Senior Software Engineer

NielsenIQ · Chennai, TN, in

6–12 yrs experienceFull-timePosted Today

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and passionate Senior Quality Engineer to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in test automation, functional testing, API testing, UI automation, and performance testing, with strong expertise in Playwright, Java, Selenium, TestNG, and TypeScript/JavaScript and CI/CD pipelines, and emerging Agentic AI-driven testing solutions. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable automation frameworks, ensuring product quality, reliability, and performance across modern cloud-based applications and microservices architectures.   Key Responsibilities  • Design, develop, troubleshoot, debug, and enhance automated test solutions using Java, Playwright, TypeScript, and JavaScript.   • Develop comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and quality assurance approaches based on business and technical requirements.   • Estimate testing effort, identify risks, dependencies, and resource requirements for project delivery.   • Build and maintain scalable, reusable, and secure automation frameworks across web applications, APIs, and microservices.   • Create and execute automated test suites for functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing.   • Develop comprehensive test plans, test cases, test procedures, and automation scripts.   • Perform manual testing as required to validate functionality prior to automation implementation. Validate UI and backend services functionality to ensure product quality and reliability.   • Implement, execute, and debug automated test scripts using industry-standard tools and frameworks.   • Collaborate closely with software engineers, architects, product managers, and QA teams to deliver high-quality releases.   • Contribute to continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines by integrating automated testing solutions.   • Build utilities and tools to automate repetitive testing and monitoring activities.   • Leverage Agentic AI tools to optimize test creation, execution, maintenance, and defect analysis.   • Monitor testing progress, provide status updates to stakeholders, and proactively mitigate quality risks.   • Mentor junior QA engineers and contribute to QA strategy and process improvements.   • 7–10 years in Software Quality Assurance and Test Automation.  • Strong hands‑on expertise in Playwright, Java, Selenium, TestNG, Junit, Typescript/ JavaScript.  • Strong understanding of API testing using tools/frameworks such as REST Assured.   • Experience with, Git, Maven/Gradle, GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines.  • Strong experience in Manual Testing, including test planning, test case design, test execution, defect tracking, regression testing, system testing, integration testing, and support for User Acceptance Testing (UAT).   • Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodologies.   • Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills.   • Experience implementing and utilizing Agentic AI solutions for test automation, test generation, defect analysis, or quality engineering workflows.   • Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively interface across cross-functional technology teams and the business  • Eagerness to learn independently and flexibility to work across technology stacks  Nice to Have  • Experience with AI-powered testing platforms and Large Language Model (LLM)-based test automation solutions.   • Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).   • Performance and load testing experience using tools like JMeter or LoadRunner   • Knowledge of security testing concepts and tools.   • Exposure to observability and monitoring tools such as Splunk, Grafana, or ELK Stack.   Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.   About NIQ   NIQ is a global measurement and data analytics company that provides the most complete and trusted view available of consumers and markets worldwide. We provide consumer packaged goods manufacturers/fast-moving consumer goods and retailers with accurate, actionable information and insights and a complete picture of the complex and changing marketplace that companies need to innovate and grow. Our approach marries proprietary NIQ data with other data sources to help clients around the world understand what’s happening now, what’s happening next, and how to best act on this knowledge.  We like to be in the middle of action. That’s why you can find us at work in over 90 countries, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. For more information, visit www.niq.com.   Our Benefits • Flexible working environment • Volunteer time off</l