Senior Test Automation Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Automation Test Lead who is passionate about quality engineering and has deep hands-on expertise in modern test automation frameworks, particularly Playwright and Karate. This role requires a strong technical leader who can drive automation strategy while actively contributing to test design, development, and execution across API and integrated application landscapes.

The ideal candidate will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and quality of enterprise applications by implementing robust automation solutions, improving test coverage, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams throughout the software development lifecycle.

Your role

• Lead automation testing initiatives with a strong focus on Playwright and Karate frameworks.
• Design, develop, maintain, and execute automated and functional test cases for REST and SOAP APIs to validate business requirements, data integrity, and system behavior.
• Perform comprehensive API testing using tools such as Postman, Swagger, REST Assured, and Karate, validating request/response payloads, status codes, headers, security, and error-handling scenarios.
• Analyze API specifications, business requirements, and system integrations to identify test scenarios and ensure end-to-end test coverage.
• Develop and enhance automation frameworks, reusable components, and testing best practices to improve quality and efficiency.
• Participate in test planning, regression testing, integration testing, and release validation activities.Log, track, troubleshoot, and verify defects while partnering closely with developers, business analysts, product owners, and other stakeholders.
• Review test execution results, provide quality metrics, and communicate testing progress and risks to leadership teams.
• Maintain test documentation, test artifacts, automation reports, and knowledge repositories.
• Mentor and guide automation engineers while fostering a quality-first engineering culture.

• 10+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and Test Automation.Proven expertise in Playwright and Karate, with the ability to design and implement scalable automation frameworks.
• Strong hands-on experience in API testing for REST and SOAP services.
• Proficiency with API testing and validation tools including Postman, Swagger, REST Assured, and Karate.
• Strong understanding of API protocols, request/response structures, authentication mechanisms, headers, status codes, and error handling.
• Experience in developing automated API test suites and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid knowledge of test planning, regression testing, integration testing, defect management, and test reporting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and drive resolutions.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.

The base compensation range for this role in the posted location is: $73,150 - $174,000.

Capgemini provides compensation range information in accordance with applicable national, state, provincial, and local pay transparency laws. The base compensation range listed for this position reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation Capgemini, in good faith, believes it may pay for the role at the time of this posting. This range may be subject to change as permitted by law.

The actual compensation offered to any candidate may fall outside of the posted range and will be determined based on multiple factors legally permitted in the applicable jurisdiction.

These may include, but are not limited to: Geographic location, Education and qualifications, Certifications and licenses, Relevant experience and skills, Seniority and performance, Market and business consideration, Internal pay equity.

It is not typical for candidates to be hired at or near the top of the posted compensation range.

In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for additional compensation such as variable incentives, bonuses, or commissions, depending on the position and applicable laws.

Capgemini offers a comprehensive, non-negotiable benefits package to all regular, full-time employees. In the U.S. and Canada, available benefits are determined by local policy and eligibility and may include:

• Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade, Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
• Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
• Life and disability insurance
• Employee assistance programs
• Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility

Important Notice: Compensation (including bonuses, commissions, or other forms of incentive pay) is not considered earned, vested, or payable until it becomes due under the terms of applicable plans or agreements and is subject to Capgemini’s discretion, consistent with applicable laws. The Company reserves the right to amend or withdraw compensation programs at any time, within the limits of applicable legislation.

Choosing Capgemini means choosing a company where you will be empowered to shape your career in the way you’d like, where you’ll be supported and inspired by a collaborative community of colleagues around the world, and where you’ll be able to reimagine what’s possible. Join us and help the world’s leading organizations unlock the value of technology and build a more sustainable, more inclusive world., Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.