Lead Playwright Automation Engineer (JavaScript) (Alwar)

Lead Playwright Automation Engineer (JavaScript) (Alwar)

Job Title : Lead Playwright Automation Engineer (JavaScript)

Experience: 10+ Years

Employment Type: Contract (Long-Term)

Location : Remote

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Playwright Automation Engineer to drive enterprise-level UI automation strategy and quality engineering initiatives. The ideal candidate will be an automation leader with expert-level Playwright knowledge, strong Selenium background, and proven experience in building scalable, CI/CD-integrated automation frameworks while mentoring teams and partnering across engineering functions.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and scale Playwright-based UI automation frameworks with high functional coverage

• Own end-to-end automation strategy for regression, smoke, and E2E test suites

• Modernize and maintain legacy Selenium automation suites

• Implement self-healing and predictive automation mechanisms to reduce flaky tests

• Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines with automated quality gates

• Develop advanced reporting, analytics, and quality dashboards for data-driven decisions

• Define automation best practices, coding standards, and framework governance

• Mentor automation engineers, conduct code reviews, and provide technical leadership

• Collaborate with Development, DevOps, Product,



and Architecture teams for shift-left testing

• Evaluate and onboard up-to-date automation tools, AI-driven testing solutions, and cloud platforms

• Act as a technical escalation point for automation challenges and optimizations

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Test Automation and Quality Engineering

• Expert-level experience in Playwright using JavaScript / TypeScript

• Strong hands-on experience with Selenium

• Proven expertise in automation framework design and architecture

• Experience with regression, smoke, and end-to-end automation strategies

• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab CI)

• Experience with Allure reporting, Playwright reports, and test analytics

• Strong understanding of Agile testing and shift-left practices

• Excellent leadership, mentoring, and communication skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with AI-driven and self-healing automation tools

• Hands-on experience with cloud-based test execution platforms

• Exposure to enterprise automation governance models

• Strong background in DevOps collaboration and continuous quality practices

• Experience leading cross-project automation initiatives

📌 Lead Playwright Automation Engineer (JavaScript) (Alwar)
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