Skill
Category
Requirement
Required expertise
MANDATORY SKILLS — all required
Playwright – UI automation
Test Automation
Mandatory
Locators, auto-waiting, fixtures, parallel execution, trace viewer; functional, integration and E2E coverage
TypeScript
Programming
Mandatory
Types, interfaces, async/await, modules, reusable utilities and typed test helpers
API automation
Test Automation
Mandatory
REST automation via Playwright request context: auth flows, cookies and tokens, headers, multipart, JSON schema validation
Framework development and maintenance
Framework Engineering
Mandatory
Building a framework from scratch; page-object and reusable component patterns; config, utilities, reporting; ongoing refactoring
Regression automation
Test Strategy
Mandatory
Suite design and scope selection, stability, execution time control, coverage of critical journeys
CI/CD integration
Engineering Practice
Mandatory
Integrating suites into Jenkins, GitHub Actions or Harness; triggers, parallel runs, artifacts, published reporting
Debugging, triage and failure analysis
Test Automation
Mandatory
Trace and report analysis; isolating product defects from test defects; root cause of intermittent failures
Test data management
Engineering Practice
Mandatory
Repeatable, independent test data; setup and teardown; environment-specific handling
Git and version control
Engineering Practice
Mandatory
Branching, pull requests, code review and merge discipline on GitHub or equivalent
Test and defect management
Process
Mandatory
JIRA and Xray or equivalent for test cases, execution records and defect tracking
Automation coding standards
Framework Engineering
Mandatory
Establishing and upholding standards; reviewing peers' automation code
Agile and Scrum delivery
Process
Mandatory
Working within sprints, refinement, estimation and retrospectives
GOOD TO HAVE — none required, used to differentiate between candidates who meet the bar
Playwright with Python
Test Automation
Good to have
Cross-language capability where a team standardises on Python
GCP data validation
Data Validation
Good to have
Verifying behaviour beyond the UI via Pub/Sub events, Cloud Storage and BigQuery read-backs
SQL and database validation
Data Validation
Good to have
Querying to validate data created or changed by a test
Docker
Engineering Practice
Good to have
Containerised, consistent test execution across environments
Contract testing
Test Strategy
Good to have
Consumer-driven contract verification between services
Accessibility automation
Test Strategy
Good to have
Automated accessibility assertions within the UI suite
Visual regression
Test Strategy
Good to have
Screenshot comparison and visual diffing
Performance testing exposure
Test Strategy
Good to have
Awareness of load and performance validation approaches
Cross-browser and responsive coverage
Test Automation
Good to have
Executing suites across browser engines and viewports
Reporting dashboards
Engineering Practice
Good to have
Allure, Playwright HTML reporting or equivalent published to stakeholders
