Senior Frontend Test Engineer Cypress

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior Frontend Test Engineer with 5+ years of experience in frontend application testing, automation, and CI/CD. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on expertise in Cypress, JavaScript/TypeScript, UI automation, API testing, and integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated frontend test frameworks using Cypress.


• Create robust and reusable test scripts for web applications across different browsers and environments.


• Develop and execute functional, regression, integration, smoke, and end-to-end (E2E) testing.


• Analyze application requirements and prepare comprehensive test scenarios, test cases, and automation strategies.


• Integrate Cypress automation suites with CI/CD pipelines.


• Configure and maintain automated test execution through tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.


• Execute automated tests as part of build and deployment pipelines and analyze failures.


• Perform API testing and validate backend responses using appropriate tools/frameworks.


• Identify, document, track, and troubleshoot defects in collaboration with development teams.


• Work closely with developers, product managers, and QA teams in an Agile/Scrum environment.


• Implement effective test data management and environment configuration for automation.


• Improve test execution speed, stability, reliability, and overall automation coverage.


• Participate in code reviews and follow automation coding standards and best practices.


• Monitor CI/CD test results and investigate flaky or intermittent test cases.


• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, automation frameworks, and release quality.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience in Software Testing / QA Automation.


• Strong hands-on experience with Cypress.


• Strong programming/scripting knowledge in JavaScript or TypeScript.


• Good understanding of frontend/web application testing.


• Experience in developing and maintaining UI automation frameworks.


• Strong knowledge of:
  
  
  
  • Functional Testing
  
  
  • Regression Testing
  
  
  • Smoke Testing
  
  
  • End-to-End Testing
  
  
  • Cross-browser Testing
  
  
  • API Testing
  
  
  
  


• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines.


• Experience with one or more:
  
  
  
  • Jenkins
  
  
  • GitHub Actions
  
  
  • GitLab CI/CD
  
  
  • Azure DevOps
  
  
  
  


• Good knowledge of Git/GitHub/GitLab and version-control practices.


• Experience working with REST APIs and tools such as Postman.


• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.


• Good defect tracking and test management experience.

Good to Have

• Experience with Playwright, Selenium, or WebdriverIO.


• Knowledge of Docker and containerized test execution.


• Experience with cloud-based test execution platforms.


• Knowledge of Node.js and npm.


• Experience with test reporting tools such as Allure.


• Knowledge of performance testing or basic security testing.


• Experience testing applications deployed on AWS/Azure/GCP.


• Exposure to BDD frameworks and practices.