Test Automation Engineer – Playwright

Job Title: Test Automation Engineer – Playwright (JavaScript)

Experience Required:
4+ years

Location:
Hyderabad work from office

Employment Type:
Full-time

About the Role

We are seeking a skilled
Test Automation Engineer
with hands-on experience in
Playwright
and
JavaScript
to join our QA team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining automated test scripts to ensure high-quality software delivery. You will collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and manual testers to build a robust automation framework and improve the overall testing process.

Working on Functional/Web automation testing tools and able to establish an automation framework which decreases manual test effort

• Create, review and update automation test scripts created for product functionalities

• Test the system functionalities to ensure delivery of functionally correct product

• Report and manage bugs in BTS like JIRA/DevOps

• Perform root cause analysis for issues found in the system

• Effectively communicate issues to the team and help in quick resolution of the same

• Ensure that the product under test meets both functional and business requirements

• Contribute to and improve existing quality process

• Create and update regression test suites

• Understand the technical architecture of the product and feature implementation

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain
  automated test scripts
  using
  Playwright with JavaScript/TypeScript
  .
• Integrate automated tests into
  CI/CD pipelines
  (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
• Execute and monitor automated test suites across multiple environments and browsers.
• Collaborate with developers and QA team members to identify test cases suitable for automation.
• Ensure automation coverage for
  functional, regression, and smoke tests
  .
• Debug test failures, analyze root causes, and report defects using standard bug-tracking tools (e.g., Jira).
• Maintain documentation related to test automation frameworks, test data, and processes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA automation strategy and practices.
• Independently design, carry out feasibility study and develop automation frameworks (from scratch) and write detailed test cases for a variety of products on Mobile and Web.

·      Work closely with product, development and testing team to study product requirements and define test scope

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in
  test automation
  using
  Playwright
  with
  JavaScript or TypeScript
  .
• Strong understanding of
  software testing principles
  , including functional, regression, and integration testing.
• Experience with
  API testing
  (REST/GraphQL) and tools like
  Postman
  or
  Supertest
  .
• Familiarity with
  CI/CD tools
  (e.g., Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
• Experience working in
  Agile/Scrum
  environments.
• Proficiency in
  version control systems
  (Git).
• Hands on experience with manual or automated testing of web/mobile applications
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Understanding of Web Technologies like HTTP, REST etc.
• Knowledge of Database concepts and query languages like SQL etc.
• Conceptual understanding of Client Server Architecture
• Proactive, strong minded, quick thinker and assertive.
• Proven track record of running projects testing via automation

· year of proven experience in Functional test automation using Playwright.

Nice to Have

• Experience with
  other automation frameworks
  (e.g., Cypress, Selenium, Puppeteer).
• Knowledge of
  BDD frameworks
  such as
  Cucumber
  .
• Familiarity with
  cloud-based testing tools
  (e.g., BrowserStack, LambdaTest).
• Understanding of
  performance testing
  and
  security testing
  concepts.