QA Automation Engineer (Mid–Senior, 4–6 years)

We are looking for a Mid to Senior QA Automation Engineer with strong Python expertise to join an agile engineering team developing complex distributed systems.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and design unit test cases based on specifications and requirements.
• Create, design, and implement automated test cases and scenarios using Behavior-Driven Development methodology (Behave Playwright based on Python).
• Execute automated unit tests in CI pipelines; manual execution when required.
• Analyze failed test cases and raise defects as appropriate.
• Develop and maintain test clients and mocks for API and hardware simulation.
• Review and continuously improve unit test code and framework.
• Maintain and enhance regression test suites and test environments.
• Coordinate test planning and testability analysis with developers and requirement leads.
• Create and execute smoke/integration tests (manual and automated).
• Maintain and evolve the existing test automation framework.

• Strong Python experience.
• Solid Automation Testing experience.
• Experience working in Agile teams.
• API Testing experience (gRPC or OPC UA preferred; REST acceptable).
• Excellent communication & collaboration skills.
• Ability to understand complex technical processes.
• Strong analytical mindset and structured test design capabilities.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Behave (BDD)
• TDD and BDD practices
• Playwright (Python implementation)
• Docker & Docker Compose
• Experience with VS Code in WSL2 (DevContainers)
• GitLab
• Hardware mocking experience
• Pipeline scripting (GitLab)
• gRPC & protocol buffers
• OPC UA protocol
• Shell scripting

Tools & Technologies used in the Project:

• Python (primary automation language)
• Behave (BDD test framework)
• Playwright with Python (for e2e & API tests)
• Custom Python-based tools for orchestration and mocking
• VS Code + WSL2 + DevContainers
• Docker & Docker Compose
• GitLab (code repo, pipelines)

Test Environment:

• Extensive use of mocking for hardware parts and external interfaces.
• Local execution via Docker setups.
• CI execution via GitLab pipelines (DevOps-supported).

Application Tech Stack

• Backend Microservices: C++
• Microfrontends: React (TypeScript & WebComponents)
• API Communication:
• Inside Software Unit: gRPC (Microfrontend ⇄ Microservice)
• Between Software Units: gRPC
• Software ↔ Hardware Unit (PLC): OPC UA (all mocked at this testing level)

👋🏼 We're Nagarro.

We are a digital product engineering company that is scaling in a big way! We build products, services, and experiences that inspire, excite, and delight. We work at scale — across all devices and digital mediums, and our people exist everywhere in the world (17 500+ experts across 37 countries, to be exact). Our work culture is dynamic and non-hierarchical. We're looking for great new colleagues. That's where you come in!

By this point in your career, it is not just about the tech you know or how well you can code. It is about what more you want to do with that knowledge. Can you help your teammates proceed in the right direction? Can you tackle the challenges our clients face while always looking to take our solutions one step further to succeed at an even higher level? Yes? You may be ready to join us.