QA Automation Engineer

The core responsibilities for the job include the following:
Test Development and Maintenance:
Write, maintain, and extend Playwright-based E2E test suites in TypeScript.
Apply patterns such as the Page Object Model and reusable fixtures to keep tests scalable and readable.
Triage and fix flaky tests; maintain suite reliability above team-defined thresholds.
Conduct peer reviews of test code and provide constructive feedback.
AI-Assisted Testing:
Use AI tools (e. g., GitHub Copilot, LLM-based generators) to accelerate test case creation and coverage analysis.
Experiment with self-healing and auto-generated locator strategies to reduce maintenance overhead.
Collaborate with senior engineers to evaluate and adopt emerging AI testing platforms.
CI/CD and Pipeline Integration:
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent).
Monitor test execution dashboards and escalate failures with clear root-cause analysis.
Participate in on-call rotations for test suite health and pipeline reliability.
Collaboration and Quality Culture:
Partner with developers and product managers to understand features and define acceptance criteria.
Contribute to test planning and estimation for new features and releases.
Document test strategies, known issues, and coverage gaps clearly and concisely.
Actively participate in retrospectives and suggest process improvements.
Requirements:
5-8 years of hands-on experience in software test automation.
3-5+ years of experience with Playwright, including writing and maintaining production test suites.
Solid TypeScript skills, comfortable with types, interfaces, async/await, and modular code structure.
Experience integrating tests into at least one CI/CD system (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI, etc. ).
Familiarity with REST API testing (Postman, Playwright API testing, or similar).
Exposure to AI-assisted development or testing tools in a professional setting.
Good debugging skills, able to isolate and communicate test failures clearly.
Strong written and verbal communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with visual regression testing tools (Applitools, Percy, or similar).
Familiarity with performance or load testing concepts (K6 Lighthouse).
Exposure to accessibility testing (WCAG 2.1 / ARIA).
Understanding of contract testing (Pact or similar).
Experience in a regulated industry (healthcare, fintech) is a plus.
Contributions to open-source testing projects or a portfolio of automation work.
Core Tech Stack:
Languages and Frameworks: TypeScript, Playwright, Node.js .
AI and Testing Tools: GitHub Copilot LLM-based test generators and self-healing locators.
CI/CD and Infrastructure: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Docker.
Reporting and Tracking: Linear.
Collaboration: Notion, Slack.

Experience
5-9 yrs