Job Title: Senior Test Engineer – AI-Integrated Test Automation

[Notice Period: Candidates with 15 days or less NP (others will not be considered)]

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Job Summary

Astaqc is hiring a Senior Test Engineer to lead our next generation of test automation. This role goes beyond framework maintenance. We want someone who has actively integrated AI models into their test lifecycle — generating tests, detecting flaky assertions, healing broken selectors, and publishing results through modern observability stacks. If you have built or operated an autonomous testing pipeline where AI models do meaningful work, this is the role.

Responsibilities

AI-Augmented Test Automation

• Design and implement test automation frameworks that integrate AI/LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, open-source models via LiteLLM or Ollama) for test case generation from requirements, user stories, or Gherkin specs.
• Build and maintain self-healing test automation: AI models analyse DOM/selector failures and propose or apply corrections without manual intervention.
• Integrate vision-based AI models for screenshot comparison, visual regression, and anomaly detection within test pipelines.
• Own the full lifecycle from prompt engineering for test generation through to CI execution and reporting.

Framework & Tooling

• Lead automation efforts across Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress (hands-on with at least two required).
• Design BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow) and connect them to AI generation inputs.
• Maintain clean, modular, version-controlled test codebases (Python or TypeScript preferred; C# accepted).

Observability & Reporting

• Set up and maintain test reporting dashboards using Grafana, Kibana, or Allure Report.
• Define SLIs/SLOs for test suite health: flakiness rate, automation coverage, MTTR for broken tests.
• Publish actionable reports to stakeholders showing defect trends, coverage gaps, and AI model performance in test generation.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Work with QA leads and engineering managers to define the AI testing roadmap.
• Mentor mid-level engineers on AI tool integration and prompt engineering for testing use cases.
• Participate in sprint ceremonies, contribute to test strategy documents, and review pull requests for test quality.

Requirements

• 4–7 years in software testing with at least 2 years focused on test automation.
• Demonstrated experience integrating an AI/LLM API into a testing workflow — must be able to show code, a repo, or a recorded demo during the interview.
• Hands-on with at least two of: Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium.
• Working knowledge of at least one observability/reporting tool: Grafana, Kibana, ELK stack, or Allure.
• Solid scripting ability in Python, TypeScript, or C#.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitLab CI).
• Familiarity with REST API testing (Postman, REST-Assured, or equivalent).
• Strong analytical reasoning and ability to read test failure logs independently.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with autonomous test maintenance — systems that detect and repair broken tests without manual triggers.
• Exposure to AI agent frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Smolagents, or similar).
• ISTQB certification (any level).
• Experience in a QA outsourcing or client-delivery environment.
• Knowledge of performance testing tools (k6, JMeter, Gatling).

Interview Process Note

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to demonstrate a working AI-integrated automation example during a technical round. This can be a live demo, a shared repo, or a recorded walkthrough — passive claims without evidence will not be considered.

Location: Mumbai. On-site preferred; hybrid considered for the right candidate.

How to Apply: Send your resume and a brief note on your AI testing work to jobs@astaqc.com. Include any links to repos, demos, or published work.