- We are seeking a Playwright Automation Architect to define and own the test automation strategy framework architecture and quality engineering toolchain across enterprise applications
- You will design scalable maintainable Playwright frameworks integrate them with ALM CI CD and observability platforms and introduce AI assisted test engineering in a governed production ready way
- This is a hands on architecture role you will set standards build the reference framework guide and mentor engineers and advise stakeholders on automation approach tooling and return on investment
- Programming languages Type Script preferred with Java Script with knowledge of Java Python C for integration with existing enterprise assets
Key Responsibilities:
- Automation Strategy Architecture Governance
- Define test automation strategy scope automation candidates best practices and test pyramid adoption
- Conduct automation feasibility tool evaluation ROI assessment and business case creation
- Establish framework standards coding guidelines review practices and reusable components
- Lead migration from legacy tools Selenium Cypress commercial tools to Playwright
- Define and monitor quality KPIs and gates including coverage stability execution time and defect leakage
- Manage framework lifecycle dependency management Playwright upgrades and maintainability
- Test Automation Framework Design Implementation
- Design and implement Playwright automation frameworks using BDD with Gherkin playwright bdd Cucumber
- Utilize Playwright fixtures for page objects shared state management and reusable test setup
- Configure playwright
- config for environments projects cross browser execution parallelization worker processes sharding and headless headed modes
- Enable selective execution using tags grep filters and suite project configurations
- Implement resilient locators web first assertions and reliable automation practices
- Develop data driven tests using Scenario Outlines Examples tables and Data Tables
- Automate Web UI APIs using Playwright Request Context and mobile browser scenarios through device emulation
- Implement screenshots video recording tracing structured logging custom reporting and visual regression testing
- Design test data management environment strategies authentication handling SSO MFA storage state and secure secret management
- Generative Agentic AI in Quality Engineering
- Integrate Playwright AI capabilities such as planner generator and healer for accelerated test creation from requirements and user stories
- Configure and leverage Playwright MCP Server and related MCP tools for AI assisted exploration authoring and maintenance
- Drive measurable ROI through AI led quality engineering initiatives and automation acceleration
- Toolchain Integration Test Observability Integrate Playwright with Jira Xray Zephyr and other ALM Test Management tools
- Build CI CD pipelines using Azure Dev Ops Git Lab CI or equivalent platforms supporting Docker execution parallel runs sharding and quality gates
- Integrate observability and reporting tools such as Report Port
- Non Functional Test Automation Implement accessibility testing using axe core axe core playwright
Technical Requirements:
- 13 years of experience in quality engineering including 10 years in functional test automation using commercial and open source tools and frameworks
- 3 years of hands on experience designing and building frameworks with Playwright or equivalent depth in Selenium Cypress with demonstrated recent Playwright delivery
- Strong programming skills in Type Script Java Script and solid object oriented programming fundamentals
- Working knowledge of Java Python C
- Proven experience implementing BDD frameworks with Gherkin and Cucumber based tooling
- Proven experience designing and implementing end to end test automation across enterprise engagements
- Proven experience in automation feasibility analysis tool selection and return on investment analysis
- Hands on experience with CI CD Azure Dev Ops Git Lab or similar and with test management ALM integration Jira with Xray or Zephyr
- Hands on experience applying Generative and or Agentic AI to quality engineering e
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- AI assisted test generation self healing or MCP based tooling in a real project with the ability to describe outcomes and lessons learned
- Experience leading or mentoring automation teams and acting as a technical authority on framework decisions
Additional Responsibilities:
- Experience with test observability and dashboards Report Portal Allure and quality gate design
- Docker and Kubernetes for scalable containerized test execution cloud CI infrastructure Azure AWS or GCP
- Experience with API performance and contract testing tools e
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- Specmatic alongside Playwright
- Accessibility WCAG and application security OWASP testing knowledge
- Familiarity with LLM evaluation and guardrails and with securing AI tooling used in delivery pipelines
- Industry recognized certifications on Cloud Generative and Agentic AI
- Location All Locations