Automation test engineers build the suites that run against every release, so that regressions are caught by machines rather than people. This is where quality assurance hiring has moved: automation openings have grown while manual-only roles contracted, and the salary gap between the two is substantial. Pune has one of India's larger QA employment bases thanks to its services and product engineering concentration. Selenium with Java remains the most common combination in listings, with Playwright growing in newer teams.