Job Description

IntroductionA career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customer's challenges into solutions.Seeking new possibilities and always staying curious, we are a team dedicated to creating the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions for our customers. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our IBMers, so the door is always open for those who want to grow their career.IBM's product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrives.Your role and responsibilities

• Collaborate with development leads to design & implement test plans aligned with sprint and release goals.
• Contribute to and maintain test automation scripts to support regression and functional testing.
• Review and execute test cases, scripts, and scenarios for functional and performance testing.
• Help in identifying, documenting, and following up on bugs and test anomalies.
• Support setup and configuration of test environments across Linux and Windows platforms.
• Work with developers and stakeholders to ensure timely resolution of identified issues.
• Validate functionality and performance across multiple browsers and platforms.
• Assist in integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines and maintaining test health.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to estimation, planning, and retrospectives.
• Demonstrate a problem-solving mindset and initiative in identifying testing gaps or automation opportunities.
• Provide peer reviews and collaborate with team members to drive continuous quality improvement.

Required educationBachelor's DegreePreferred educationBachelor's DegreeRequired technical and professional expertise

• 5+ years of experience in software testing and quality assurance with emphasis on automation and performance testing.
• Strong knowledge of both manual and automated testing methods including functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Experience testing UI components developed in React, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3, with backend API integration.
• Proficient with automation tools such as Selenium, RestAssured, JUnit, and Cucumber.
• Exposure to performance testing tools like JMeter or LoadRunner.
• Good understanding of RESTful APIs and backend/frontend interaction models.
• Competent with scripting in Shell and basic use of Node.js for automation tasks.
• Working knowledge of Postgres or similar relational databases.
• Hands-on experience with deployment processes on cloud platforms like AWS and RedHat OpenShift (OCP/ROSA).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins; version control with Git and issue tracking with Jira.
• Exposure to observability and monitoring tools such as ELK Stack or Grafana.
• Working knowledge of Linux and Windows environments with basic system troubleshooting skills.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum methodologies with a strong collaborative mindset.
• Good communication skills and ability to work effectively in distributed teams.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Familiarity with microservices or event-driven backend architectures.
• Awareness of accessibility standards like WCAG or Section 508.
• Exposure to UI frameworks like Carbon Design System is a plus.
• Awareness of secure coding practices, data privacy considerations, and DevSecOps.
• Exposure to cryptographic protocols such as TLS and basic knowledge of security frameworks.
• Interest or experience in creating demos or product documentation (blogs, videos) is a plus.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNITIBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence-from machine learning to generative AI-to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM's AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM's hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments-a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.YOUR LIFE @ IBMIn a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.Are you ready to be an IBMer?ABOUT IBMIBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILSWhen applying to jobs of your interest, we recommend that you do so for those that match your experience and expertise. Our recruiters advise that you apply to not more than 3 roles in a year for the best candidate experience. For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.Job TitleSoftware Automation EngineerJob ID32698City / Township / VillagePuneState / ProvinceMaharashtraCountryIndiaWork arrangementHybridArea of workSoftware EngineeringEmployment typeRegularPosition typeProfessionalTravel requiredNo TravelCompany(0063) IBM India Private LimitedShiftGeneral (daytime)Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?No

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