QA Automation Engineer Job in Chennai (3–10 Years)

About this QA Automation Engineer Job in Chennai

A growing company has an open position for a QA Automation Engineer and is looking for someone who cares about shipping high-quality software. The QA Automation Engineer Job in Chennai involves working closely with developers, product managers and other testers across the full software testing life cycle.

In this role you will if you thrive on building scalable automation frameworks and driving quality across continuous delivery pipelines, we’d love to connect!. You can see the full list of responsibilities in the job details above.

Chennai is a major centre for banking, SaaS and enterprise software testing, with many long-term QA projects.

Work type: Onsite, Automation.

Key skills for the QA Automation Engineer role

These are the skills the hiring team highlighted for this opening. Make sure your resume shows each one with a real example.

• Java – OOP basics, collections and exceptions to write clean automation code.
• Selenium WebDriver – build maintainable UI automation with the Page Object Model and solid locator strategies.
• Playwright – write stable cross-browser UI tests with auto-waits, fixtures and parallel runs.
• TestNG – group, prioritise and run tests in parallel with rich reports.
• BDD/Cucumber – write Gherkin scenarios that business and QA both understand.

Want to sharpen these skills? The official ISTQB syllabus is a great free reference for testing fundamentals.

A typical day in this role

• Join the daily stand-up to review sprint progress, blockers and what needs testing today.
• Write and maintain automated tests, fix flaky scripts and review test results from the CI pipeline.
• Log clear, reproducible bugs with steps, screenshots and logs, then re-test fixes.
• Update test cases and share test status with the team before the end of the day.

Who should apply

This opening suits mid-level QA engineers who can own features end to end – from test planning to automation and release sign-off.

If you match most of the skills above, apply for this QA Automation Engineer Job in Chennai even if you do not tick every single box – hiring teams value strong fundamentals and a clear, honest resume.

How to apply for this QA Automation Engineer Job in Chennai

1. Open the Daily QA Jobs list – a fresh list goes live every day at 9:00 AM IST.
2. Find the QA Automation Engineer opening and copy the HR email ID.
3. Send a short, polite email with your updated resume and a 3–4 line summary of matching skills.
4. Follow up once after 3–5 working days if you have not heard back.

Looking for more options? Browse all QA job openings or check the live LinkedQA jobs feed.

Interview preparation tips

• Be ready to walk through one real project: the app, your testing approach, tools used and the toughest bug you found.
• Expect a live coding round – practise writing a small UI or API test, handling waits and explaining your framework structure.
• Keep your resume ATS-friendly and matched to the skills listed in this job description.

Career growth after this role

From a mid-level QA role you can grow into Senior QA, SDET or Automation Architect positions by owning frameworks, CI/CD quality gates and mentoring others.

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