new methods and tools for functional, automated testing & AI.
- Collaborate with onshore and offshore teams to implement QA processes.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to team members.
- Support, maintain, and administer cloud testing solutions.
Requirements
- 8–9 years of experience in Software Testing and Quality Engineering.
- 3-4 years of experience in building automated test suites using Playwright-TypeScript.
- Proven experience in building ground-up automation solutions to drive product quality.
- Hands on experience in API testing and automation using Playwright-Typescript, Postman-Newman.
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted tools (GitHub Copilot, test case / script generation tools).
- Experience with CI/CD integration using GitHub Actions.
- Familiarity with test management tools like TestRail and JIRA.
- Strong knowledge of automation design patterns (POM, reusable framework design).
- Strong background and knowledge in automated, system, smoke, black box, integration, and unit testing.
- Experience with Agile development methods such as Scrum and Kanban.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or similar degree.
Desired Qualifications
- 4-5 years of experience delivering highly effective automated testing solutions using Selenium WebDriver (Good to have)
- Performance testing experience (good to have)
- Database Testing knowledge is a plus.
- Experience with AI/ML-driven test automation solutions (Playwright MCP / Playwright CLI).
- Experience writing TypeScript, JavaScript, or other automation-supporting scripts.
- LambdaTest / BrowserStack Experience
- Test Rail Experience
- Apache JMeter Experience
- DevOps knowledge
Benefits
- Opportunity to work with a global leader in powersports.
- Supportive and mature Agile environment.
- Potential for growth and development at HCLTech.
- Exposure to AI/ML-driven test automation solutions.
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