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.