Job Title - Associate Engineer – Technical Testing - Associate - ACS Song

Management Level: Level 12 – Associate

Location: Kochi

Must have skills: Automation Testing, API

Good to have skills: Manual testing

Experience:  1 -2 years of experience in Automation Testing

Educational Qualification: Graduation (Accurate educational details should capture)

Job Summary

As an Associate Test Engineer (Technical Testing), you will be responsible for ensuring software quality with a strong focus on test automation. You will actively contribute to identifying automation candidates, developing automation scripts, and executing automated test suites as part of the delivery lifecycle.

This role requires a strong foundation in at least one automation tool, along with a good understanding of programming concepts, and a growing understanding of automation frameworks, CI/CD integration, and modern testing practices.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Understand and analyze requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria with a focus on automation feasibility
• Identify and prioritize test scenarios suitable for automation
• Design, develop, and execute automation test scripts using tools like Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium
• Contribute to enhancing and maintaining automation frameworks
• Perform functional, regression, and smoke testing, with a focus on automation-first execution
• Execute and monitor automated test suites in CI/CD pipelines
• Perform API testing (manual and/or automated) using Postman or similar tools
• Debug and fix automation script failures and improve script stability
• Identify, log, and track defects with clear analysis and supporting evidence
• Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to ensure testability and automation readiness
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to sprint-level quality goals
• Maintain test artifacts, automation reports, and documentation
• Continuously contribute to improving automation coverage, efficiency, and best practices

Professional and Technical Skills:

• Strong understanding of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
• Experience working in Agile environments (Scrum/Kanban)
• Hands-on experience or 6 months–1 year exposure to automation tools:
  • Playwright / Cypress (JavaScript preferred)
  • Selenium (Java acceptable)
• Good understanding of automation concepts:
  • Locators, waits, assertions
  • Test data handling
  • Basic framework structure
• Basic to intermediate programming knowledge in JavaScript / Java / TypeScript / Python (any one)
• Understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts
• Experience in API testing using Postman or similar tools
• Basic understanding of Git/version control (commit, push, pull, branching basics)
• Awareness of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps) and pipeline-based execution
• Exposure to test management tools like Jira, Xray, or TestRail
• Ability to communicate clearly and work effectively within a team environment
• Ability to take ownership of assigned tasks and consistently meet deadlines
• Strong eagerness to learn and grow in the testing domain

Nice to Have:

• Exposure to BDD/TDD frameworks (Cucumber, JUnit, etc.)
• Basic experience in framework setup or customization
• Familiarity with build tools (NPM, Maven)
• Exposure to cloud testing platforms (BrowserStack, Sauce Labs)
• Basic knowledge of performance testing (JMeter)
• Awareness of AI tools in testing / test generation tools
• Basic understanding of Docker or containerized environments
• Domain experience in E-commerce

About Our Company | Accenture (do not remove the hyperlink)

• Strong understanding of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
• Experience working in Agile environments (Scrum/Kanban)
• Hands-on experience or 6 months–1 year exposure to automation tools:
  • Playwright / Cypress (JavaScript preferred)
  • Selenium (Java acceptable)
• Good understanding of automation concepts:
  • Locators, waits, assertions
  • Test data handling
  • Basic framework structure
• Basic to intermediate programming knowledge in JavaScript / Java / TypeScript / Python (any one)
• Understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts
• Experience in API testing using Postman or similar tools
• Basic understanding of Git/version control (commit, push, pull, branching basics)
• Awareness of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps) and pipeline-based execution
• Exposure to test management tools like Jira, Xray, or TestRail
• Ability to communicate clearly and work effectively within a team environment
• Ability to take ownership of assigned tasks and consistently meet deadlines
• Strong eagerness to learn and grow in the testing domain

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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