Senior Automation Engineer

As a Senior Automation Engineer at PayZen, you will lead the strategy for automation and testing, ensuring high-quality products through collaboration with engineering and product teams. Your responsibilities will include building and maintaining robust automation frameworks, enhancing CI/CD pipelines, and driving test coverage with tools like Playwright and Postman. You’ll also be proactive in identifying quality improvement areas and creating effective test plans throughout the development lifecycle.

To qualify for the Senior Automation Engineer position at PayZen, candidates should have 7+ years of hands-on experience in designing and implementing test automation frameworks. A proven track record in transitioning from manual to automated testing, expertise in tools like Selenium and Cypress, and a deep understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) are essential. Familiarity with microservices and API-driven environments as well as experience with CI/CD integration and observability tools will be valuable.

In the role of Senior Automation Engineer at PayZen, you will work with various technologies including Kubernetes, Docker, JavaScript, Node.js, and SQL/NoSQL databases. You will be utilizing tools for UI and API testing, CI/CD integration, and monitoring, such as Postman, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and observability tools like Sentry and Datadog, to ensure the reliability and performance of developed products.

The Senior Automation Engineer role directly contributes to patient care at PayZen by ensuring that our healthcare products function reliably and effectively. By enhancing automation frameworks and test coverage, you play a vital part in delivering high-quality software that makes medical payments easier and more accessible for patients, ultimately improving their overall healthcare experience.

As a Senior Automation Engineer at PayZen, you can expect a competitive compensation package that includes salary, benefits, and stock options. Beyond financial rewards, you will be part of a collaborative, high-performing team that values growth and innovation, giving you the opportunity to make a real impact in the healthcare industry while building your professional skills.

In answering this question, highlight specific automation testing frameworks you have designed and implemented. Discuss the technologies used, the challenges faced during the development, and the impact these frameworks had on testing efficiency and product quality.

You should explain your approach to ensuring comprehensive test coverage, emphasizing the importance of analyzing requirements and identifying critical areas for testing. Mention tools you’ve used, like Postman for API testing and any metrics used to measure coverage.

Discuss your hands-on experience with integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, showcasing specific tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions. Highlight any challenges you encountered and how you overcame them to maintain consistent build quality.

In your response, highlight the significance of analytics in QA testing. Discuss how you use metrics and reports to inform decision-making and identify areas needing improvement, emphasizing the impact this can have on long-term product reliability.

Mention specific tools such as Postman, Swagger, or Charles Proxy. Share examples of how you utilized these tools in past projects to ensure that APIs function as expected and meet the requirements set out during the development process.

Explain your methods for keeping current with automation testing trends. This could include attending webinars, participating in relevant online communities, reading blogs, or taking courses to continuously enhance your skills.

Talk about your methods for prioritizing testing tasks based on the project's needs, deadlines, and stakeholder input. Emphasize your ability to adapt to changing priorities while ensuring quality standards are met.

Discuss your knowledge and experience working with microservices architecture, including challenges encountered such as testing complexities and dependencies between services. Highlight strategies you've implemented to manage these effectively.

Share an example of a project where you successfully led the transition from manual to automated testing. Discuss your strategy, stakeholder collaboration, and the outcomes that were achieved in terms of time savings and quality improvements.

Reflect on specific challenges you’ve encountered in automation testing, such as flaky tests or integrating new tools. Discuss the steps you took to resolve these issues, including how you involved team members and what lessons were learned.