Sr. Staff Architect, Software Test
Thermo Fisher Scientific21 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain enterprise automation frameworks using Python and Playwright.
- Build automated UI, API, functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end test suites.
- Develop reusable Python libraries, utilities, fixtures, and automation components.
- Implement Playwright browser contexts, fixtures, parallel execution, tracing, screenshots, and reporting.
- Integrate automated test suites with CI/CD pipelines and develop REST API automation using Python.
- Create maintainable test frameworks using appropriate design patterns and coding standards.
- Improve test execution speed, reliability, coverage, and maintainability.
- Define quality and testing strategy and apply risk-based testing throughout the product lifecycle.
- Lead implementation teams, develop automation adoption strategies, and mentor junior engineers.
- Collaborate with developers, QA engineers, product teams, DevOps engineers, leaders, and customers.
Requirements
- 12+ years of software development, QA automation, or test engineering experience.
- 12+ years of advanced programming experience with Python and Java.
- 3+ years of experience with AI tools, LLMs, RAG, and AI agents.
- Strong hands-on experience with Playwright and Selenium.
- Experience designing automation frameworks from scratch and automating UI and web applications.
- Experience with REST API testing and automation and PyTest or similar Python testing frameworks.
- Strong understanding of Git and source-control workflows and experience integrating automation with CI/CD platforms.
- Understanding of SQL and database validation, along with strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
- Experience with Docker and containerized test execution and familiarity with AWS or other cloud platforms.
- Knowledge of performance and security testing, test reporting, and quality metrics.
- Ability to provide strategic leadership, make data-driven decisions, communicate across teams, and drive measurable quality outcomes.
Benefits
- Standard Monday-Friday work schedule.
- Office-based work environment.
About Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific builds analytical instruments, lab equipment and consumables, specialty diagnostics, and provides pharma services (CDMO and clinical research) for biotech, pharma, academic, and healthcare customers. It earns revenue through product sales, e-commerce distribution (Fisher Scientific), and contract services under brands such as Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Patheon, and PPD. Headquartered in Waltham, MA, it is publicly traded on the NYSE (TMO) and was created by the 2006 merger of Thermo Electron and Fisher Scientific.