Sr. Automation QA Playwright

Senior QA Engineer – Functional & Automation (Playwright)

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer with strong experience in functional testing and Playwright automation using TypeScript . The candidate will be responsible for test strategy, automation framework development, API/DB testing, CI/CD integration, and QA delivery in an Agile environment.

Must-Have Skills

• 5–8 years of QA experience in web-based applications.

• 3+ years hands-on Playwright with TypeScript .

• Strong experience in functional, regression, integration, smoke, exploratory, and UAT testing .

• Experience designing and scaling automation frameworks from scratch .

• Strong knowledge of Playwright, POM, cross-browser testing, and TypeScript .

• Hands-on API testing using Postman ; knowledge of REST, SOAP, and Swagger.

• Good SQL/database testing experience.

• Experience with Jenkins/GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps CI/CD and Git.

• Strong knowledge of ADO – work items, pipelines, and test plans.

• Understanding of STLC, Agile/Scrum/Kanban, risk-based and exploratory testing .

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and client-facing experience .

• Advanced Playwright MCP and Playwright Agent experience.

• AI-assisted testing experience.

Good-to-Have

• Prior Selenium experience with exposure to migration/enhancement to Playwright.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and execute functional, regression, integration, and UAT testing.

• Build and maintain scalable Playwright automation frameworks.

• Automate UI and API test scenarios and integrate them with CI/CD.

• Perform API and database validation.

• Manage defects, QA reporting, and release quality.

• Collaborate with Product, Development, and Business teams.

• Mentor QA team members and drive QA best practices.