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QA and test automation jobs in Bengaluru

QA and test automation engineer jobs in Bengaluru: SDET skills, Selenium, Playwright and API testing, interviews and how to grow.

Quality engineers make sure software works before customers find out it does not. The field has moved from manual testing towards automation: software development engineers in test (SDETs) write code that tests code, build test frameworks and run them in every pipeline.

Bengaluru has a large QA market across product companies, services firms and global testing centres. Automation and SDET roles pay more and are growing; purely manual roles are shrinking.

What the work involves

  • Write automated tests for web, mobile and APIs, and keep them fast and reliable.
  • Build and maintain test frameworks and run them in CI/CD.
  • Plan testing for new features with developers and product managers.
  • Run performance and load tests, and track down flaky tests.

The market right now

From the open roles Brightspark is tracking today, collected from employers' career sites and open job boards. Updated through the day.

68open roles
19in Bengaluru
49remote, open to India

Work mode, where stated: Remote 49 · On-site 1

Skills asked for most

  1. Automation 47
  2. Python 22
  3. CI/CD 21
  4. Mentoring 12
  5. Java 9
  6. Agile 8
  7. Docker 8
  8. Git 8
  9. Observability 8
  10. SQL 8
  11. TypeScript 8
  12. Azure 7

Hiring the most

  1. Bosch Group 6
  2. Amazon 5
  3. Photon 4
  4. Cisco 3
  5. Jobs for Humanity 3
  6. Welo Global 3
  7. ITHR Technologies Consulting LLC 2
  8. Pontoonglobal 2
  9. Xperteez Technology 2
  10. Argos Multilingual 1

Skills employers look for

  • Java, Python or JavaScript
  • Selenium, Playwright or Cypress
  • API testing (Postman, REST Assured)
  • Test design and strategy
  • CI/CD integration
  • Performance testing (JMeter, k6)
  • SQL

How interviews usually run

Expect a coding round (simpler than for developer roles but real), a round on test design where you list how you would test something like a login page or a payment API, and questions on the frameworks in the job description. Many companies ask you to write an automated test live.

How to stand out

  • Show a framework you built or improved, and how it cut release time or escaped bugs.
  • Strong coding skills move you from QA into SDET and higher-paying roles.
  • Learn API and contract testing; UI-only automation is less valued.

Courses to learn the skills

Hand-picked for the skills this role asks for most. Start with the free tutorials; the paid courses go deeper and often include hands-on labs.

Free

Paid

Paid courses are rated 4.0 or higher by at least 1,000 learners. Prices vary with frequent sales, so check before you buy.

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