Kumaran Systems is hiring a Java Automation Tester / QA Automation Engineer with GenAI experience for its Chennai/Hyderabad teams. This opportunity is relevant for QA professionals who combine strong Java and Selenium automation with API testing, SQL/database validation, CI/CD and modern Generative AI tools.
The role offers exposure to the complete Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), automation framework development, REST/SOAP API validation, regression automation and AI-assisted testing. The position follows a hybrid work model, with shift timing of 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM.
🏢 About Kumaran Systems
Kumaran Systems is a global technology company founded in 1992 that works across digital transformation, legacy modernization, AI, cloud, QA and enterprise technology. Its current industry focus includes banking and financial services, insurance, telecom and automotive. The company operates from locations including Chennai and Hyderabad, alongside international offices.
Quality engineering is an important part of its technology portfolio. Kumaran’s Test Automation Center (KTAC) provides reusable web and API automation capabilities, including parallel execution, CI/CD integrations, self-healing tests and impact analysis.
📌 Job Overview
- Company: Kumaran Systems
- Role: Java Automation Tester / QA Automation Engineer
- Locations: Chennai / Hyderabad
- Work Mode: Hybrid
- Shift: 1:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Primary Language: Java
- UI Automation: Selenium WebDriver
- API: REST & SOAP
- Database: SQL / Database Testing
- Frameworks: TestNG / JUnit / Cucumber / BDD
- Build: Maven
- Version Control: Git
- DevOps: CI/CD
- AI: ChatGPT, Claude and similar GenAI tools
- Process: Agile / STLC
🧪 What Will You Do?
The role covers the complete testing lifecycle, beginning with requirement analysis and test planning and extending through test execution, defect management and reporting.
You will design, develop and maintain Java/Selenium automation frameworks, identify suitable test cases for automation and build reusable automation components. The position also requires developing API automation for REST and SOAP services, validating responses and checking integration behavior.
A major differentiator is the GenAI requirement. The role expects practical use of tools such as ChatGPT and Claude for activities including test-case generation, automation-code assistance, test-data creation, failure analysis and productivity improvement.
🌟 Why This Role Is Valuable for QA Professionals
This position brings together several skills that are increasingly used in modern Quality Engineering: Java automation, UI testing, API validation, database testing, CI/CD and AI-assisted testing.
Rather than limiting the role to UI automation, engineers can work across multiple layers of an application and participate in framework development, failure analysis and continuous improvement.
🛠️ Skills Required
Java: OOP, Collections, Streams, exceptions, interfaces, inheritance, strings and basic coding/problem-solving.
Selenium: WebDriver, locators, waits, browser handling, Page Object Model, synchronization and cross-browser testing.
Framework: TestNG/JUnit, Maven, Cucumber, BDD, reusable utilities, reporting and data-driven testing.
API: REST, SOAP, HTTP methods, status codes, headers, authentication, JSON/XML and response validation.
Database: SQL, SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY, subqueries, CRUD operations and backend validation.
CI/CD: Jenkins/GitHub Actions or equivalent pipeline concepts, automated execution and scheduled regression.
GenAI: ChatGPT, Claude, prompt engineering, AI-assisted coding, test-case generation, synthetic test data and failure analysis.
Process: STLC, Agile/Scrum, defect lifecycle, root-cause analysis and test strategy.
🎯 Expected Kumaran Systems Interview Rounds
- Round 1 – Recruiter Screening: Experience, location, hybrid availability, shift timing, notice period and resume discussion.
- Round 2 – Java & Automation Technical: Core Java, Selenium WebDriver, framework architecture, TestNG/JUnit, Maven and automation scenarios.
- Round 3 – API/SQL/GenAI Discussion: REST/SOAP, SQL queries, database validation, CI/CD and practical GenAI use cases.
- Round 4 – Managerial/HR: Project ownership, debugging approach, Agile collaboration, communication and career expectations.
💰 Expected Salary Range
Public salary information for Kumaran Systems currently shows reported Automation Tester salaries around ₹3–6 LPA, while recent external listings for Automation Tester roles have advertised ranges around ₹4–5.8 LPA or ₹6–16 LPA, depending on experience and the specific position.
For this GenAI-focused Java automation position, a reasonable indicative expectation is approximately ₹6–12 LPA, depending on experience, technical depth and negotiation. This is a market estimate, not an official salary band published for this specific vacancy.
📚 Preparation Tip
Java + Selenium: Practice writing clean Java automation code and revise waits, dynamic elements, frames, windows, screenshots and Page Object Model.
API Automation: Prepare REST and SOAP validation, JSON/XML parsing, authentication, negative scenarios and API-to-database validation.
SQL: Practice joins, subqueries, aggregations and CRUD scenarios. Be ready to explain how you verify UI/API results against database records.
Framework Design: Prepare to explain your framework folder structure, driver management, configuration, test-data strategy, reporting, parallel execution and CI integration.
CI/CD: Know how a Selenium suite is triggered from Jenkins or another CI system, how reports are generated and how failures are investigated.
GenAI Testing: Prepare practical examples of using ChatGPT/Claude to generate test scenarios, improve automation code, create test data, analyze failures and accelerate documentation. Be ready to explain how you validate AI-generated output rather than accepting it blindly.
Real-World Scenario: Practice explaining how you would automate a business workflow from UI → API → database and determine which layer should be validated at each stage.
📝 Resume Tips
Your resume headline should clearly position you around “Java Automation Tester | Selenium | API Testing | SQL | CI/CD | GenAI” if these skills accurately represent your experience.
Move Java, Selenium, API automation and SQL near the top of your technical skills. Add GenAI tools separately and describe how you actually used them.
Use achievement-focused bullets such as:
- Designed and maintained a Java-Selenium framework covering 300+ regression scenarios.
- Automated REST API validation and integrated API checks into regression pipelines.
- Reduced regression execution effort through parallel CI/CD execution.
- Used GenAI tools to accelerate test-case creation and automation-code development.
- Performed SQL-based backend validation for critical business workflows.
🚀 How to Apply
Interested candidates can DM to Abdul Rahman and share updated resume if their experience matches the job requirements.
📍 Location: Chennai / Hyderabad
🏢 Work Mode: Hybrid
⏰ Shift: 1:00 PM – 10:00 PM
💻 Role: Java Automation Tester / QA Automation Engineer
🤖 Key Differentiator: GenAI-assisted testing
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