--- title: "Hire Robot Framework Specialists for Test Automation" description: "Robot Framework specialists write readable keyword-driven tests and build the libraries behind them. Hire them onto your QA team, managed from Bangkok." url: "https://azendo.co/skills/robot-framework/" --- 1. [Home](https://azendo.co/) 2. [Skills](https://azendo.co/skills/) 3. Robot Framework # Robot Framework specialists for your dedicated team. Robot Framework is a keyword-driven automation framework where tests read as structured natural language. Keywords are implemented in Python or Java and composed into higher-level ones, so test cases stay readable by people who do not write code. Our Robot Framework specialists write tests your business analysts can read, and the Python libraries underneath that keep those tests stable. ## When Robot Framework is the right choice. Robot Framework fits when people outside engineering have to read, review or sign off the tests. In banking, insurance, healthcare and embedded products, a test written as plain steps is evidence that an auditor or a product owner can follow. It also fits when one suite has to cross several interfaces. The same test can click through a web page with the Browser library and call an API with RequestsLibrary. It can also check a database row with DatabaseLibrary and drive a mobile app through Appium. A test automation engineer is needed once the suite is large. Two thousand tests that run for four hours and fail at random are a maintenance job. Most of the fix is in how the keywords are designed. ## What our Robot Framework specialists build each sprint. * Keyword layers Organising resource files so test cases use business keywords, which call page or API keywords, which call the library. A change in the UI then touches one file. * Python libraries Writing custom keyword libraries in Python, with type hints and unit tests, for anything too complex for Robot syntax. * Selenium to Browser Moving web suites from SeleniumLibrary to the Playwright-based Browser library, where automatic waiting removes many flaky failures. * Parallel runs Splitting suites with Pabot and making test data independent, so a four-hour run fits into one pipeline stage. * CI and reports Running suites in Jenkins or GitLab CI, publishing log.html and report.html, and sending results to Xray or TestRail by tag. * Suite upkeep Adding Robocop to the pipeline to lint the test files. Old suites move to Robot Framework 7 syntax such as VAR, native IF and TRY blocks. A keyword library is only useful while somebody looks after it. Companies that [hire QA engineers](https://azendo.co/services/dedicated-qa-and-testing-team/) through us get a remote test automation engineer who is full time on one product. That person reviews and refactors the suite every sprint, as a developer would with application code. ## How Robot Framework suites turn brittle. Sleep is the first sign. A fixed wait of five seconds passes on a fast day and fails on a slow one. Good suites wait for a condition, such as an element or a response, and the Browser library does much of that automatically. Programming in Robot syntax comes close behind. Long keywords full of loops, nested IF blocks and string handling are hard to read and harder to debug. That logic belongs in a Python library, where it can be typed and unit tested. Tests that depend on each other do the most damage. If test 12 needs the order created in test 11, the suite can't run in parallel and one failure hides ten more. Each test should create and clean up its own data. ## Questions about Robot Framework. * Robot Framework or Playwright with pytest? If only engineers read the tests, plain Playwright with pytest or TypeScript is simpler and has better tooling. Robot Framework pays for its extra layer when analysts, product owners or auditors need to read the cases. It also helps when one suite spans web, API, database and mobile. * Can we reuse our existing Selenium tests? Suites already written with SeleniumLibrary keep working and can move to the Browser library keyword by keyword. Tests written in Java or C# Selenium have to be rewritten, though the knowledge of the pages in them carries over. * Is Robot Framework also used for process automation? Yes. The same keyword approach automates business processes, with libraries such as RPA Framework for browsers, Excel, email and PDF files. It's a fair option when you want test automation and RPA in one skill set. ## Roles that use Robot Framework * [Test Automation Engineer QA and test automation](https://azendo.co/services/dedicated-qa-and-testing-team/test-automation-engineer/) ## Service areas that use Robot Framework * [QA and test automation](https://azendo.co/services/dedicated-qa-and-testing-team/) Capacity is agreed across your whole team, with one monthly fee, not per skill. ## What it's used with * [Selenium, a skill in our teams](https://azendo.co/skills/selenium/) * [Playwright, a skill in our teams](https://azendo.co/skills/playwright/) * [Appium, a skill in our teams](https://azendo.co/skills/appium/) * [Python, a skill in our teams](https://azendo.co/skills/python/) * [Jenkins, a skill in our teams](https://azendo.co/skills/jenkins/) * [GitLab CI, a skill in our teams](https://azendo.co/skills/gitlab-ci/) * [Xray, a skill in our teams](https://azendo.co/skills/xray/) * [TestRail, a skill in our teams](https://azendo.co/skills/testrail/) * [Allure, a skill in our teams](https://azendo.co/skills/allure/) ## Related in qa and delivery tooling * [Jest, a skill in our teams](https://azendo.co/skills/jest/) * [React Testing Library, a skill in our teams](https://azendo.co/skills/react-testing-library/) * [XCTest, a skill in our teams](https://azendo.co/skills/xctest/) * [Espresso, a skill in our teams](https://azendo.co/skills/espresso/) * [Detox, a skill in our teams](https://azendo.co/skills/detox/) * [Flutter Test, a skill in our teams](https://azendo.co/skills/flutter-test/) * [Cypress, a skill in our teams](https://azendo.co/skills/cypress/) * [WebdriverIO, a skill in our teams](https://azendo.co/skills/webdriverio/) ## Tell us what you need Robot Framework for. 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