QA Automation Engineer Playwright

Job Title: QA Automation Engineer – Playwright

Location:Chennai/Bangalore/Hyderabad/Bhubaneshwar /Kolkata

Experience: 4–8 years

Role Summary

We are seeking a hands-on QA Automation Engineer with strong expertise in Playwright to build robust, scalable end-to-end test suites across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit. The ideal candidate is proficient in TypeScript/JavaScript, comfortable with CI/CD integration, and experienced in automating complex flows (multi-tab, auth, file uploads, downloads).

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement Playwright-based automation frameworks (TypeScript/JavaScript), emphasizing modularity and reusability.
• Automate UI and API scenarios; handle auth, cookies/sessions, downloads/uploads, and multi-page/multi-tab workflows.
• Build data-driven tests; manage test fixtures, custom helpers, and environment configs.
• Enable parallel, cross-browser execution; optimize stability and reduce flakiness (timeouts, waits, retries).
• Integrate with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI); publish reports and artifacts.
• Implement visual regression or snapshot comparisons where applicable.
• Create comprehensive test reports (Allure/HTML), track coverage, and defect leakage; contribute to test metrics.
• Collaborate with Product/Dev/QA to define acceptance criteria, risk-based test coverage, and traceability.
• Conduct code reviews; mentor juniors; contribute to automation best practices and accelerators.

Must-Have Skills

• 4–8 years in QA with 3+ years hands-on experience in Playwright.
• Strong TypeScript/JavaScript and Node.js ecosystem knowledge.
• Expertise in cross-browser automation and parallel execution using Playwright Test runner.
• Experience with API testing (Playwright request context) and mocking/network interception.
• Proficiency with Git, branching strategies, and code review workflows.
• Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum, SDLC/STLC, and defect management.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Experience with Docker or containerized test execution; test sharding at scale.
• Knowledge of Cucumber (BDD) or Mocha/Jest; Allure/HTML reporters.
• Exposure to accessibility testing (axe-core), performance hints, and security-aware test design.
• Familiarity with Playwright trace viewer, debugging, and CI artifact triage.
• Domain knowledge in Telecom/BSS-OSS, Consumer, DWP and ETL/data validation coordination.

Behavioral Competencies

• Ownership, problem-solving, and clear communication.
• Strong collaboration across cross-functional teams; mentoring mindset.
• Focus on maintainability, scalability, and delivery predictability.