Cognizant
Senior Automation Test Engineer (Scala/Play Applications)
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Senior Automation Test Engineer (Scala/Play Applications)
Automation Test Engineer
We are looking for a skilled Automation Test Engineer to join our team working on modern Scala/Play microservices and digital services. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks across UI, API, integration, and end-to-end testing layers.
The role requires close collaboration with developers, product owners, business analysts, and DevOps teams to ensure high-quality software delivery through continuous testing and quality engineering practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain automation test frameworks and reusable test assets.
- Develop and execute automated tests for web applications, APIs, and microservices.
- Create and maintain regression, smoke, integration, and end-to-end test suites.
- Validate business journeys across frontend and backend services.
- Collaborate with developers during sprint activities to ensure testability and quality.
- Participate in requirements analysis, test planning, and estimation.
- Identify, report, and track defects through resolution.
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
- Support performance, accessibility, and security testing initiatives.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of testing standards and best practices.
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Essential Skills & Experience
Test Automation
- Strong experience in test automation frameworks.
- Experience with one or more: Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, Cypress
- API Testing
- Strong experience testing REST APIs.
- Experience with: Karate, REST Assured, Postman, WireMock
Programming
- Experience in at least one of: Java, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python
CI/CD & DevOps – Good to Have
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
- Azure DevOps Pipelines
- Git version control
Testing Practices
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- Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Test planning and execution
- Defect management
- Risk-based testing
- Test strategy development
Desirable Skills
- Experience with Scala and Play Framework applications.
- Experience testing microservices architectures.
- MongoDB testing experience.
- Docker and containerised environments.
- Contract testing tools (Pact or similar).
- Cloud platforms (Azure or AWS).
- Performance testing using Gatling or JMeter.
Expected Deliverables
- Automated UI test suite
- Automated API regression suite
- End-to-end test coverage
- CI/CD integrated automation pipelines
- Test execution and coverage reports
- Quality metrics and defect analysis
Preferred Tech Stack
- Playwright + TypeScript (UI Automation)
- Karate (API Automation)
- WireMock (Service Virtualisation)
- Jenkins/GitHub Actions (CI/CD)
- MongoDB (Data Validation)
- Axe (Accessibility Testing)
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