Job Description: Automation Test Engineer
Job Summary
We are looking for a skilled and passionate Automation
Test Engineer with 3-5 years of experience in test automation, API testing,
and quality engineering. The ideal candidate will be responsible for building
and maintaining scalable automation frameworks, improving test coverage,
ensuring high-quality software releases, and driving automation initiatives
across UI, API, and performance testing domains.
The candidate should possess strong expertise in Playwright,
TypeScript, Cucumber BDD, API Automation, Jenkins, GitLab, and JMeter,
along with a quality-first mindset and a proactive approach to continuous
improvement.
Requirements
- Design,
develop, and maintain scalable UI automation frameworks and test scripts
using Playwright, TypeScript, and Cucumber BDD to ensure reliable
and maintainable test coverage.
- Design
and implement CI/CD automation pipelines in Jenkins, integrating UI
and API automation suites to enable continuous testing and faster feedback
during releases.
- Develop, maintain, and execute API automation
test suites to validate functionality, integrations, data integrity,
and overall system reliability.
- Utilize GitLab for source control management, code reviews, and adherence
to established branching and release management strategies.
- Leverage GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted tools/agents to improve automation
development efficiency, script quality, and test coverage.
- Perform sanity, functional, regression,
integration, and end-to-end testing to validate application quality
across releases and environments.
- Create,
review, and maintain test cases, test scenarios, test data, and test
documentation, ensuring complete coverage of business, functional, and
non-functional requirements.
- Create and maintain test datasets required
for testing activities and implement dynamic test data generation
approaches within automation frameworks to reduce maintenance effort and
improve script reliability.
- Monitor
daily automation executions, analyse test reports, investigate failures,
identify defects or script issues, and track them through resolution and
closure.
- Participate
in automation script reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards,
framework guidelines, and test automation best practices.
- Identify
flaky automation scripts, perform root cause analysis, and implement
improvements to enhance automation reliability and stability.
- Analyse defects and production issues and add
corresponding scenarios to the regression suite to minimize defect
leakage and improve overall product quality.
- Track automation coverage, execution trends, and
quality metrics, and provide recommendations to improve automation
effectiveness and test efficiency.
- Design,
develop, and execute performance test scripts using JMeter, analyse
performance reports, identify bottlenecks, and provide recommendations for
system optimization.
- Write
and execute SQL queries to validate backend data, verify data integrity
across systems, and support functional, API, and end-to-end testing
activities.
Required Technical Skills
- Playwright with TypeScript
- Cucumber BDD Framework
- API Testing & Automation
- Postman
- Jenkins
- GitLab
- CI/CD Pipeline Implementation
- Performance Testing using Apache JMeter
- GitHub Copilot and AI Agent Development/Usage
- Jira, TestRail or similar Test Management Tools
- Automation Framework Design and Development
Skills Required
- 3-5 years of experience in test automation, API testing, and quality engineering
- Experience with Playwright and TypeScript
- Experience with the Cucumber BDD framework
- API testing and automation experience
- Experience with Postman
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins
- Experience using GitLab for source control, code reviews, and release management
- Performance testing experience using Apache JMeter
- Experience using GitHub Copilot and AI agents or AI-assisted development tools
- Experience with Jira, TestRail, or similar test management tools
- Automation framework design and development experience
- Ability to write and execute SQL queries for backend data validation
What We Do
flydocs is an aviation asset-management solution provider specializing in digital records management and aircraft maintenance data. Its software and expert services help airlines, lessors, maintenance, repair and overhaul organizations, and original equipment manufacturers manage technical records, monitor aircraft assets, support compliance and airworthiness, and improve operational efficiency throughout the commercial aviation asset lifecycle. The company is owned by Lufthansa Technik.
