Technical Architect

ABOUT THE JOB:

Job Title: QA Automation Specialist

Location: Teynampet, Chennai

Job Type: Full-time

Company: Gigadesk Technologies Pvt. Ltd.[Greatify.ai]

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

At Greatify.ai, we are transforming educational institutions with cutting-edge AI-powered solutions. Our platform acts as a smart operating system for colleges, schools, and universities—enhancing learning, streamlining operations, and maximizing efficiency. With 100+ institutions served, 100,000+ students impacted globally, and 1,000+ educators empowered, we are redefining the future of education.

COMPANY WEBSITE: https://www.greatify.ai/

ROLE OVERVIEW:

We are seeking a QA Automation Engineer to strengthen our quality assurance capabilities across a rapidly scaling product suite. The ideal candidate will champion end-to-end automation coverage for both web and native mobile platforms, ensuring robust, scalable, and maintainable test infrastructure. You will primarily work with our existing Playwright-Python automation framework, and extend its reach across modules, services, and platforms. This role demands strong strategic ownership and hands-on scripting ability in a fast-paced product engineering environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

● Design, implement, and maintain automation test suites for web and mobile applications with a strong emphasis on modularity and reuse.

● Create end-to-end test workflows using Playwright (Python) covering UI validation, user journeys, and edge-case scenarios.

● Develop native mobile automation scripts using Appium for both iOS and Android platforms.

● Ensure comprehensive coverage across functional, regression, smoke, and integration testing stages.

● Perform REST API automation with Python frameworks or Postman (including auth flows, payload validation, status codes, schema validation).

● Support and extend performance/load/stress testing suites using tools such as Locust, JMeter, or k6, especially for high-traffic modules.

● Integrate test automation into existing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions, including parallel test execution and automated reporting.

● Collaborate with cross-functional squads—product managers, developers, and UX designers—to define acceptance criteria and ensure fast, high-quality delivery.

● Contribute to QA documentation including test plans, bug reports, and coverage maps, ensuring traceability and audit readiness.

● Apply version control best practices (Git) and actively participate in code reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions.

● Continuously optimize test data management, especially for environments requiring mocked services or synthetic data generation.

● Lead efforts in flaky test detection, test suite triage, and root cause analysis of test failures.

KEY SKILLS:

● Strong coding skills in Python, with the ability to architect and extend automation frameworks from scratch.

● Experience using Playwright with Python for dynamic web UI test cases, including Shadow DOM handling and selector strategy.

● Proficiency with Appium and emulator/simulator setups for mobile test environments.

● Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and QA methodologies including agile/DevOps workflows.

● Familiarity with test reporting tools (e.g., Allure, TestNG, ReportPortal) for visual insights into automation health.

● Experience in cloud-based test execution platforms such as BrowserStack, LambdaTest, or Sauce Labs.

● Exposure to containerization tools (Docker) for isolated test environments.

● Understanding of security and accessibility testing would be a plus.

Responsibilities:

 • Managing all Network equipment and ensuring uptime

 • Attend the Incident Management calls.

 • Create diagrams as per the requirements with respect to process and locations.

 • Making configuration changes to devices, if any

 • To keep updating the documents.

 • Monitoring the network to determine capacity usage and escalate/ recommend necessary steps wit seniors.

 • Resolution of network faults within the time

 • Identifying LAN/WAN faults and resolving them through vendors providing maintenance services

 • Updating documentation of the LAN, like IP address register, PC IDs, Router configurations, hardware, network diagrams as and when changes happen.

 • Providing second level support for any network problems and troubleshooting the same in coordination with the vendor.

 • Creation of external and internal networks

 • Planning, implementation, and configuration of monitoring and maintenance network hardware and telecommunications links, including routers, switches, IDS, load-balancing, etc for expansions of network

 • Implementation and maintenance of network architecture components for managed services, including OS installation hardening management, implementation and maintenance of network monitoring tool sets

 • Establish and maintain a redundant network operations environment, including substantial software and hardware fail-over, monitoring and testing the configuration performance

 • Manage proper testing of the network environment, including simulations, stress testing, and benchmarks for both preventive maintenance and reporting purposes

 • Implementation and maintenance with consistent improvement of network security measures

 • Installation of router switches and LAN /WAN equipment

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Growth Planning: Develop and execute strategies to drive sustainable growth and expansion in alignment with company goals.
• Market Analysis: Conduct thorough market research and analysis to identify new opportunities, market trends, and competitive threats.
• Business Development: Lead initiatives to acquire new business partnerships and opportunities, including identifying potential clients and negotiating agreements.
• Operational Excellence: Streamline and optimize internal processes and workflows to enhance efficiency and productivity.
• Financial Management: Collaborate with finance teams to develop budgets, monitor financial performance, and ensure cost-effectiveness.
• Team Leadership: Provide strong leadership and mentorship to cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Performance Metrics: Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track progress towards goals, regularly reporting to senior management.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure business continuity and resilience.

Qualifications:

• Education:  MBA or equivalent from a prestigious institute such as IIM preferred.
• Experience: 4-6 years of progressive experience in business development, operations management, or related fields. Prior experience in a leadership role preferred.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Strategic Vision: Proven ability to think strategically, anticipate future trends, and translate vision into actionable plans.
• Adaptability: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and effectively manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.

Candidate Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Good hands on experience in React JS
• Strong JavaScript fundamentals
• Knowledge of HTML5/CSS3 is plus.
• Knowledge in Natural Language Processing is plus.
• Knowledge of database technologies like Hadoop / MySQL / SQL / No SQL is a plus.
• Experience consuming RESTful APIs
• Enthusiastic in problems solving and is proactive.

Qualifications:

• MCA/BE/B.Tech

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Your Responsibilities:

• Learn & understand Skillovilla’s products, prospective clients & services well.
• Understand customer needs, and requirements and correlate solutions and customer requirements.
• Identify and qualify new customers coming from our inbound and outbound lead funnel.
• Developing strong relationships with customers, and connecting with key business executives and stakeholders.
• Document all pertinent customer information and conversations in the CRM system
• Respond, engage, and qualify inbound/outbound leads and inquiries.
• Execute planned sales activities and develop a target list of high-potential new customers.
• Achieve monthly & quarterly quotas.
• Perform effective online demos to prospects

What you will need:

• Exceptional communication skills, both oral and written, coupled with excellent listening skills and a positive and energetic phone presence (Hindi, and English Mandatory, knowing regional languages will be a plus).
• Ability to make focused efforts to win customers.
• The ideal candidate should be strategy driven with a research-based approach.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize and manage time effectively.
• We are open to hiring freshers and experienced candidates both in our organization.

Note: This is a work-from-office role, based in Raipur. All candidates are expected to serve as per standard working hours.