Playwright Test Automation Engineer

Description and Location

skilled Playwright Test Automation Engineer to design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for modern web applications. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Playwright, solid programming skills, and a passion for building reliable, scalable test solutions within CI/CD pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end (E2E) automated tests using Playwright

Build and enhance test frameworks using JavaScript / TypeScript

Automate functional, regression, and smoke test suites

Integrate Playwright tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.)

Collaborate with developers, product owners, and QA teams to understand requirements and test scenarios

Execute tests, analyze failures, and report defects with detailed root-cause analysis

Ensure test stability, maintainability, and optimal execution time

Perform cross-browser testing (Chromium, Firefox, WebKit)

Leverage Playwright features such as fixtures, parallel execution, tracing, and reporting

Participate in code reviews and contribute to quality best practices

Required Skills & Qualifications

Strong experience with Playwright

Proficiency in JavaScript or TypeScript

Solid understanding of Test Automation frameworks and design patterns

Experience testing modern web applications (SPA frameworks like React, Angular, Vue)

Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and DOM concepts

Familiarity with REST API testing

Experience with version control systems (Git)

Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools

Strong analytical, debugging, and problem‑solving skills

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience with Cypress, Selenium, or Puppeteer

Knowledge of BDD tools (Cucumber, Gherkin)

Exposure to performance or accessibility testing

Experience with containerization tools like Docker

Understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies

Prior experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)